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Chapter 27 Padfoot Returns
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One of the best things about the aftermath of the second task was that everybody was very keen to hear details of what had happened down in the lake, which meant that Ron was getting to share Harry1's limelight for once. Harry noticed that Ron's version of events changed subtly with every retelling. At first, he gave what seemed to be the truth; it tallied2 with Hermione's story, anyway - Dumbledore had put all the hostages into a bewitched sleep in Professor McGonagall's office, first assuring them that they would be quite safe, and would awake when they were back above the water. One week later, however, Ron was telling a thrilling tale of kidnap in which he struggled single-handedly against fifty heavily armed merpeople who had to beat him into submission3 before tying him up.

“But I had my wand hidden up my sleeve,” he assured Padma Patil, who seemed to be a lot keener on Ron now that he was getting so much attention and was making a point of talking to him every time they passed in the corridors. “I could've taken those mer-idiots any time I wanted.”

“What were you going to do, snore at them?” said Hermione waspishly. People had been teasing her so much about being the thing that Viktor Krum would most miss that she was in a rather tetchy mood.

Ron's ears went red, and thereafter, he reverted4 to the bewitched sleep version of events.

As they entered March the weather became drier, but cruel winds skinned their hands and faces every time they went out onto the grounds. There were delays in the post because the owls5 kept being blown off course. The brown owl6 that Harry had sent to Sirius with the dates of the Hogsmeade weekend turned up at breakfast on Friday morning with half its feathers sticking up the wrong way; Harry had no sooner torn off Sirius's reply than it took flight, clearly afraid it was going to be sent outside again.

Sirius's letter was almost as short as the previous one.

Be at stile at end of road out of Hogsmeade (past Dervish and Banges) at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Bring as much food as you can.
“He hasn't come back to Hogsmeade?” said Ron incredulously.

“It looks like it, doesn't it?” said Hermione.

“I can't believe him,” said Harry tensely, “if he's caught…”

“Made it so far, though, hasn't he?” said Ron. “And it's not like the place is swarming7 with dementors anymore.”

Harry folded up the letter, thinking. If he was honest with himself, he really wanted to see Sirius again. He therefore approached the final lesson of the afternoon - double Potions - feeling considerably8 more cheerful than he usually did when descending9 the steps to the dungeons10.

Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle were standing12 in a huddle13 outside the classroom door with Pansy Parkinson's gang of Slytherin girls. All of them were looking at something Harry couldn't see and sniggering heartily14. Pansys pug-like face peered excitedly around Goyle's broad back as Harry, Ron, and Hermione approached.

“There they are, there they are!” she giggled15, and the knot of Slytherins broke apart. Harry saw that Pansy had a magazine in her hands - Witch Weekly. The moving picture on the front showed a curly-haired witch who was smiling toothily and pointing at a large sponge cake with her wand.

“You might find something to interest you in there, Granger!” Pansy said loudly, and she threw the magazine at Hermione, who caught it, looking startled. At that moment, the dungeon11 door opened, and Snape beckoned16 them all inside.

Hermione, Harry, and Ron headed for a table at the back of the dungeon as usual. Once Snape had turned his back on them to write up the ingredients of todays potion on the blackboard, Hermione hastily rifled through the magazine under the desk. At last, in the center pages, Hermione found what they were looking for. Harry and Ron leaned in closer. A color photograph of Harry headed a short piece entitled:

Harry Potter's Secret Heartache
A boy like no other, perhaps - yet a boy suffering all the usual pangs17 of adolescence18, writes Rita Skeeter. Deprived of love since the tragic19 demise20 of his parents, fourteen-year-old Harry Potter thought he had found solace21 in his steady girlfriend at Hogwarts, Muggle-born Hermione Granger. Little did he know that he would shortly be suffering yet another emotional blow in a life already littered with personal loss.
Miss Granger, a plain but ambitious girl, seems to have a taste for famous wizards that Harry alone cannot satisfy. Since the arrival at Hogwarts of Viktor Krum, Bulgarian Seeker and hero of the last World Quidditch Cup, Miss Granger has been toying with both boys’ affections. Krum, who is openly smitten22 with the devious23 Miss Granger, has already invited her to visit him in Bulgaria over the summer holidays, and insists that he has “never felt this way about any other girl.”
However, it might not be Miss Granger's doubtful natural charms that have captured these unfortunate boys’ interest.
“She's really ugly,” says Pansy Parkinson, a pretty and vivacious24 fourth-year student, “but she'd be well up to making a Love Potion, she's quite brainy. I think that's how she's doing it.”
Love Potions are, of course, banned at Hogwarts, and no doubt Albus Dumbledore will want to investigate these claims. In the meantime, Harry Potters well-wishers must hope that, next time, he bestows25 his heart on a worthier26 candidate.
“I told you!” Ron hissed28 at Hermione as she stared down at the article. “I told you not to annoy Rita Skeeter! She's made you out to be some sort of- of scarlet29 woman!”

Hermione stopped looking astonished and snorted with laughter. “Scarlet woman?” she repeated, shaking with suppressed giggles30 as she looked around at Ron.

“It's what my mum calls them,” Ron muttered, his ears going red.

“If that's the best Rita can do, she's losing her touch,” said Hermione, still giggling31, as she threw Witch Weekly onto the empty chair beside her. “What a pile of old rubbish.”

She looked over at the Slytherins, who were all watching her and Harry closely across the room to see if they had been upset by the article. Hermione gave them a sarcastic32 smile and a wave, and she, Harry, and Ron started unpacking33 the ingredients they would need for their Wit-Sharpening Potion.

“There's something funny, though,” said Hermione ten minutes later, holding her pestle34 suspended over a bowl of scarab beetles35. “How could Rita Skeeter have known…?”

“Known what?” said Ron quickly. “You haven't been mixing up Love Potions, have you?”

“Don't be stupid,” Hermione snapped, starting to pound up her beetles again. “No, it's just…how did she know Viktor asked me to visit him over the summer?”

Hermione blushed scarlet as she said this and determinedly36 avoided Ron's eyes.

“What?” said Ron, dropping his pestle with a loud clunk.

“He asked me right after he'd pulled me out of the lake.”

Hermione muttered. “After he'd got rid of his shark's head. Madam Pomfrey gave us both blankets and then he sort of pulled me away from the judges so they wouldn't hear, and he said, if I wasn't doing anything over the summer, would I like to -”

“And what did you say?” said Ron, who had picked up his pestle and was grinding it on the desk, a good six inches from his bowl, because he was looking at Hermione.

“And he did say he'd never felt the same way about anyone else,” Hermione went on, going so red now that Harry could almost feel the heat coming from her, “but how could Rita Skeeter have heard him? She wasn't there…or was she? Maybe she has got an Invisibility Cloak; maybe she sneaked38 onto the grounds to watch the second task.…”

“And what did you say?” Ron repeated, pounding his pestle down so hard that it dented39 the desk.

“Well, I was too busy seeing whether you and Harry were okay to -”

“Fascinating though your social life undoubtedly40 is. Miss Granger,” said an icy voice right behind them, and all three of them jumped, “I must ask you not to discuss it in my class. Ten points from Gryffindor.”

Snape had glided41 over to their desk while they were talking. The whole class was now looking around at them; Malfoy took the opportunity to flash POTTER STINKS42 across the dungeon at Harry.

“Ah…reading magazines under the table as well?” Snape added, snatching up the copy of Witch Weekly. “A further ten points from Gryffindor…oh but of course…” Snape's black eyes glittered as they fell on Rita Skeeter's article. “Potter has to keep up with his press cuttings.…”

The dungeon rang with the Slytherins’ laughter, and an unpleasant smile curled Snape's thin mouth. To Harry's fury, he began to read the article aloud.

“'Harry Potter's Secret Heartache…dear, dear. Potter, what's ailing43 you now? ‘A boy like no other, perhaps…'”

Harry could feel his face burning. Snape was pausing at the end of every sentence to allow the Slytherins a hearty44 laugh. The article sounded ten times worse when read by Snape. Even Hermione was blushing scarlet now.

“'…Harry Potter's well-wishers must hope that, next time, he bestows his heart upon a worthier candidate.’ How very touching,” sneered45 Snape, rolling up the magazine to continued gales46 of laughter from the Slytherins. “Well, I think I had better separate the three of you, so you can keep your minds on your potions rather than on your tangled47 love lives. Weasley, you stay here. Miss Granger, over there, beside Miss Parkinson. Potter - that table in front of my desk. Move. Now.”

Furious, Harry threw his ingredients and his bag into his cauldron and dragged it up to the front of the dungeon to the empty table. Snape followed, sat down at his desk and watched Harry unload his cauldron. Determined37 not to look at Snape, Harry resumed the mashing49 of his scarab beetles, imagining each one to have Snape's face.

“All this press attention seems to have inflated50 your already over-large head. Potter,” said Snape quietly, once the rest of the class had settled down again.

Harry didn't answer. He knew Snape was trying to provoke him; he had done this before. No doubt he was hoping for an excuse to take a round fifty points from Gryffindor before the end of the class.

“You might be laboring51 under the delusion52 that the entire wizarding world is impressed with you,” Snape went on, so quietly that no one else could hear him (Harry continued to pound his scarab beetles, even though he had already reduced them to a very fine powder), “but I don't care how many times your picture appears in the papers. To me. Potter, you are nothing but a nasty little boy who considers rules to be beneath him.”

Harry tipped the powdered beetles into his cauldron and started cutting up his ginger53 roots. His hands were shaking slightly out of anger, but he kept his eyes down, as though he couldn't hear what Snape was saying to him.

“So I give you fair warning, Potter,” Snape continued in a sorter and more dangerous voice, “pint-sized celebrity54 or not - if I catch you breaking into my office one more time -”

“I haven't been anywhere near your office!” said Harry angrily, forgetting his feigned55 deafness.

“Don't lie to me,” Snape hissed, his fathomless56 black eyes boring into Harry's. “Boomslang skin. Gillyweed. Both come from my private stores, and I know who stole them.”

