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'OK, say Pettigrew could turn into a rat – there are millions of rats – how's he supposed to know which one he's after if he was locked up in Azkaban?'
“好吧！就算是彼德吉雷可以變成一只老鼠——這里有成千上萬只老鼠，如果他被關在阿茲克班，他怎么會知道哪一只老鼠是他要尋找的呢？”
'You know, Sirius, that's a fair question,' said Lupin, turning to Black and frowning slightly. 'How did you find out where he was?'
“你明白，西里斯，這是一個相當合理的問題，”露平轉向巴拉克，眉頭輕皺，“你是怎樣知道他在哪里的呢？”
Black put one of his claw-like hands inside his robes and took out a crumpled piece of paper, which he smoothed flat, and held out to show the others.
巴拉克將他那如爪子一樣的手放進袍子里，拿出了一張揉得很皺的紙，他將它弄平整，然后伸出來拿給其它人看。
It was the photograph of Ron and his family that had appeared in the Daily Prophet the previous summer, and there, on Ron's shoulder, was Scabbers.
那是前一個夏天，登在《先知日報》上的一張羅恩和他的家人的合影，斯卡伯斯就呆在羅恩的肩上。
'How did you get this?' Lupin asked Black, thunderstruck.
“你是怎么搞到這個的？”露平說。
'Fudge,' said Black. 'When he came to inspect Azkaban last year, he gave me his paper.
“法治，”巴拉克答道。“去年他來視察阿茲克班時給了我這張報紙。
And there was Peter, on the front page … on this boy's shoulder …
斯卡伯斯就在首頁上……呆在他的肩上……
I knew him at once … how many times had I seen him transform?
我一下子就認出了他……，我不知見過他多少次變形。
And the caption said the boy would be going back to Hogwarts … to where Harry was …'
而且還聽說他將會回到霍格瓦徹……去哈利呆著的地方……”
'My God,' said Lupin softly, staring from Scabbers to the picture in the paper and back again,
“我的天呀！”露平輕嘆著，將盯向斯卡伯斯的目光轉向報紙上的圖片，又重新轉向斯卡伯斯，
'His front paw …' 'What about it?' said Ron defiantly. 'He's got a toe missing,' said Black.
“他的前爪……”“怎么了？”“他少了一個腳趾。”巴拉克說。
'Of course,' Lupin breathed, 'so simple …so brilliant … He cut it off himself?'
“當然，”露平喘著氣說，“這么簡單，這么明顯，是他自己切掉了它嗎？”
