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A small wickerwork basket stood beside the heap of trunks, spitting loudly.
一只小小的柳條籃子放在這堆箱子旁邊，喧鬧地呼嚕呼嚕地叫著。
'It's all right, Crookshanks,' Hermione cooed through the wickerwork, 'I'll let you out on the train.'
“沒事兒，克魯克山，”赫敏隔著那柳條籃子哄那只貓，“到了火車上我就放你出來。”
'You won't,' snapped Ron. 'What about poor Scabbers, eh?'
“你可別放，”羅恩厲聲說，“可憐的斑斑怎么辦，啊？”
He pointed at his chest, where a large lump indicated that Scabbers was curled up in his pocket.
他指指他的胸膛，那里有一個大腫塊，說明斑斑是躲在羅恩的衣袋里。
Mr Weasley, who had been outside waiting for the Ministry cars, stuck his head inside.
韋斯萊先生一直在外面等候魔法部的車子，現在把腦袋伸進來了。
'They're here,' he said. 'Harry, come on.'
“車來了。”他說，“哈利，來吧。”
Mr Weasley marched Harry across the short stretch of pavement towards the first of two old-fashioned dark green cars,
韋斯萊先生強迫哈利穿過短短的一段人行道，走向第一輛車。這兩輛車都是老式的深綠色汽車，
each of which was driven by a furtive-looking wizard, wearing a suit of emerald velvet.
開第一輛車的是一個身穿艷綠色天鵝絨西服、神色狡猾的男巫。
'In you get, Harry,' said Mr Weasley, glancing up and down the crowded street.
“上車，哈利。”韋斯萊先生說，一面對這條街道左右張望。
Harry got into the back of the car, and was shortly joined by Hermione, Ron and, to Ron's disgust, Percy.
哈利走到汽車后部，赫敏和羅恩隨即也上來了；讓羅恩厭惡的是，珀西也上來了。
The journey to King's Cross was very uneventful compared to Harry's trip on the Knight Bus.
和哈利在騎士公共汽車上的經歷相比，去國王十字車站的旅程平安無事。
The Ministry of Magic cars seemed almost ordinary,
魔法部的車子看上去幾乎是平淡無奇的，
though Harry noticed that they could slide through gaps that Uncle Vernon's new company car certainly couldn't have managed.
但哈利注意到這兩輛汽車都可以滑過地面上的裂縫，而弗農姨父公司的新車肯定是做不到的。
They reached King's Cross with twenty minutes to spare;
他們到了國王十字車站，這時離火車到來還有二十分鐘；
the Ministry drivers found them trolleys, unloaded their trunks, touched their hats to Mr Weasley and drove away,
魔法部的司機幫他們找到了推行李用的小車，卸下他們的箱子，對著韋斯萊先生把手放在帽檐上碰了一下，然后就開車離開了，
somehow managing to jump to the head of an unmoving queue for the traffic lights.
不知怎么一來，還跳到了因為紅燈受阻、一動不動的汽車隊伍的最前面。