Harry stared back at Snape, determined not to blink or to look guilty. In truth, he hadn't stolen either of these things from Snape. Hermione had taken the boomslang skin back in their second year - they had needed it for the Polyjuice Potion - and while Snape had suspected Harry at the time, he had never been able to prove it. Dobby, of course, had stolen the gillyweed.

“I don't know what you're talking about,” Harry lied coldly.

“You were out of bed on the night my office was broken into!” Snape hissed. “I know it. Potter! Now, Mad-Eye Moody57 might have joined your fan club, but I will not tolerate your behavior! One more nighttime stroll into my office, Potter, and you will pay!”

“Right,” said Harry coolly, turning back to his ginger roots. “I'll bear that in mind if I ever get the urge to go in there.”

Snape's eyes flashed. He plunged58 a hand into the inside of his black robes. For one wild moment. Harry thought Snape was about to pull out his wand and curse him - then he saw that Snape had drawn59 out a small crystal bottle of a completely clear potion. Harry stared at it.

“Do you know what this is. Potter?” Snape said, his eyes glittering dangerously again.

“No,” said Harry, with complete honesty this time.

“It is Veritaserum - a Truth Potion so powerful that three drops would have you spilling your innermost secrets for this entire class to hear,” said Snape viciously. “Now, the use of this potion is controlled by very strict Ministry60 guidelines. But unless you watch your step, you might just find that my hand slips” - he shook the crystal bottle slightly - “right over your evening pumpkin61 juice. And then. Potter…then we'll find out whether you've been in my office or not.”

Harry said nothing. He turned back to his ginger roots once more, picked up his knife, and started slicing them again. He didn't like the sound of that Truth Potion at all, nor would he put it past Snape to slip him some. He repressed a shudder62 at the thought of what might come spilling out of his mouth if Snape did it…quite apart from landing a whole lot of people in trouble - Hermione and Dobby for a start - there were all the other things he was concealing…like the fact that he was in contact with Sirius…and - his insides squirmed at the thought - how he felt about Cho.…He tipped his ginger roots into the cauldron too, and wondered whether he ought to take a leaf out of Moody's book and start drinking only from a private hip63 flask64.

There was a knock on the dungeon door.

“Enter,” said Snape in his usual voice.

The class looked around as the door opened. Professor Karkaroff came in. Everyone watched him as he walked up toward Snape's desk. He was twisting his finger around his goatee and looking agitated65.

“We need to talk,” said Karkaroff abruptly66 when he had reached Snape. He seemed so determined that nobody should hear what he was saying that he was barely opening his lips; it was as though he were a rather poor ventriloquist. Harry kept his eyes on his ginger roots, listening hard.

“I'll talk to you after my lesson, Karkaroff,” Snape muttered, but Karkaroff interrupted him.

“I want to talk now, while you can't slip off, Severus. You've been avoiding me.”

“After the lesson,” Snape snapped.

Under the pretext67 of holding up a measuring cup to see if he'd poured out enough armadillo bile, Harry sneaked a sidelong glance at the pair of them. Karkaroff looked extremely worried, and Snape looked angry.

Karkaroff hovered68 behind Snape's desk for the rest of the double period. He seemed intent on preventing Snape from slipping away at the end of class. Keen to hear what Karkaroff wanted to say, Harry deliberately69 knocked over his bottle of armadillo bile with two minutes to go to the bell, which gave him an excuse to duck down behind his cauldron and mop up while the rest of the class moved noisily toward the door.

“What's so urgent?” he heard Snape hiss27 at Karkaroff.

“This,” said Karkaroff, and Harry, peering around the edge of his cauldron, saw Karkaroff pull up the left-hand sleeve of his robe and show Snape something on his inner forearm.

“Well?” said Karkaroff, still making every effort not to move his lips. “Do you see? It's never been this clear, never since -”

“Put it away!” snarled70 Snape, his black eyes sweeping71 the classroom.

“But you must have noticed -” Karkaroff began in an agitated voice.

“We can talk later, Karkaroff!” spat72 Snape. “Potter! What are you doing?”

“Clearing up my armadillo bile, Professor,” said Harry innocently, straightening up and showing Snape the sodden73 rag he was holding.

Karkaroff turned on his heel and strode out of the dungeon. He looked both worried and angry. Not wanting to remain alone with an exceptionally angry Snape, Harry threw his books and ingredients back into his bag and left at top speed to tell Ron and Hermione what he had just witnessed.

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They left the castle at noon the next day to find a weak silver sun shining down upon the grounds. The weather was milder than it had been all year, and by the time they arrived in Hogsmeade, all three of them had taken off their cloaks and thrown them over their shoulders. The food Sirius had told them to bring was in Harry's bag; they had sneaked a dozen chicken legs, a loaf of bread, and a flask of pumpkin juice from the lunch table.

They went into Gladrags Wizardwear to buy a present for Dobby, where they had fun selecting the most lurid74 socks they could find, including a pair patterned with flashing gold and silver stars, and another that screamed loudly when they became too smelly. Then, at half past one, they made their way up the High Street, past Dervish and Banges, and out toward the edge of the village.

Harry had never been in this direction before. The winding75 lane was leading them out into the wild countryside around Hogsmeade. The cottages were fewer here, and their gardens larger; they were walking toward the foot of the mountain in whose shadow Hogsmeade lay. Then they turned a corner and saw a stile at the end of the lane. Waiting for them, its front paws on the topmost bar, was a very large, shaggy black dog, which was carrying some newspapers in its mouth and looking very familiar.…

“Hello, Sirius,” said Harry when they had reached him.

The black dog sniffed76 Harry's bag eagerly, wagged its tail once, then turned and began to trot77 away from them across the scrubby patch of ground that rose to meet the rocky foot of the mountain. Harry, Ron, and Hermione climbed over the stile and followed.

Sirius led them to the very foot of the mountain, where the ground was covered with boulders78 and rocks. It was easy for him, with his four paws, but Harry, Ron, and Hermione were soon out of breath. They followed Sirius higher, up onto the mountain itself. For nearly half an hour they climbed a steep, winding, and stony79 path, following Sirius's wagging tail, sweating in the sun, the shoulder straps80 of Harry's bag cutting into his shoulders.

Then, at last, Sirius slipped out of sight, and when they reached the place where he had vanished, they saw a narrow fissure81 in the rock. They squeezed into it and found themselves in a cool, dimly lit cave. Tethered at the end of it, one end of his rope around a large rock, was Buckbeak the hippogriff. Half gray horse, half giant eagle, Buckbeak's fierce orange eye flashed at the sight of them. All three of them bowed low to him, and after regarding them imperiously for a moment, Buckbeak bent82 his scaly83 front knees and allowed Hermione to rush forward and stroke his feathery neck. Harry, however, was looking at the black dog, which had just turned into his godfather.

Sirius was wearing ragged48 gray robes; the same ones he had been wearing when he had left Azkaban. His black hair was longer than it had been when he had appeared in the fire, and it was untidy and matted once more. He looked very thin.

“Chicken!” he said hoarsely84 after removing the old Daily Prophets from his mouth and throwing them down onto the cave floor.

Harry pulled open his bag and handed over the bundle of chicken legs and bread.

“Thanks,” said Sirius, opening it, grabbing a drumstick, sitting down on the cave floor, and tearing off a large chunk85 with his teeth. “I've been living off rats mostly. Can't steal too much food from Hogsmeade; I'd draw attention to myself.”

He grinned up at Harry, but Harry returned the grin only reluctantly.

“What're you doing here, Sirius?” he said.

“Fulfilling my duty as godfather,” said Sirius, gnawing86 on the chicken bone in a very doglike way. “Don't worry about it, I'm pretending to be a lovable stray.”

He was still grinning, but seeing the anxiety in Harry's face, said more seriously, “I want to be on the spot. Your last letter…well, let's just say things are getting fishier. I've been stealing the paper every time someone throws one out, and by the looks of things, I'm not the only one who's getting worried.”

He nodded at the yellowing Daily Prophets on the cave floor, and Ron picked them up and unfolded them. Harry, however, continued to stare at Sirius.

“What if they catch you? What if you're seen?”

“You three and Dumbledore are the only ones around here who know I'm an Animagus,” said Sirius, shrugging, and continuing to devour87 the chicken leg.

Ron nudged Harry and passed him the Daily Prophets. There were two: The first bore the headline Mystery Illness of Bartemius Crouch88, the second, Ministry Witch Still Missing - Minister of Magic Now Personally Involved.

Harry scanned the story about Crouch. Phrases jumped out at him: hasn't been seen in public since November…house appears deserted…St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries decline comment…Ministry refuses to confirm rumors89 of critical illness.…

“They're making it sound like he's dying,” said Harry slowly. “But he can't be that ill if he managed to get up here.…”

“My brothers Crouch's personal assistant,” Ron informed Sirius. “He says Crouch is suffering from overwork.”

“Mind you, he did look ill, last time I saw him up close,” said Harry slowly, still reading the story. “The night my name came out of the goblet90.…”

“Getting his comeuppance for sacking Winky, isn't he?” said Hermione, an edge to her voice. She was stroking Buckbeak, who was crunching91 up Sirius's chicken bones. “I bet he wishes he hadn't done it now - bet he feels the difference now she's not there to look after him.”

“Hermione's obsessed92 with house-elfs,” Ron muttered to Sirius, casting Hermione a dark look. Sirius, however, looked interested.

“Crouch sacked his house-elf?”

“Yeah, at the Quidditch World Cup,” said Harry, and he launched into the story of the Dark Mark's appearance, and Winky being found with Harry's wand clutched in her hand, and Mr. Crouch's fury. When Harry had finished, Sirius was on his feet again and had started pacing up and down the cave.

“Let me get this straight,” he said after a while, brandishing93 a fresh chicken leg. “You first saw the elfin the Top Box. She was saving Crouch a seat, right?”

“Right,” said Harry, Ron, and Hermione together.

“But Crouch didn't turn up for the match?”

