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When they had eaten as many sandwiches as they could, they rose and left the office, treading the familiar path to Gryffindor Tower.
他們吃到肚皮里實在裝不下了，然后離開辦公室，踏著熟悉的小徑走向格蘭芬多塔樓。
The castle was quiet; it seemed that the feast was over.
城堡里靜悄悄的，宴會好像結束了。
They walked past muttering portraits and creaking suits of armor, and climbed narrow flights of stone stairs, until at last they reached the passage where the secret entrance to Gryffindor Tower was hidden, behind an oil painting of a very fat woman in a pink silk dress.
他們走過自言自語的肖像和嘎吱作響的盔甲，爬上一段窄窄的石階，來到了格蘭芬多塔樓秘密入口的走廊上，那個入口藏在一幅油畫后面，畫上有一位穿著粉紅色綢衣的胖夫人。
“Password?” she said as they approached.
“口令？”他們走近時，胖夫人問。
“Er —” said Harry.
“哦—”哈利答不上來。
They didn't know the new year's password, not having met a Gryffindor prefect yet, but help came almost immediately; they heard hurrying feet behind them and turned to see Hermione dashing toward them.
他們還沒有碰到一位格蘭芬多的級長，所以不知道新學年的口令，但救星幾乎馬上就到了。他們聽見身后有急促的腳步聲，回頭一看，是赫敏朝他們奔來。
“There you are! Where have you been? The most ridiculous rumors—someone said you'd been expelled for crashing a flying car—”
“你們倆在這兒！你們上哪兒去了？大家都在紛紛議論，說法可荒唐了—有人說你們開了一輛會飛的汽車，被學校開除了。”
“Well, we haven't been expelled,” Harry assured her.
“我們沒被開除。”哈利安慰她說。
“You're not telling me you did fly here?” said Hermione, sounding almost as severe as Professor McGonagall.
“你難道是說你們真是飛來的？”赫敏的口氣幾乎和麥格教授一樣嚴厲。
“Skip the lecture,” said Ron impatiently, “and tell us the new password.”
“別給我們上課了，”羅恩不耐煩地說，“把口令告訴我們吧。”
“It's ‘wattlebird,' ” said Hermione impatiently, “but that's not the point—”
“口令是‘食蜜鳥'，”赫敏不耐煩地說，“可問題不在這兒—”
Her words were cut short, however, as the portrait of the fat lady swung open and there was a sudden storm of clapping.
但是她的話被打斷了，胖夫人的肖像應聲旋開，里面爆發出一陣雷鳴般的掌聲。
It looked as though the whole of Gryffindor House was still awake, packed into the circular common room, standing on the lopsided tables and squashy armchairs, waiting for them to arrive.
好像格蘭芬多院的同學們都還沒睡，全擠在圓形的公共休息室里等著他們。
