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Right on cue, Ron came bursting into the office.
羅恩恰好在這時候闖進了辦公室。
He was completely out of breath, and stopped just short of Snape's desk, clutching the stitch in his chest and trying to speak.
他完全喘不上來氣，剛好就站在斯內普書桌旁邊，手抓胸膛試圖說話。
'I — gave — Harry — that — stuff,' he choked. 'Bought — it — in Zonko's — ages — ago ...'
“那——東西——我——給——哈利的，”他透不過氣來，“好久——以前——在——佐科——買的……”
'Well!' said Lupin, clapping his hands together and looking around cheerfully.
“好，”盧平說，兩手一拍，高興地向大家一看，
'That seems to clear that up! Severus, I'll take this back, shall I?'
“這不就說明問題了！西弗勒斯，我把這東西拿回去，好嗎？”
He folded the map and tucked it inside his robes.
他折起地圖放到袍子里去了。
'Harry, Ron, come with me, I need a word about my vampire essay. Excuse us, Severus.'
“哈利，羅恩，跟我來，關于我布置的吸血鬼論文，我有句話要說。我們走了，對不起，西弗勒斯。”
Harry didn't dare look at Snape as they left his office.
他們離開了辦公室，這時哈利看都不敢看斯內普一眼。
He, Ron and Lupin walked all the way back into the Entrance Hall before speaking. Then Harry turned to Lupin.
他、羅恩和盧平一直走到前廳都沒有說話。然后哈利轉向盧平。
'Professor, I —'
“教授，我——”
'I don't want to hear explanations,' said Lupin shortly. He glanced around the empty Entrance Hall and lowered his voice.
“我不聽解釋。”盧平簡短地說道。他瞥了空空洞洞的前廳一眼，壓低了聲音。
'I happen to know that this map was confiscated by Mr Filch many years ago.
“我碰巧知道這張地圖是費爾奇多年以前沒收來的。
Yes, I know it's a map,' he said, as Harry and Ron looked amazed.
對，我知道這是一張地圖。”他說，因為哈利、羅恩露出了驚訝的神色。
'I don't want to know how it fell into your possession. I am, however, astounded that you didn't hand it in.
“我不想知道這地圖怎么會到你們手里。然而，我驚訝的是你們沒有交出來。
Particularly after what happened the last time a student left information about the castle lying around.
特別是在上次一個學生把有關城堡的信息隨手亂放以后。
And I can't let you have it back, Harry.'
我不能讓你再拿著它了，哈利。”
Harry had expected that, and was too keen for explanations to protest.
哈利早已想到了這一點，因為急于解釋，也來不及抗議。
'Why did Snape think I'd got it from the manufacturers?'
“斯內普為什么說我是從制造者手里直接得到的呢？”
'Because ...' Lupin hesitated, 'because these mapmakers would have wanted to lure you out of school. They'd think it extremely entertaining.'
“因為……”盧平遲疑了，“因為制造地圖的人有可能是想引誘你們離開學校。他們認為這張地圖會很好玩。”