“No,” said Harry. “I think he said he'd been too busy.”

Sirius paced all around the cave in silence. Then he said, “Harry, did you check your pockets for your wand after you'd left the Top Box?”

“Erm…” Harry thought hard. “No,” he said finally. “I didn't need to use it before we got in the forest. And then I put my hand in my pocket, and all that was in there were my Omnioculars.” He stared at Sirius. “Are you saying whoever conjured94 the Mark stole my wand in the Top Box?”

“It's possible,” said Sirius.

“Winky didn't steal that wand!” Hermione insisted.

“The elf wasn't the only one in that box,” said Sirius, his brow furrowed95 as he continued to pace. “Who else was sitting behind you?”

“Loads of people,” said Harry. “Some Bulgarian ministers…Cornelius Fudge…the Malfoys…”

“The Malfoys!” said Ron suddenly, so loudly that his voice echoed all around the cave, and Buckbeak tossed his head nervously96. “I bet it was Lucius Malfoy!”

“Anyone else?” said Sirius.

“No one,” said Harry.

“Yes, there was, there was Ludo Bagman,” Hermione reminded him.

“Oh yeah…”

“I don't know anything about Bagman except that he used to be Beater for the Wimbourne Wasps,” said Sirius, still pacing. “What's he like?”

“He's okay,” said Harry. “He keeps offering to help me with the Triwizard Tournament.”

“Does he, now?” said Sirius, frowning more deeply. “I wonder why he'd do that?”

“Says he's taken a liking97 to me,” said Harry.

“Hmm,” said Sirius, looking thoughtful.

“We saw him in the forest just before the Dark Mark appeared,” Hermione told Sirius. “Remember?” she said to Harry and Ron.

“Yeah, but he didn't stay in the forest, did he?” said Ron. “The moment we told him about the riot, he went off to the campsite.”

“How d'you know?” Hermione shot back. “How d'you know where he Disapparated to?”

“Come off it,” said Ron incredulously. “Are you saying you reckon Ludo Bagman conjured the Dark Mark?”

“It's more likely he did it than Winky,” said Hermione stubbornly.

“Told you,” said Ron, looking meaningfully at Sirius, “told you she's obsessed with house -”

But Sirius held up a hand to silence Ron.

“When the Dark Mark had been conjured, and the elf had been discovered holding Harry's wand, what did Crouch do?”

“Went to look in the bushes,” said Harry, “but there wasn't anyone else there.”

“Of course,” Sirius muttered, pacing up and down, “of course, he'd want to pin it on anyone but his own elf…and then he sacked her?”

“Yes,” said Hermione in a heated voice, “he sacked her, just because she hadn't stayed in her tent and let herself get trampled98 -”

“Hermione, will you give it a rest with the elf!” said Ron.

Sirius shook his head and said, “She's got the measure of Crouch better than you have, Ron. If you want to know what a mans like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”

He ran a hand over his unshaven face, evidently thinking hard.

“All these absences of Barty Crouch's…he goes to the trouble of making sure his house-elf saves him a seat at the Quidditch World Cup, but doesn't bother to turn up and watch. He works very hard to reinstate the Triwizard Tournament, and then stops coming to that too.…It's not like Crouch. If he's ever taken a day off work because of illness before this, I'll eat Buckbeak.”

“D'you know Crouch, then?” said Harry.

Sirius's face darkened. He suddenly looked as menacing as he had the night when Harry first met him, the night when Harry still believed Sirius to be a murderer.

“Oh I know Crouch all right,” he said quietly. “He was the one who gave the order for me to be sent to Azkaban - without a trial.”

“What?” said Ron and Hermione together.

“You're kidding!” said Harry.

“No, I'm not,” said Sirius, taking another great bite of chicken. “Crouch used to be Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, didn't you know?”

Harry, Ron, and Hermione shook their heads.

“He was tipped for the next Minister of Magic,” said Sirius. “He's a great wizard, Barty Crouch, powerfully magical - and power-hungry. Oh never a Voldemort supporter,” he said, reading the look on Harry's face. “No, Barty Crouch was always very outspoken99 against the Dark Side. But then a lot of people who were against the Dark Side…well, you wouldn't understand…you're too young.…”

“That's what my dad said at the World Cup,” said Ron, with a trace of irritation100 in his voice. “Try us, why don't you?”

A grin flashed across Sirius's thin face.

“All right, I'll try you.…” He walked once up the cave, back again, and then said, “Imagine that Voldemort's powerful now. You don't know who his supporters are, you don't know who's working for him and who isn't; you know he can control people so that they do terrible things without being able to stop themselves. You're scared for yourself, and your family, and your friends. Every week, news comes of more deaths, more disappearances101, more torturing…the Ministry of Magic's in disarray102, they don't know what to do, they're trying to keep everything hidden from the Muggles, but meanwhile, Muggles are dying too. Terror everywhere…panic…confusion…that's how it used to be.

“Well, times like that bring out the best in some people and the worst in others. Crouch's principles might've been good in the beginning - I wouldn't know. He rose quickly through the Ministry, and he started ordering very harsh measures against Voldemort's supporters. The Aurors were given new powers - powers to kill rather than capture, for instance. And I wasn't the only one who was handed straight to the dementors without trial. Crouch fought violence with violence, and authorized103 the use of the Unforgivable Curses against suspects. I would say he became as ruthless and cruel as many on the Dark Side. He had his supporters, mind you - plenty of people thought he was going about things the right way, and there were a lot of witches and wizards clamoring for him to take over as Minister of Magic. When Voldemort disappeared, it looked like only a matter of time until Crouch got the top job. But then something rather unfortunate happened.…” Sirius smiled grimly. “Crouch's own son was caught with a group of Death Eaters who'd managed to talk their way out of Azkaban. Apparently104 they were trying to find Voldemort and return him to power.”

“Crouch's son was caught?” gasped105 Hermione.

“Yep,” said Sirius, throwing his chicken bone to Buckbeak, flinging himself back down on the ground beside the loaf of bread, and tearing it in half. “Nasty little shock for old Barty, I'd I magine. Should have spent a bit more time at home with his family, shouldn't he? Ought to have left the office early once in a while…gotten to know his own son.”

He began to wolf down large pieces of bread.

“Was his son a Death Eater?” said Harry.

“No idea,” said Sirius, still stuffing down bread. “I was in Azkaban myself when he was brought in. This is mostly stuff I've found out since I got out. The boy was definitely caught in the company of people I'd bet my life were Death Eaters - but he might have been in the wrong place at the wrong time, just like the house-elf.”

“Did Crouch try and get his son off?” Hermione whispered.

Sirius let out a laugh that was much more like a bark.

“Crouch let his son off? I thought you had the measure of him, Hermione! Anything that threatened to tarnish106 his reputation had to go; he had dedicated107 his whole life to becoming Minister of Magic. You saw him dismiss a devoted108 house-elf because she associated him with the Dark Mark again - doesn't that tell you what he's like? Crouch's fatherly affection stretched just far enough to give his son a trial, and by all accounts, it wasn't much more than an excuse for Crouch to show how much he hated the boy…then he sent him straight to Azkaban.”

“He gave his own son to the dementors?” asked Harry quietly.

“That's right,” said Sirius, and he didn't look remotely amused now. “I saw the dementors bringing him in, watched them through the bars in my cell door. He can't have been more than nineteen. They took him into a cell near mine. He was screaming for his mother by nightfall. He went quiet after a few days, though…they all went quiet in the end…except when they shrieked109 in their sleep.…”

For a moment, the deadened look in Sirius's eyes became more pronounced than ever, as though shutters110 had closed behind them.

“So he's still in Azkaban?” Harry said.

“No,” said Sirius dully. “No, he's not in there anymore. He died about a year after they brought him in.”

“He died?”

“He wasn't the only one,” said Sirius bitterly. “Most go mad in there, and plenty stop eating in the end. They lose the will to live. You could always tell when a death was coming, because the dementors could sense it, they got excited. That boy looked pretty sickly when he arrived. Crouch being an important Ministry member, he and his wife were allowed a deathbed visit. That was the last time I saw Barty Crouch, half carrying his wife past my cell. She died herself, apparently, shortly afterward111. Grief. Wasted away just like the boy. Crouch never came for his son's body. The dementors buried him outside the fortress112; I watched them do it.”

Sirius threw aside the bread he had just lifted to his mouth and instead picked up the flask of pumpkin juice and drained it.

“So old Crouch lost it all, just when he thought he had it made,” he continued, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. “One moment, a hero, poised113 to become Minister of Magic…next, his son dead, his wife dead, the family name dishonored, and, so I've heard since I escaped, a big drop in popularity. Once the boy had died, people started feeling a bit more sympathetic toward the son and started asking how a nice young lad from a good family had gone so badly astray. The conclusion was that his father never cared much for him. So Cornelius Fudge got the top job, and Crouch was shunted sideways into the Department of International Magical Cooperation.”

There was a long silence. Harry was thinking of the way Crouch's eyes had bulged114 as he'd looked down at his disobedient house-elf back in the wood at the Quidditch World Cup. This, then, must have been why Crouch had overreacted to Winky being found beneath the Dark Mark. It had brought back memories of his son, and the old scandal, and his fall from grace at the Ministry.

“Moody says Crouch is obsessed with catching115 Dark wizards,” Harry told Sirius.

“Yeah, I've heard it's become a bit of a mania116 with him,” said Sirius, nodding. “If you ask me, he still thinks he can bring back the old popularity by catching one more Death Eater.”

“And he sneaked up here to search Snape's office!” said Ron triumphantly117, looking at Hermione.

“Yes, and that doesn't make sense at all,” said Sirius.

“Yeah, it does!” said Ron excitedly, but Sirius shook his head.

“Listen, if Crouch wants to investigate Snape, why hasn't he been coming to judge the tournament? It would be an ideal excuse to make regular visits to Hogwarts and keep an eye on him.”

“So you think Snape could be up to something, then?” asked Harry, but Hermione broke in.

