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You found it, and I couldn't have been more delighted.
你發現了它，我真是再高興不過了。
Of all the people who could have picked it up, it was you, the very person I was most anxious to meet... '
沒想到在這么多人里面，居然是你撿到了這本日記，你是我最迫切想見的人啊……”
'And why did you want to meet me?' said Harry.
“你為什么想見我？”哈利問。
Anger was coursing through him and it was an effort to keep his voice steady.
他氣得渾身冒火，費了很大力氣才使語調保持了平穩。
'Well, you see, Ginny told me all about you, Harry,' said Riddle. 'Your whole fascinating history.'
“噢，是這樣的，哈利，金妮把你的情況都告訴我了，”里德爾說，“你的那些驚險迷人的往事。”
His eyes roved over the lightning scar on Harry's forehead, and his expression grew hungrier.
他的目光掠過哈利前額上那道閃電形傷疤，臉上的神情變得更饑渴了。
'I knew I must find out more about you, talk to you, meet you if I could.
“我知道，我必須更多地了解你，跟你談談，如果可能的話還要親自見到你。
So I decided to show you my famous capture of that great oaf, Hagrid, to gain your trust.'
所以我決定讓你親眼目睹我抓住海格那個大蠢貨的著名壯舉，以獲取你對我的信任。”
'Hagrid's my friend,' said Harry, his voice now shaking.
“海格是我的朋友，”哈利說，聲音現在有些顫抖了，
'And you framed him, didn't you?
“是你誣陷了他，是嗎？
I thought you made a mistake, but –' Riddle laughed his high laugh again.
我還以為你是弄錯了，沒想到——”里德爾又發出他那種尖厲刺耳的狂笑。
'It was my word against Hagrid's, Harry.
“是我揭發海格的，哈利。
Well, you can imagine how it looked to old Armando Dippet.
你可以想象一下，擺在阿曼多·迪佩特老先生面前的是個什么情況。
On the one hand, Tom Riddle, poor but brilliant, parentless but so brave, school Prefect, model student;
一面是我，湯姆·里德爾，出身貧寒但聰明過人，父母雙亡但智勇雙全，是學校里的級長，模范學生；
on the other hand, big, blundering Hagrid, in trouble every other week, trying to raise werewolf cubs under his bed,
另一面呢，是傻大個海格，粗手笨腳，惹是生非，每隔一星期就要闖一次禍，他在床底下養狼人崽子。
sneaking off to the Forbidden Forest to wrestle trolls.
溜到禁林去跟巨怪搏斗。
But I admit, even I was surprised how well the plan worked.
不過我得承認，就連我自己也沒有想到計劃執行得這樣順利。
