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He and Stan then lifted his trunk, with Hedwig's cage balanced on top, up the steps of the bus.
然后他和斯坦舉起他的衣箱，箱子上放著海德薇的籠子，兩人就這樣走上了公共汽車。
There were no seats; instead, half-a-dozen brass bedsteads stood beside the curtained windows.
汽車里沒有座位，在拉上窗簾的窗子后面，放有六張帶黃銅柱的床。
Candles were burning in brackets beside each bed, illuminating the wood-panelled walls.
每張床旁邊的托架上都點著蠟燭，照亮了有護壁板的墻。
A tiny wizard in a nightcap at the rear of the bus muttered, 'Not now, thanks, I'm pickling some slugs,' and rolled over in his sleep.
一個小個子男巫，戴著睡帽，在汽車后部咕噥道：“現在可不要，多謝了，我在腌鼻涕蟲呢。”一面在睡夢中翻了個身。
'You 'ave this one,' Stan whispered, shoving Harry's trunk under the bed right behind the driver,
“你睡這張。”斯坦耳語道，把哈利的箱子塞到司機后面的那張床底下，
who was sitting in an armchair in front of the steering wheel.
司機坐在方向盤前面的一張扶手椅上。
'This is our driver, Ernie Prang.
“這是我們的司機，厄恩·普蘭。
This is Neville Longbottom, Ern.'
厄恩，這是納威·隆巴頓。”
Ernie Prang, an elderly wizard wearing very thick glasses,
厄恩·普蘭是一位年長的男巫，戴著鏡片很厚的眼鏡。
nodded to Harry, who nervously flattened his fringe again and sat down on his bed.
他向哈利點點頭，哈利慌張地再次撫平他的額發，坐在了他的床上。
'Take 'er away, Ern,' said Stan, sitting down in the armchair next to Ernie's.
“開車吧，厄恩。”斯坦說，坐在厄恩旁邊的扶手椅上。
There was another tremendous BANG, and next moment Harry found himself flat on his bed, thrown backwards by the speed of the Knight Bus.
又是巨大的砰的一聲，哈利不由得倒在了床上，是騎士公共汽車的速度把他向后拋去的結果。
Pulling himself up, Harry stared out of the dark window and saw that they were now bowling along a completely different street.
哈利振作起來，向黑暗的窗外看去，看到他們現在正沿著一條完全不同的街道穩而快地行駛著。
Stan was watching Harry's stunned face with great enjoyment.
斯坦正饒有興趣地看著哈利那張驚訝的臉。
'This is where we was before you flagged us down,' he said.
“這就是你打信號要我們下來的地方。”他說，
'Where are we, Ern? Somewhere in Wales?'
“我們現在在哪里，厄恩？是在威爾士的什么地方嗎？”
'Ar,' said Ernie.
“唔。”厄恩說。