“Look, I don't care what you say, Dumbledore trusts Snape -”

“Oh give it a rest, Hermione,” said Ron impatiently. “I know Dumbledores brilliant and everything, but that doesn't mean a really clever Dark wizard couldn't fool him -”

“Why did Snape save Harry's life in the first year, then? Why didn't he just let him die?”

“I dunno - maybe he thought Dumbledore would kick him out-”

“What d'you think, Sirius?” Harry said loudly, and Ron and Hermione stopped bickering118 to listen.

“I think they've both got a point,” said Sirius, looking thoughtfully at Ron and Hermione. “Ever since I found out Snape was teaching here, I've wondered why Dumbledore hired him. Snape's always been fascinated by the Dark Arts, he was famous for it at school. Slimy, oily, greasy-haired kid, he was,” Sirius added, and Harry and Ron grinned at each other. “Snape knew more curses when he arrived at school than half the kids in seventh year, and he was part of a gang of Slytherins who nearly all turned out to be Death Eaters.”

Sirius held up his fingers and began ticking off names.

“Rosier and Wilkes - they were both killed by Aurors the year before Voldemort fell. The Lestranges - they're a married couple - they're in Azkaban. Avery - from what I've heard he wormed his way out of trouble by saying he'd been acting119 under the Imperius Curse - he's still at large. But as far as I know, Snape was never even accused of being a Death Eater - not that that means much. Plenty of them were never caught. And Snape's certainly clever and cunning enough to keep himself out of trouble.”

“Snape knows Karkaroff pretty well, but he wants to keep that quiet,” said Ron.

“Yeah, you should've seen Snape's face when Karkaroff turned up in Potions yesterday!” said Harry quickly. “Karkaroff wanted to talk to Snape, he says Snape's been avoiding him. Karkaroff looked really worried. He showed Snape something on his arm, but I couldn't see what it was.”

He showed Snape something on his arm?” said Sirius, looking frankly120 bewildered. He ran his fingers distractedly through his filthy121 hair, then shrugged122 again. “Well, I've no idea what that's about…but if Karkaroff's genuinely worried, and he's going to Snape for answers…”

Sirius stared at the cave wall, then made a grimace123 of frustration124.

“There's still the fact that Dumbledore trusts Snape, and I know Dumbledore trusts where a lot of other people wouldn't, but I just can't see him letting Snape teach at Hogwarts if he'd ever worked for Voldemort.”

“Why are Moody and Crouch so keen to get into Snape's office then?” said Ron stubbornly.

“Well,” said Sirius slowly, “I wouldn't put it past Mad-Eye to have searched every single teacher's office when he got to Hogwarts. He takes his Defense125 Against the Dark Arts seriously, Moody. I'm not sure he trusts anyone at all, and after the things he's seen, it's not surprising. I'll say this for Moody, though, he never killed if he could help it. Always brought people in alive where possible. He was tough, but he never descended126 to the level of the Death Eaters. Crouch, though…he's a different matter…is he really ill? If he is, why did he make the effort to drag himself up to Snape's office? And if he's not…what's he up to? What was he doing at the World Cup that was so important he didn't turn up in the Top Box? What's he been doing while he should have been judging the tournament?”

Sirius lapsed127 into silence, still staring at the cave wall. Buckbeak was ferreting around on the rocky floor, looking for bones he might have overlooked. Finally, Sirius looked up at Ron.

“You say your brother's Crouch's personal assistant? Any chance you could ask him if he's seen Crouch lately?”

“I can try,” said Ron doubtfully. “Better not make it sound like I reckon Crouch is up to anything dodgy, though. Percy loves Crouch.”

“And you might try and find out whether they've got any leads on Bertha Jorkins while you're at it,” said Sirius, gesturing to the second copy of the Daily Prophet.

“Bagman told me they hadn't,” said Harry.

“Yes, he's quoted in the article in there,” said Sirius, nodding at the paper. “Blustering on about how bad Bertha's memory is. Well, maybe she's changed since I knew her, but the Bertha I knew wasn't forgetful at all - quite the reverse. She was a bit dim, but she had an excellent memory for gossip. It used to get her into a lot of trouble; she never knew when to keep her mouth shut. I can see her being a bit of a liability at the Ministry of Magic…maybe that's why Bagman didn't bother to look for her for so long.…”

Sirius heaved an enormous sigh and rubbed his shadowed eyes.

“What's the time?”

Harry checked his watch, then remembered it hadn't been working since it had spent over an hour in the lake.

“It's half past three,” said Hermione.

“You'd better get back to school,” Sirius said, getting to his feet. “Now listen…” He looked particularly hard at Harry. “I don't want you lot sneaking128 out of school to see me, all right? Just send notes to me here. I still want to hear about anything odd. But you're not to go leaving Hogwarts without permission; it would be an ideal opportunity for someone to attack you.”

“No one's tried to attack me so far, except a dragon and a couple of grindylows,” Harry said, but Sirius scowled129 at him.

“I don't care…I'll breathe freely again when this tournament's over, and that's not until June. And don't forget, if you're talking about me among yourselves, call me Snuffles, okay?”

He handed Harry the empty napkin and flask and went to pat Buckbeak good-bye. “I'll walk to the edge of the village with you,” said Sirius, “see if I can scrounge another paper.”

He transformed into the great black dog before they left the cave, and they walked back down the mountainside with him, across the boulder-strewn ground, and back to the stile. Here he allowed each of them to pat him on the head, before turning and setting off at a run around the outskirts130 of the village. Harry, Ron, and Hermione made their way back into Hogsmeade and up toward Hogwarts.

“Wonder if Percy knows all that stuff about Crouch?” Ron said as they walked up the drive to the castle. “But maybe he doesn't care…It'd probably just make him admire Crouch even more. Yeah, Percy loves rules. He'd just say Crouch was refusing to break them for his own son.”

“Percy would never throw any of his family to the dementors,” said Hermione severely131.

“I don't know,” said Ron. “If he thought we were standing in the way of his career…Percy's really ambitious, you know.…”

They walked up the stone steps into the entrance hall, where the delicious smells of dinner wafted132 toward them from the Great Hall.

“Poor old Snuffles,” said Ron, breathing deeply. “He must really like you. Harry.…Imagine having to live off rats.”


第二件任务之后每个人都争着想知道在湖底发生的一切。这样罗恩就要抢了哈利被公众注目的份儿了。哈利发现罗恩对事情的重述中略微地改变了。一开始,他好像还是在讲事情的真相;一个星期过后,罗恩却在讲一个可怕的拐骗案,说他如何单枪匹马对付那五十个装备精良而且准备打到他屈服并把他绑起来的人。

  “但我把我的魔杖藏在袖子里。”他使帕得玛。帕提相信他。帕得玛。帕提显得更被吸引住了。罗恩每过一个走廊都会强调一下他要讲的内容,“我随时可以干掉那帮海底傻瓜。”

  “那你那时打算怎么做,对他们打鼾吗?”荷米恩尖刻地说。因为人们取笑她说她是维特。克伦最想念的人,她变得格外易怒。

  罗恩的耳根都红了。于是他又描述了一遍被弄晕睡过去的情景。

  随着三月的到来,天气变得更干燥了,每当哈利他们出去时,刺骨的寒风刮着他们的手和脸。这种天气使通讯上有点耽搁,因为猫头鹰不停地被风吹偏离跑线。这只棕色的猫头鹰是带着哈利发给西里斯的信。哈利想告诉他霍格瓦彻的会议要在星期五早晨的早餐上举行。猫头鹰的羽毛乱七竖八地立着。哈利一见到西里斯的回复就赶紧拿下来,生恐猫头鹰会把它又带走。

  西里斯的信几乎跟先前的一样短:“星期六下午两点在霍格瓦彻外面路尽头阶梯见。尽量多带食物。”

  “他还没回霍格瓦彻?”罗恩将信将疑地说。

  “看来是的,不是吗?”荷米恩说。

  “我不相信,”哈利紧张地说,“如果他已经抓了……”

  “到现在这田地只好相信了。”罗恩说,“那里也不再像是聚集得蒙特的地方了。”

  哈利把信叠好,思考着。如果他是诚恳的,他应该想再见西里斯一次。因此他开始了下午的最后一课——生物药脂学。当他走下地牢的阶梯时他觉得比平时更轻快。

  下午最后一节课上课前马尔夫、克来伯和高尔以及史林德林女孩聚集在教室门口。他们全都在看着一样哈利看不出来的东西。当哈利、罗恩和荷米思进来时,班西那哈巴狗似的脸正在凝视在高尔那平定的大脸上。

  “他们来了,他们来了!”她格格地笑,史林德林那群人散开了。

  哈利见到班西手里拿着本杂志——《美女周刊》。封面上画着一位手里拿着魔杖的卷发的迷人女孩正对着一个大蛋糕露齿笑着。

  “在这儿你可以发现一些有趣的东西,格林佐!”班西大声唤,并把杂志扔给荷米恩。荷米恩接住杂志,吃惊地看着她。就在那时,地牢的门开了,招他们进来。

  荷米恩、哈利和罗恩像往常一样朝着地牢后面的桌子走过去。

  当史纳皮一转身在黑板上写今天学的那剂药的配方时,荷米恩迅速地在桌子底下创览了一下杂志。最后,在杂志中间,荷米恩发现了他们要找的文章。哈利和罗恩靠上来。在一张哈利的彩图上标着“哈利·波特秘密的头疼”。上面是这样写着的:与众不同的一个男孩,也许是吧;但是,这个男孩承受着青年人所承受的一切烦恼——理特。史姬特这么写道——自从一场不幸夺去了他的父母,十四岁的哈利就被夺去了被爱的权利。他想他可以从亲密的女友——一个来自霍格瓦彻的农家女孩的安慰。然而他没意识到他将会经受生命中另外一次感情的打击——所爱被夺。

  格林佐小组,一个相貌平平,但野心勃勃的女孩,好像钟情于那些出色的奇才,然而哈利却不是。自从维持。克伦——保加利亚籍,快迪斯世界杯比赛的最后一个英雄——来到霍格瓦彻,格林佐小姐就开始玩弄两个男孩的爱情。克伦这个公然与迷途的格林佐小姐厮磨的男孩,已经向她发出邀请访她去保加利亚度暑假,而且声称他从未与另一个女孩感受到如此的炽热的爱。

  可能不是格林佐小姐那值得怀疑的自然之美吸引住这两个不幸的男孩。

  “她真丑,”班西啪金森,一个十四岁的漂亮活泼的学生说,“但她有足够的本事制爱情药,她有脑筋,我想她现在就这么做着。”

  爱情药在霍格瓦彻当然是禁止的,但艾伯斯。丹伯多无疑想研究并得专利。这时,哈利·波特的祝福者一定希望下一次他将他的心放在一个更加值得的人身上了。

  “我告诉过你!”罗恩气呼呼地对荷米恩说,“我告诉你别去惹怒理特。史姬特!她会把你变成一个荡妇的!”

