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She also kept throwing out dark hints about what made Harry such an unsatisfactory person.
她還不斷陰險地暗示哈利為什么會成為這樣一個不知感恩的人。
'You mustn't blame yourself for the way the boy's turned out, Vernon,' she said over lunch on the third day.
“你一定不要為這家伙竟然會是這副樣子而譴責自己，弗農。”第三天她在午飯時說，
'If there's something rotten on the inside, there's nothing anyone can do about it.'
“如果骨子里有什么東西腐敗了，那就誰也沒辦法了。”
Harry tried to concentrate on his food, but his hands shook and his face was starting to burn with anger.
哈利努力把注意力只放在食物上，但他的手抖了起來，他的臉因生氣而漲得通紅。
Remember the form, he told himself.
記住那張表，他告訴自己。
Think about Hogsmeade. Don't say anything. Don't rise...
想想霍格莫德。不要說什么話。不要站……
Aunt Marge reached for her glass of wine.
瑪姬姑媽起身去夠她那瓶葡萄酒。
'It's one of the basic rules of breeding,' she said.
“這是育種的一條基本規則，”她說道，
'You see it all the time with dogs.
“你看養狗就一直是這樣的。
If there's something wrong with the bitch, there'll be something wrong with the pup —'
如果母狗有什么不對頭的地方，小狗也必定有什么地方不好——”
At that moment, the wine glass Aunt Marge was holding exploded in her hand.
這時，瑪姬姑媽手里握著的酒瓶爆炸了。
Shards of glass flew in every direction and Aunt Marge spluttered and blinked, her great ruddy face dripping.
玻璃碎片飛向四面八方，瑪姬姑媽因生氣而激動起來，眼睛眨巴著，酒在她那張大臉上直往下流。
'Marge!' squealed Aunt Petunia.
“瑪姬！”佩妮姨媽尖叫起來，
'Marge, are you all right?'
“瑪姬，你沒事吧？”
'Not to worry,' grunted Aunt Marge, mopping her face with her napkin.
“不必擔心，”瑪姬姑媽咕噥著說，用餐巾揩著臉，
'Must have squeezed it too hard.
“一定是剛才握得太緊了。
Did the same thing at Colonel Fubster's the other day.
那天在富布斯特上校那里也出過同樣的事。
No need to fuss, Petunia, I have a very firm grip'
不用慌張，佩妮，我是很堅強的……”
But Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon were both looking at Harry suspiciously,
但是佩妮姨媽和弗農姨父都用懷疑的眼光看著哈利，
so he decided he'd better skip pudding and escape from the table as soon as he could.
所以哈利認為他不如放棄布丁，盡快離開餐桌為好。
