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He bent over his trunk again, but almost immediately stood up once more, his hand clenched on his wand.
哈利又俯身向著衣箱，但他幾乎又馬上站直了身子，他的手抓緊了魔杖。
He had sensed rather than heard it: someone or something was standing in the narrow gap between the garage and the fence behind him.
與其說他聽到了什么，還不如說他感覺到了什么：有什么人或什么東西站在他身后的籬笆和車庫之間的狹小空間里。
Harry squinted at the black alleyway.
哈利斜眼看看那條黑暗的胡同。
If only it would move, then he'd know whether it was just a stray cat or – something else.
只要那東西會動，哈利就會知道這只不過是一頭迷路的貓還是——別的什么。
'Lumos,' Harry muttered, and a light appeared at the end of his wand, almost dazzling him.
“熒光閃爍，”哈利輕聲低語道，于是他的魔杖末端發出一道光來，他幾乎感到眩暈了。
He held it high over his head, and the pebble-dashed walls of number two suddenly sparkled;
他把魔杖高舉過頭，布滿礫石的二號墻體忽然閃爍著亮光；
the garage door gleamed, and between them, Harry saw, quite distinctly, the hulking outline of something very big, with wide, gleaming eyes.
車庫的門發出微光，在這兩者之間，哈利清楚地看到，一個很大的、有著發微光大眼睛的什么東西的龐大輪廓。
Harry stepped backwards.
哈利向后退去。
His legs hit his trunk and he tripped.
他的腿碰到了衣箱，絆了一下。
His wand flew out of his hand as he flung out an arm to break his fall, and he landed, hard, in the gutter.
他伸出一條手臂以保持身體平衡，這時，魔杖從他手里飛了出去，他摔到了街溝里。
There was a deafening BANG and Harry threw up his hands to shield his eyes against a sudden blinding light.
震耳欲聾的砰的一聲，哈利舉起雙手掩住眼睛以抵御一道突然襲來、令人眼花的強光。
With a yell, he rolled back onto the pavement, just in time.
哈利大叫一聲，滾回到人行遭上，非常及時。
A second later, a gigantic pair of wheels and headlights had screeched to a halt exactly where Harry had just been lying.
一秒鐘以后，一對巨大的車輪和車燈尖叫著恰恰在哈利剛才躺著的地方剎住了。