  荷米恩当时正在看那篇文章,她抬眼一看他,有点惊讶,然后轻蔑地笑。

  “荡妇?”她复述着,她回头看了罗恩,尽量忍住格格的笑。

  “我妈妈这样称呼她们。”罗恩咕哝着,耳根又红透了。

  “如果那是理特能做的,她肯定失去理智了。”荷米恩仍笑着说。

  “一堆垃圾!”她把那本美女周刊扔在一张空的桌子上面。

  她看看史林德林那群人,他们正在看她。这时哈利悄悄地走到这边看他们是否被那篇文章弄得不开心了。荷米恩朝他摆摆手、讽刺地笑了笑,然后和哈利、罗恩一起取出他们要做清醒药的配料。

  “倒还真有点可笑,”十分钟后荷米恩说,“理特。史姬特是怎么知道的……?”

  “知道啥?”罗恩快言快语,“你还没配好爱情药,不是吗?”

  “别犯傻了,”荷米恩打断他的话,开始把甲虫捣烂,“不是的,只是,她怎么知道维特叫我夏天去拜访他?”

  荷米恩这样说时脸都红窘了,她决意避开罗恩的眼神。

  “什么?“铿锵一声,罗恩的杵掉在地上。

  “他一把我拖出湖面就问我,”荷米恩低声说,“当他逃离鲨鱼的虎口,波姆弗雷夫人给我们两张毯子,他就拉我到一处以便大家都听不见的地方,他就问我如果我这个暑假没啥好干,我是否愿意去……”

  “你怎么回答?”罗恩紧张地问,他捡起杵子,在离碗六英寸远的桌上捣呀磨呀,眼睛一刻也没离开过荷米恩。

  “他说从来没有一个女孩让他心跳如此狂烈,”荷米恩脸红得如此厉害以致哈利都感到她发出的热气。“但理特。史姬特怎么听到的呢?她又不在场,难道……?也许她有一件隐形篷衣,或者她溜到地牢里看第二项任务……”

  “那你说什么了?”罗恩再问一遍,他那么大力地辗着桌子以致桌子都凹下去了。

  “得了,我太忙于照料你和哈利,我不能……”

  “你的社交毫无疑问是——荒诞,格林佐小姐”,一个冰冷的声音从后面传来,“我必须要求你不要在我们课上讨论这样的话题,扣十分。”

  史纳皮已经走到他们那儿了。这时整个班的人都盯着他们看。

  马尔夫有机会拿波特斯丁在哈利面前炫耀了。

  “啊,还在桌底下看杂志喔?”史纳皮一把抓过美女周刊,“哼,得再扣十分……幄,当然……”史纲皮的黑眼睛看到理特。史姬特的文章时突然一亮,“波特得跟上他受伤的心……

  地牢里回荡着史林德林那群人的哄笑,史纳皮先生薄薄的嘴皮露出一个不满的微笑。为了激怒哈利,他开始大声朗读。

  “《哈利·波特的秘密头疼》——噢,亲爱的,什么使你这样疼呀?——一个与众不同的男孩,也许……”

  哈利感到他的脸火辣辣地烧着。史纳皮每读完一句就停一下,那些史林德林就拼命地笑。这篇文章让史纳皮读真是难听十倍。

  “哈利·波特的祝福者一定希望,下一次他会把他的心放在一个更值得的人身上。”“真感人!”史纳皮先生轻蔑地笑,把杂志卷起来。

  “好,我想我最好分开你们三个人以便你们能抛开三角恋爱集中精神听我的课。威斯里,你就留在那儿,格林佐小姐,你去帕金森小姐旁边。波特,到我前面的桌子,现在换位。”

  哈利把他的配料和书包气冲冲地扔进他的大汽锅里,把它拖到地牢前面的空桌子。史纳皮跟着他,坐在自己的桌子上看着哈利把锅里的东西拿出来。哈利决定不看史纳皮,把甲虫都当作史纳皮的脸研磨成糊状。

  当其他同学安静下来的时候,史纳皮说:“所有的这些压力使你那原本已过大的脑袋膨胀了。”

  哈利不应声。他知道史纳皮又在挑衅,他以前就这样做过。毫无疑问是在找茬。让他在课结束之前扣五十分。

  “你在妄想着整个男巫世界都在你的控制之下,”史纳皮继续说。

  他说得很小声,没有旁人听得见(哈利也继续磨他的甲虫,他已经磨得不能再碎了)。“但我不管你在杂志上登过多少照片,对于我来说,你只不过是一个令人作呕的毛孩,老想把戒律抛之不理。”

  哈利把甲虫粉倒进锅里并开始切姜。出于愤怒,他的手微微发抖,但他坚持眼皮也不抬一下,好像没听见史纳皮在对他说。

  “不是我不警告你,波特,”史纳皮用一种更温柔更危险的声音说道,“小而无价值的庆祝或者——如果让我抓住你企图再闯进我的办公室——”

  “我从来不靠近你的办公室!”哈利吼道,忘了他刚才还在装聋。

  “你瞒不过我,”史纳皮哼了一下,他那毫无深度的呆眼盯着哈利,“我知道是谁偷的!”

  哈利瞪回史纳皮,眼睛决意不眨,好像不怕被责备一样。事实上,他两样东西都没偷。荷米恩在二年级时拿走了史纳皮那张有咒语的皮,因为他们要用它制烦恼药。史纳皮一直怀疑哈利,但无法证实。而另外一样是多比偷的。

  “我压根儿不知道你在说什么。”哈利冷冷地说。

  “我办公室被盗那天你正好不在床上!我就晓得是你!现在魔眼莫迪可能加入你们那伙人,但我不会再忍受你的行为!再敢闯进我的办公室,我就收拾你!”

  “好的,”哈利冷冷地说完转身切他的姜,“如果有必要去你那里,我会好好地记住你的话的。”

  史纳皮眼红了一下,他把手插进他的黑袍里。僵持了一下,哈利猜史纳皮要抽出他的魔杖来咒他——但史纳皮拿出一个装着清澈透明药剂的水晶小瓶。哈利盯着瓶子。

  “知道这是用来干嘛的吗?”史纳皮的眼里闪烁着危险的光芒。

  “不知道。”这次哈利完全老实地回答。

  “这是吃了讲真话的药。只要三滴就能把你最心底的话掏出来讲给全班听。”史纳皮阴恶地说,“虽然这种药严格控制使用,但我还是能用它看你是否真的到我办公室没有。”

  哈利不作声。他又低头切他的姜。他一点也不喜欢这种说真话的药,他也决不会让史纳皮灌给他吃。一想到如果史纳皮真让他吃了后果会怎样,他就打了个颤。他把姜丝倒进大锅里,想着要不要撕莫迪书上的一页,然后喝他自己的长颈瓶里的东西。

  地牢门给人敲得咯咯响。

  “进来。”史纳皮恢复到他正常的声音。

  门开时全班都望过去。进来的是卡克罗夫教授。当他径直走向史纳皮的桌子时每个人都望着他。他用手摸着他的山羊胡须,显然他很激动。

  “我们要谈一下。”卡克罗夫走到史纳皮处时突然说。他好像决意不让任何人知道他说什么似的,嘴巴几乎没动,看上去就像一个瘪脚的口技表演者。哈利眼虽还看在姜上,耳朵却坚直了听着。

  “卡克罗夫,下课后我找你谈。”史纳皮低声说,但卡克罗夫打断了他的话。

  “我现在就要谈,你不要再闪避,你老避着我了。”

  “下课后说。”史纳皮说。

  借着举起量杯看是否倒进足够的犰狳胆汁的机会,哈利侧眼掠了一下他们。卡克罗夫显得很忧虑而史纳皮则很气愤。

  卡克罗夫留在史纳皮的桌子后面度过这节课剩余的时间。他好像决计要防止史纳皮在课室的尽头溜走。哈利很想知道他们将谈什么,便故意在下课前两分钟打烂装着犹徐胆汁的试管好有借口下课后晚点走。

  “什么这么紧急?”他听见史纳皮对卡克罗夫心急地说。

  “这个。”卡克罗夫说。

  哈利凝视着他的大锅边缘,却能看到卡克罗夫从他的袍子里伸出左手,给史纳皮看一样东西。

  “看见了吗?”卡克罗夫仍然尽力闭着嘴说话,“看见了吗?它以前没有这么清澈,自从——”

  “把它收好!”史纳皮咆哮道,他的黑眼扫了一遍课室。

  “但是你一定已经注意到——”卡克罗夫开始焦急。

  “我们迟点再说!”史纳皮轻拍了他一下。“波特!你在这儿干什么?”

