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“What do you reckon?” Ron asked the cat. “Definitely an owl?”
“你在算計些什么？”羅恩問那只貓，“它的確是一只貓頭鷹。”
Crookshanks purred. “That's good enough for me,” said Ron happily. “He's mine.”
克路殊一黨一 “喵，喵”地叫著。 “對我來說真是太棒了。”羅恩高興地說，“它是我的了。”
Harry read and reread the letter from Sirius all the way back into King's Cross station.
在去國王大道車站的路上，哈利一遍又一遍的讀著西里斯的來信。
It was still clutched tightly in his hand as he, Ron, and Hermione stepped back through the barrier of platform nine and three-quarters.
當(dāng)他和羅恩還有荷米恩走過站臺上九又四分之三的欄桿時，他仍還緊緊的摸著那封信。
Harry spotted Uncle Vernon at once.
這時，他突然看見了維能姨丈。
He was standing a good distance from Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, eyeing them suspiciously,
他站在離威斯里夫人和先生遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)的地方，疑惑地看著他們。
and when Mrs. Weasley hugged Harry in greeting,
當(dāng)威斯里夫人緊緊抱著他問候的時候，
his worst suspicions about them seemed confirmed.
他確信他的疑慮。
“I'll call about the World Cup!” Ron yelled after Harry as Harry bid him and Hermione good-bye,
“我會就關(guān)于世界杯的事打電話給你的！”羅恩在哈利身后大聲喊著。
then wheeled the trolley bearing his trunk and Hedwig's cage toward Uncle Vernon, who greeted him in his usual fashion.
哈利向他和荷米恩告別后，推著裝著他的行李和海維的籠子的小推車向維能姨丈走去。他和往常一樣問候了他。
“What's that?” he snarled, staring at the envelope Harry was still clutching in his hand.
“這是什么？”他咆哮著，緊盯著哈利拿在手里的信封。
“If it's another form for me to sign, you've got another —”
“如果這是另一張要讓我簽名的表格，你就會被——”
“It's not,” said Harry cheerfully. “It's a letter from my godfather.”
“這不是，”哈利興高采烈的說。“這是一封來自我的教父的信。”
“Godfather?” sputtered Uncle Vernon. “You haven't got a godfather!”
“教父？”維能姨丈急促地說，“你哪里有什么教父？”
“Yes, I have,” said Harry brightly. “He was my mum and dad's best friend.
“不，我有，”哈利高興的說，“他是我媽媽和爸爸最好的朋友。
He's a convicted murderer, but he's broken out of wizard prison and he's on the run.
他被控謀殺，但是他從魔法師監(jiān)獄中逃了出來，而且現(xiàn)在仍然逃離在外。
He likes to keep in touch with me, though … keep up with my news … check if I'm happy …”
但是，他會和我保持聯(lián)系的……了解有關(guān)我的消息……看看我是否過得開心……
And, grinning broadly at the look of horror on Uncle Vernon's face,
“十分開心地看著維能姨丈臉上那恐懼的神情，
Harry set off toward the station exit, Hedwig rattling along in front of him,
哈利向出站口走去，海維在他前面”嘎，嘎“地叫著，
for what looked like a much better summer than the last.
這看起來是一個再好不過的夏天了。
