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You mean all these attacks, sir? said Riddle, and Harry's heart leapt, and he moved closer, scared of missing anything.
“你指的是所有這些攻擊事件嗎，先生？”里德爾問。哈利的心跳頓時加快了，他湊得更近些，生怕漏掉一句話。
Precisely, said the headmaster. "My dear boy, you must see how foolish it would be of me to allow you to remain at the castle when term ends. Particularly in light of the recent tragedy... the death of that poor little girl... You will be safer by far at your orphanage. As a matter of fact, the Ministry of Magic is even now talking about closing the school. We are no nearer locating the — er — source of all this unpleasantness..." Riddle's eyes had widened.
“一點兒不錯，”校長說，“我親愛的孩子，你必須看到，如果我允許你學期結束后繼續待在城堡里，該是多么愚蠢。尤其是發生了最近那場悲劇之后……那個可憐的小姑娘死了……你待在孤兒院里要安全得多。實話對你說吧，魔法部甚至在討論要關閉學校呢。對所有這些不幸事件的——哦——根源，我們還沒有半點兒頭緒……”里德爾的眼睛睜大了。
Sir — if the person was caught — if it all stopped —
“先生——如果那個人被抓住了……如果一切都停止了……”
What do you mean? said Dippet with a squeak in his voice, sitting up in his chair. "Riddle, do you mean you know something about these attacks?"
“你是什么意思？”迪佩特說，聲音有點刺耳，一邊從椅子上站起來。“里德爾，你難道是說你對這些攻擊事件有所了解？”
No, sir, said Riddle quickly.
“不，先生。”里德爾趕緊說道。
But Harry was sure it was the same sort of "no" that he himself had given Dumbledore.
然而哈利可以肯定，里德爾說的“不”，和他自己對鄧布利多說的“不”是一樣的性質。
Dippet sank back, looking faintly disappointed.
迪佩特跌坐回去，顯得微微有些失望。
You may go, Tom...
“你可以走了，湯姆……”
Riddle slid off his chair and stumped out of the room. Harry followed him.
里德爾從他的椅子上滑下來，拖著沉重的腳步走出房間。哈利跟了上去。
Down the moving spiral staircase they went, emerging next to the gargoyle in the darkening corridor. Riddle stopped, and so did Harry, watching him. Harry could tell that Riddle was doing some serious thinking. He was biting his lip, his forehead furrowed.
他們走下旋轉樓梯，接著從逐漸黑暗下來的走廊里的怪獸狀的滴水嘴旁邊出來。里德爾停下了腳步，哈利也停住了，注視著他。哈利可以看出里德爾在進行很嚴肅的思考。只見他咬著嘴唇，前額上起了皺紋。