  “扫干净那些机徐胆汁,教授。”哈利无辜地说,拿那块湿的抹布给他看。

  卡克罗夫又气又担心地离开了。不想与正要发火的史纳皮留在地牢里。哈利把他的书呀,调料呀全塞进包里,最快速度地跑去告诉罗恩和荷米恩他所见到的一切。

  第二天中午太阳不是那么猛的时候他们出发赴要西里斯的约会。天气比什么时候都热,所以他们走到霍格瓦彻时,都得把斗篷摘下来了。西里斯叫他们拿的食物全放在哈利的包里;他们从午餐桌上偷了12只鸡,一条面包和一罐南瓜汁。

  他们先去格来登。乌特维那里买了份礼物给多比。他们发现在那儿挑袜子挺有趣。他们挑了两对。有一对嵌有一闪一闪的金银星,而还有一对当太臭时会发出尖叫。一点半时,他们经过高街,走向村庄的郊区。

  哈利从来没走过这条路。弯曲的小路把他们带到一个荒凉的农村。这里的屋舍更少,每户的花园更大。他们来到山脚下,拐了一个弯,见到小路的尽头有阶梯。一只看上去很脸熟的蓬毛大黑狗半躺在横木上,口里叼着一些报纸。

  “嘿,西里斯。”当他们走近它时,哈利打招呼。

  这只黑狗急着嗅了嗅哈利的包,摆摆尾,然后转身小跑穿过矮树丛。哈利,罗恩和荷米恩爬上阶梯跟在它后面。

  西里斯领着他们跑到山脚下。那里怪石嶙峋。它轻而易举地跑过去了,但哈利、罗恩和荷米恩很快就上气不接下气。他们跟着西里斯爬上山。沿着一条陡峭石路,在西里斯摇摆的尾巴带领下,他们爬了近一个半小时。背包带在哈利的肩上深深地勒出一道痕。

  到最后,西里斯消失了。他们在它消失的地方看到一块有裂缝的巨石。他们挤进裂缝里,来到一个凉爽但光线微暗的山洞。那只半像马、半像鸟的鸟嘴巴克的脚用绳拴在一块石头上,眼睛露出锐利的橙色光芒。他们三个弯身向它鞠躬。它傲慢地回应一下之后,过了一会儿,它弯下它多鳞的前脚,允许荷米恩抚摸它的脖子。哈利在看那刚刚变为哈利教父的黑狗。

  西里斯穿着破烂的灰袍,那件他离开阿兹克班时穿的灰袍。它的黑毛比以前更长,更胜更乱。它显得瘦了。

  “鸡肉!”它一见到鸡肉立刻扔掉报纸嘶哑地叫。

  哈利打开背包,递鸡和面包给它。

  “谢谢!”西里斯抓起鸡肉撕开,津津有味地吃起来。“我现在以老鼠为生,我知道你们不能偷太多,我会照顾自己的了。”

  他冲哈利咧嘴一笑,但哈利勉强地回报它一笑。

  “你在这儿都干些什么呢,西里斯?”她问。

  “负责完成当教父的责任,”西里斯说,用一种狗的方式啃着鸡腿,“不用担心我,我会尽力做一只讨人爱的流浪狗。”

  他仍然咧嘴笑,但见到哈利担心的样子,便忧虑地说:“我想出来,你那封信——,我每看到人们放下一张报纸我就偷走,通过看报纸得知情况。”

  它对着地上那张报纸哄哄叫,罗恩捡起来打开看。

  哈利仍然很担心,“如果他们抓到你或看到你怎么办?”

  “附近只有你们三个知道我是西里斯,”西里斯耸耸肩,继续啃它的鸡骨。

  罗恩轻碰了一下哈利,把先知日报递给他看。头条是:巴地。克劳斯的怪病;还有一条是:女巫部长下落不明——魔法部长牵涉进内。

  哈利读了一下内容。

  “他们说克劳斯好像快死了,”哈利慢吞吞地说,“但谁只要来那儿一趟就知道情况并不那么糟糕。”

  “我哥哥是克劳斯的助理,”罗恩告诉西里斯,“他说克劳斯快忙昏了。”

  “我才不在乎呢!”荷米恩冷淡地说。

  “荷米恩好像被精灵萦绕。”罗恩对西里斯低声说,并看了一眼荷米恩。

  西里斯却显得感兴趣。

  “你第一次看到精灵是在快迪斯世界杯上,她帮克劳斯占了一个座,对不?”

  “对。”哈利、罗恩和荷米恩异口同声地说。

  “但克劳斯没出现在那场比赛上。他可能太忙了。”

  西里斯一声不哼地在洞里踱来踱去。“哈利,你离开快迪斯之后有没有发现你的魔杖正在口袋里?”

  “嗯……”哈利使劲地想,“没有,”他最终想起,“我们去森林之前不会用它。当时我把手放进口袋里,口袋里除了欧米卡尔斯啥也没有了。你的意思是有人变魔法把我的魔杖拿走了?”

  “很可能。”西里斯说。

  “温奇没有偷你的魔杖!”荷米恩尖声说。

  “精灵并不在那盒子里头,当时谁坐在你旁边呢?”西里斯皱了一下眉。

  “好多人。保加利亚部长……可尼斯。法治……还有马尔夫……”

  “肯定是马尔夫!”罗恩突然插嘴,他那么大声以致于他的声音在整个洞里回响,鸟嘴巴克不安地摇摇头。“我打包票是梅尔法!”

  “还有别的什么人吗?”西里斯问。

  “没有了。”哈利答。

  “还有露得。巴格蒙。”荷米恩提醒他。

  “噢,对……”

  “我不大认识巴格蒙,只知道他过去曾做过打手。”西里斯还在踱来踱去,“他怎么了?”

  “还好,”哈利答,“他老想帮我赢男巫比赛。”

  “是吗?他为什么要那样做呢?”西里斯又皱起眉来。

  “他说他喜欢我。”哈利说。

  “唔。”西里斯若有所思。

  “我们在森林里看见他,就在黑色标记出现之前。”荷米恩告诉西里斯,“记得吗?”她又对哈利和罗恩说。

  “是,但他没留在森林里呀!”罗恩说,“我们一告诉他暴乱的事,他就赶回营地。”

  “你怎么知道?”荷米恩反唇相讥,“你怎么知道他往哪里消失了呢?”

  “你是在说露得。巴格蒙在用魔法迷惑黑色标记吗?”罗恩不大相信的说。

  “巴格蒙比温奇更有可能。”荷米恩固执地说。

  罗恩看了看西里斯说:“她给精灵困挠着——”

  但西里斯举起一只手不让罗恩说下去,“标记被遮住时,精灵已被发现正拿着哈利的魔杖,这时克劳斯怎么做?”

  “他去灌木丛里看,但没有其他人在。”哈利说。

  “当然,”西里斯低声说,“他想钉住所有的人,除了他自己的精灵……接着他抓住她吗?”

  “对,”荷米恩火上来了,“他抓住她,只因为她不乖乖地留在帐篷里而出来被人蹂躏。”

  “荷米恩,拜托你不要再讲精灵的事了。”罗恩说。

  但西里斯摇摇头说:“她看克劳斯比你准,罗恩,如果你想知道一个人是啥模样的,只要看他怎么对待地位比他低的人,而不是与他平等的人。”他用手抚摸着没刮胡子的脸,努力地思考着。“克劳斯缺席很多。他让他的精灵帮他占了一个座位看快迪斯世界杯大赛,但他又不出现去看。他很努力让男巫比赛恢复,自己却不去看。这不太像克劳斯,如果他有一天因病请假的话,我就吃了鸟嘴巴克。”

  “你原来就认识克劳斯吗?”哈利问。

  西里斯阴下脸。他突然变得像哈利第一次见到他那时那么险恶


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1 harry heBxS     
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
参考例句:
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
2 tallied 61a1841ec60066b24767ba76be257ac1     
v.计算,清点( tally的过去式和过去分词 );加标签(或标记)于;(使)符合;(使)吻合
参考例句:
  • The girl tallied them with her eyes for a moment. 新娘用目光把这些化妆品清点了一下。 来自教父部分
  • His account of the accident tallied with hers. 他对事故的陈述和她的相吻合。 来自辞典例句
3 submission lUVzr     
n.服从,投降;温顺,谦虚;提出
参考例句:
  • The defeated general showed his submission by giving up his sword.战败将军缴剑表示投降。
  • No enemy can frighten us into submission.任何敌人的恐吓都不能使我们屈服。
4 reverted 5ac73b57fcce627aea1bfd3f5d01d36c     
恢复( revert的过去式和过去分词 ); 重提; 回到…上; 归还
参考例句:
  • After the settlers left, the area reverted to desert. 早期移民离开之后,这个地区又变成了一片沙漠。
  • After his death the house reverted to its original owner. 他死后房子归还给了原先的主人。
5 owls 7b4601ac7f6fe54f86669548acc46286     
n.猫头鹰( owl的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • 'Clumsy fellows,'said I; 'they must still be drunk as owls.' “这些笨蛋,”我说,“他们大概还醉得像死猪一样。” 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
  • The great majority of barn owls are reared in captivity. 大多数仓鸮都是笼养的。 来自辞典例句
6 owl 7KFxk     
n.猫头鹰,枭
参考例句:
  • Her new glasses make her look like an owl.她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。
  • I'm a night owl and seldom go to bed until after midnight.我睡得很晚,经常半夜后才睡觉。
7 swarming db600a2d08b872102efc8fbe05f047f9     
密集( swarm的现在分词 ); 云集; 成群地移动; 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去
参考例句:
  • The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。
  • The beach is swarming with bathers. 海滩满是海水浴的人。
8 considerably 0YWyQ     
adv.极大地;相当大地;在很大程度上
参考例句:
  • The economic situation has changed considerably.经济形势已发生了相当大的变化。
  • The gap has narrowed considerably.分歧大大缩小了。
9 descending descending     
n. 下行 adj. 下降的
参考例句:
  • The results are expressed in descending numerical order . 结果按数字降序列出。
  • The climbers stopped to orient themselves before descending the mountain. 登山者先停下来确定所在的位置,然后再下山。
10 dungeons 2a995b5ae3dd26fe8c8d3d935abe4376     
n.地牢( dungeon的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The captured rebels were consigned to the dungeons. 抓到的叛乱分子被送进了地牢。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He saw a boy in fetters in the dungeons. 他在地牢里看见一个戴着脚镣的男孩。 来自辞典例句
11 dungeon MZyz6     
n.地牢,土牢
参考例句:
  • They were driven into a dark dungeon.他们被人驱赶进入一个黑暗的地牢。
  • He was just set free from a dungeon a few days ago.几天前,他刚从土牢里被放出来。
12 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
13 huddle s5UyT     
vi.挤作一团;蜷缩;vt.聚集;n.挤在一起的人
参考例句:
  • They like living in a huddle.他们喜欢杂居在一起。
  • The cold wind made the boy huddle inside his coat.寒风使这个男孩卷缩在他的外衣里。
14 heartily Ld3xp     
adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很
参考例句:
  • He ate heartily and went out to look for his horse.他痛快地吃了一顿,就出去找他的马。
  • The host seized my hand and shook it heartily.主人抓住我的手,热情地和我握手。
15 giggled 72ecd6e6dbf913b285d28ec3ba1edb12     
v.咯咯地笑( giggle的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The girls giggled at the joke. 女孩子们让这笑话逗得咯咯笑。
  • The children giggled hysterically. 孩子们歇斯底里地傻笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
16 beckoned b70f83e57673dfe30be1c577dd8520bc     
v.(用头或手的动作)示意,召唤( beckon的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He beckoned to the waiter to bring the bill. 他招手示意服务生把账单送过来。
  • The seated figure in the corner beckoned me over. 那个坐在角落里的人向我招手让我过去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
17 pangs 90e966ce71191d0a90f6fec2265e2758     
突然的剧痛( pang的名词复数 ); 悲痛
参考例句:
  • She felt sudden pangs of regret. 她突然感到痛悔不已。
  • With touching pathos he described the pangs of hunger. 他以极具感伤力的笔触描述了饥饿的痛苦。
18 adolescence CyXzY     
n.青春期,青少年
参考例句:
  • Adolescence is the process of going from childhood to maturity.青春期是从少年到成年的过渡期。
  • The film is about the trials and tribulations of adolescence.这部电影讲述了青春期的麻烦和苦恼。
19 tragic inaw2     
adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的
参考例句:
  • The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
  • Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
20 demise Cmazg     
n.死亡;v.让渡,遗赠,转让
参考例句:
  • He praised the union's aims but predicted its early demise.他赞扬协会的目标,但预期这一协会很快会消亡。
  • The war brought about the industry's sudden demise.战争道致这个行业就这么突然垮了。
21 solace uFFzc     
n.安慰;v.使快乐;vt.安慰(物),缓和
参考例句:
  • They sought solace in religion from the harshness of their everyday lives.他们日常生活很艰难,就在宗教中寻求安慰。
  • His acting career took a nosedive and he turned to drink for solace.演艺事业突然一落千丈,他便借酒浇愁。
22 smitten smitten     
猛打,重击,打击( smite的过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • From the moment they met, he was completely smitten by her. 从一见面的那一刻起,他就完全被她迷住了。
  • It was easy to see why she was smitten with him. 她很容易看出为何她为他倾倒。
23 devious 2Pdzv     
adj.不坦率的,狡猾的;迂回的,曲折的
参考例句:
  • Susan is a devious person and we can't depend on her.苏姗是个狡猾的人,我们不能依赖她。
  • He is a man who achieves success by devious means.他这个人通过不正当手段获取成功。
24 vivacious Dp7yI     
adj.活泼的,快活的
参考例句:
  • She is an artless,vivacious girl.她是一个天真活泼的女孩。
  • The picture has a vivacious artistic conception.这幅画气韵生动。
25 bestows 37d65133a4a734d50d7d7e9a205b8ef8     
赠给,授予( bestow的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • Second, Xie Lingyun bestows on basic subject and emotion connotation. 谢灵运赋的基本主题及情感内涵。
  • And the frigid climate bestows Heilongjiang rich resources of ice and snow. 寒冷的气候赋予了其得天独厚的冰雪资源。
26 worthier 309910ce145fa0bfb651b2b8ce1095f6     
应得某事物( worthy的比较级 ); 值得做某事; 可尊敬的; 有(某人或事物)的典型特征
参考例句:
  • I am sure that you might be much, much worthier of yourself.' 我可以肯定你能非常非常值得自己骄傲。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
  • I should like the chance to fence with a worthier opponent. 我希望有机会跟实力相当的对手击剑。
27 hiss 2yJy9     
v.发出嘶嘶声;发嘘声表示不满
参考例句:
  • We can hear the hiss of air escaping from a tire.我们能听到一只轮胎的嘶嘶漏气声。
  • Don't hiss at the speaker.不要嘘演讲人。
28 hissed 2299e1729bbc7f56fc2559e409d6e8a7     
发嘶嘶声( hiss的过去式和过去分词 ); 发嘘声表示反对
参考例句:
  • Have you ever been hissed at in the middle of a speech? 你在演讲中有没有被嘘过?
  • The iron hissed as it pressed the wet cloth. 熨斗压在湿布上时发出了嘶嘶声。
29 scarlet zD8zv     
n.深红色,绯红色,红衣;adj.绯红色的
参考例句:
  • The scarlet leaves of the maples contrast well with the dark green of the pines.深红的枫叶和暗绿的松树形成了明显的对比。
  • The glowing clouds are growing slowly pale,scarlet,bright red,and then light red.天空的霞光渐渐地淡下去了,深红的颜色变成了绯红,绯红又变为浅红。
30 giggles 0aa08b5c91758a166d13e7cd3f455951     
n.咯咯的笑( giggle的名词复数 );傻笑;玩笑;the giggles 止不住的格格笑v.咯咯地笑( giggle的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • Her nervous giggles annoyed me. 她神经质的傻笑把我惹火了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I had to rush to the loo to avoid an attack of hysterical giggles. 我不得不冲向卫生间,以免遭到别人的疯狂嘲笑。 来自辞典例句
31 giggling 2712674ae81ec7e853724ef7e8c53df1     
v.咯咯地笑( giggle的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • We just sat there giggling like naughty schoolchildren. 我们只是坐在那儿像调皮的小学生一样的咯咯地傻笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I can't stand her giggling, she's so silly. 她吃吃地笑,叫我真受不了,那样子傻透了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
32 sarcastic jCIzJ     
adj.讥讽的,讽刺的,嘲弄的
参考例句:
  • I squashed him with a sarcastic remark.我说了一句讽刺的话把他给镇住了。
  • She poked fun at people's shortcomings with sarcastic remarks.她冷嘲热讽地拿别人的缺点开玩笑。
33 unpacking 4cd1f3e1b7db9c6a932889b5839cdd25     
n.取出货物,拆包[箱]v.从(包裹等)中取出(所装的东西),打开行李取出( unpack的现在分词 );拆包;解除…的负担;吐露(心事等)
参考例句:
  • Joe sat on the bed while Martin was unpacking. 马丁打开箱子取东西的时候,乔坐在床上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They are unpacking a trunk. 他们正在打开衣箱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
34 pestle dMGxX     
n.杵
参考例句:
  • He ground the rock candy with a mortar and pestle.他自己动手用研钵和杵把冰糖研成粉。
  • An iron pestle can be ground down to a needle.只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针。
35 beetles e572d93f9d42d4fe5aa8171c39c86a16     
n.甲虫( beetle的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Beetles bury pellets of dung and lay their eggs within them. 甲壳虫把粪粒埋起来,然后在里面产卵。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • This kind of beetles have hard shell. 这类甲虫有坚硬的外壳。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
36 determinedly f36257cec58d5bd4b23fb76b1dd9d64f     
adv.决意地;坚决地,坚定地
参考例句:
  • "Don't shove me,'said one of the strikers, determinedly. "I'm not doing anything." “别推我,"其中的一个罢工工人坚决地说,"我可没干什么。” 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • Dorothy's chin set determinedly as she looked calmly at him. 多萝西平静地看着他,下巴绷得紧紧的,看来是打定主意了。 来自名作英译部分
37 determined duszmP     
adj.坚定的;有决心的
参考例句:
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
38 sneaked fcb2f62c486b1c2ed19664da4b5204be     
v.潜行( sneak的过去式和过去分词 );偷偷溜走;(儿童向成人)打小报告;告状
参考例句:
  • I sneaked up the stairs. 我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼。
  • She sneaked a surreptitious glance at her watch. 她偷偷看了一眼手表。
39 dented dented     
v.使产生凹痕( dent的过去式和过去分词 );损害;伤害;挫伤(信心、名誉等)
参考例句:
  • The back of the car was badly dented in the collision. 汽车尾部被撞后严重凹陷。
  • I'm afraid I've dented the car. 恐怕我把车子撞瘪了一些。 来自《简明英汉词典》
40 undoubtedly Mfjz6l     
adv.确实地,无疑地
参考例句:
  • It is undoubtedly she who has said that.这话明明是她说的。
  • He is undoubtedly the pride of China.毫无疑问他是中国的骄傲。
41 glided dc24e51e27cfc17f7f45752acf858ed1     
v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 );掠过;(鸟或飞机 ) 滑翔
参考例句:
  • The President's motorcade glided by. 总统的车队一溜烟开了过去。
  • They glided along the wall until they were out of sight. 他们沿着墙壁溜得无影无踪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
42 stinks 6254e99acfa1f76e5581ffe6c369f803     
v.散发出恶臭( stink的第三人称单数 );发臭味;名声臭;糟透
参考例句:
  • The whole scheme stinks to high heaven—don't get involved in it. 整件事十分卑鄙龌龊——可别陷了进去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The soup stinks of garlic. 这汤有大蒜气味。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
43 ailing XzzzbA     
v.生病
参考例句:
  • They discussed the problems ailing the steel industry. 他们讨论了困扰钢铁工业的问题。
  • She looked after her ailing father. 她照顾有病的父亲。
44 hearty Od1zn     
adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的
参考例句:
  • After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.工作完了,他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。
  • We accorded him a hearty welcome.我们给他热忱的欢迎。
45 sneered 0e3b5b35e54fb2ad006040792a867d9f     
讥笑,冷笑( sneer的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He sneered at people who liked pop music. 他嘲笑喜欢流行音乐的人。
  • It's very discouraging to be sneered at all the time. 成天受嘲讽是很令人泄气的。
46 gales c6a9115ba102941811c2e9f42af3fc0a     
龙猫
参考例句:
  • I could hear gales of laughter coming from downstairs. 我能听到来自楼下的阵阵笑声。
  • This was greeted with gales of laughter from the audience. 观众对此报以阵阵笑声。
47 tangled e487ee1bc1477d6c2828d91e94c01c6e     
adj. 纠缠的,紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了,我梳不动。
  • A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。
48 ragged KC0y8     
adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的
参考例句:
  • A ragged shout went up from the small crowd.这一小群人发出了刺耳的喊叫。
  • Ragged clothing infers poverty.破衣烂衫意味着贫穷。
49 mashing a63b835671c73b1a5bc351bc7e34a3ad     
捣碎
参考例句:
  • Long ago, they served as a useful third set of mashing molars. 许多年前,它们可是有用的第三套磨牙系统。
  • During continuous mashing, filter 2 is filled when filter 1 is full. 在连续糖化过程中,当压滤机1填满后即填充压滤机2。
50 inflated Mqwz2K     
adj.(价格)飞涨的;(通货)膨胀的;言过其实的;充了气的v.使充气(于轮胎、气球等)( inflate的过去式和过去分词 );(使)膨胀;(使)通货膨胀;物价上涨
参考例句:
  • He has an inflated sense of his own importance. 他自视过高。
  • They all seem to take an inflated view of their collective identity. 他们对自己的集体身份似乎都持有一种夸大的看法。 来自《简明英汉词典》
51 laboring 2749babc1b2a966d228f9122be56f4cb     
n.劳动,操劳v.努力争取(for)( labor的现在分词 );苦干;详细分析;(指引擎)缓慢而困难地运转
参考例句:
  • The young man who said laboring was beneath his dignity finally put his pride in his pocket and got a job as a kitchen porter. 那个说过干活儿有失其身份的年轻人最终只能忍辱,做了厨房搬运工的工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • But this knowledge did not keep them from laboring to save him. 然而,这并不妨碍她们尽力挽救他。 来自飘(部分)
52 delusion x9uyf     
n.谬见,欺骗,幻觉,迷惑
参考例句:
  • He is under the delusion that he is Napoleon.他患了妄想症,认为自己是拿破仑。
  • I was under the delusion that he intended to marry me.我误认为他要娶我。
53 ginger bzryX     
n.姜,精力,淡赤黄色;adj.淡赤黄色的;vt.使活泼,使有生气
参考例句:
  • There is no ginger in the young man.这个年轻人没有精神。
  • Ginger shall be hot in the mouth.生姜吃到嘴里总是辣的。
54 celebrity xcRyQ     
n.名人,名流;著名,名声,名望
参考例句:
  • Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
  • He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
55 feigned Kt4zMZ     
a.假装的,不真诚的
参考例句:
  • He feigned indifference to criticism of his work. 他假装毫不在意别人批评他的作品。
  • He accepted the invitation with feigned enthusiasm. 他假装热情地接受了邀请。
56 fathomless 47my4     
a.深不可测的
参考例句:
  • "The sand-sea deepens with fathomless ice, And darkness masses its endless clouds;" 瀚海阑干百丈冰,愁云黪淡万里凝。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
  • Day are coloured bubbles that float upon the surface of fathomless night. 日是五彩缤纷的气泡,漂浮在无尽的夜的表面。
57 moody XEXxG     
adj.心情不稳的,易怒的,喜怒无常的
参考例句:
  • He relapsed into a moody silence.他又重新陷于忧郁的沉默中。
  • I'd never marry that girl.She's so moody.我决不会和那女孩结婚的。她太易怒了。
58 plunged 06a599a54b33c9d941718dccc7739582     
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
参考例句:
  • The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
  • She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳,从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
59 drawn MuXzIi     
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
参考例句:
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
60 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部;牧师
参考例句:
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
61 pumpkin NtKy8     
n.南瓜
参考例句:
  • They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
  • It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你!
62 shudder JEqy8     
v.战粟,震动,剧烈地摇晃;n.战粟,抖动
参考例句:
  • The sight of the coffin sent a shudder through him.看到那副棺材,他浑身一阵战栗。
  • We all shudder at the thought of the dreadful dirty place.我们一想到那可怕的肮脏地方就浑身战惊。
63 hip 1dOxX     
n.臀部,髋;屋脊
参考例句:
  • The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
  • The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。
64 flask Egxz8     
n.瓶,火药筒,砂箱
参考例句:
  • There is some deposit in the bottom of the flask.这只烧杯的底部有些沉淀物。
  • He took out a metal flask from a canvas bag.他从帆布包里拿出一个金属瓶子。
65 agitated dzgzc2     
adj.被鼓动的,不安的
参考例句:
  • His answers were all mixed up,so agitated was he.他是那样心神不定,回答全乱了。
  • She was agitated because her train was an hour late.她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时,她十分焦虑。
66 abruptly iINyJ     
adv.突然地,出其不意地
参考例句:
  • He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
  • I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。
67 pretext 1Qsxi     
n.借口,托词
参考例句:
  • He used his headache as a pretext for not going to school.他借口头疼而不去上学。
  • He didn't attend that meeting under the pretext of sickness.他以生病为借口,没参加那个会议。
68 hovered d194b7e43467f867f4b4380809ba6b19     
鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫
参考例句:
  • A hawk hovered over the hill. 一只鹰在小山的上空翱翔。
  • A hawk hovered in the blue sky. 一只老鹰在蓝色的天空中翱翔。
69 deliberately Gulzvq     
adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地
参考例句:
  • The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
  • They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。
70 snarled ti3zMA     
v.(指狗)吠,嗥叫, (人)咆哮( snarl的过去式和过去分词 );咆哮着说,厉声地说
参考例句:
  • The dog snarled at us. 狗朝我们低声吼叫。
  • As I advanced towards the dog, It'snarled and struck at me. 我朝那条狗走去时,它狂吠着向我扑来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
71 sweeping ihCzZ4     
adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的
参考例句:
  • The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
  • Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗?
72 spat pFdzJ     
n.口角,掌击;v.发出呼噜呼噜声
参考例句:
  • Her parents always have spats.她的父母经常有些小的口角。
  • There is only a spat between the brother and sister.那只是兄妹间的小吵小闹。
73 sodden FwPwm     
adj.浑身湿透的;v.使浸透;使呆头呆脑
参考例句:
  • We stripped off our sodden clothes.我们扒下了湿透的衣服。
  • The cardboard was sodden and fell apart in his hands.纸板潮得都发酥了,手一捏就碎。
74 lurid 9Atxh     
adj.可怕的;血红的;苍白的
参考例句:
  • The paper gave all the lurid details of the murder.这份报纸对这起凶杀案耸人听闻的细节描写得淋漓尽致。
  • The lurid sunset puts a red light on their faces.血红一般的夕阳映红了他们的脸。
75 winding Ue7z09     
n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈
参考例句:
  • A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
  • The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。
76 sniffed ccb6bd83c4e9592715e6230a90f76b72     
v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说
参考例句:
  • When Jenney had stopped crying she sniffed and dried her eyes. 珍妮停止了哭泣,吸了吸鼻子,擦干了眼泪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The dog sniffed suspiciously at the stranger. 狗疑惑地嗅着那个陌生人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
77 trot aKBzt     
n.疾走,慢跑;n.老太婆;现成译本;(复数)trots:腹泻(与the 连用);v.小跑,快步走,赶紧
参考例句:
  • They passed me at a trot.他们从我身边快步走过。
  • The horse broke into a brisk trot.马突然快步小跑起来。
78 boulders 317f40e6f6d3dc0457562ca415269465     
n.卵石( boulder的名词复数 );巨砾;(受水或天气侵蚀而成的)巨石;漂砾
参考例句:
  • Seals basked on boulders in a flat calm. 海面风平浪静,海豹在巨石上晒太阳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The river takes a headlong plunge into a maelstrom of rocks and boulders. 河水急流而下,入一个漂砾的漩涡中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
79 stony qu1wX     
adj.石头的,多石头的,冷酷的,无情的
参考例句:
  • The ground is too dry and stony.这块地太干,而且布满了石头。
  • He listened to her story with a stony expression.他带着冷漠的表情听她讲经历。
80 straps 1412cf4c15adaea5261be8ae3e7edf8e     
n.带子( strap的名词复数 );挎带;肩带;背带v.用皮带捆扎( strap的第三人称单数 );用皮带抽打;包扎;给…打绷带
参考例句:
  • the shoulder straps of her dress 她连衣裙上的肩带
  • The straps can be adjusted to suit the wearer. 这些背带可进行调整以适合使用者。
81 fissure Njbxt     
n.裂缝;裂伤
参考例句:
  • Though we all got out to examine the fissure,he remained in the car.我们纷纷下车察看那个大裂缝,他却呆在车上。
  • Ground fissure is the main geological disaster in Xi'an city construction.地裂缝是西安市主要的工程地质灾害问题。
82 bent QQ8yD     
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
参考例句:
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
83 scaly yjRzJg     
adj.鱼鳞状的;干燥粗糙的
参考例句:
  • Reptiles possess a scaly,dry skin.爬行类具有覆盖着鳞片的干燥皮肤。
  • The iron pipe is scaly with rust.铁管子因为生锈一片片剥落了。
84 hoarsely hoarsely     
adv.嘶哑地
参考例句:
  • "Excuse me," he said hoarsely. “对不起。”他用嘶哑的嗓子说。
  • Jerry hoarsely professed himself at Miss Pross's service. 杰瑞嘶声嘶气地表示愿为普洛丝小姐效劳。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
85 chunk Kqwzz     
n.厚片,大块,相当大的部分(数量)
参考例句:
  • They had to be careful of floating chunks of ice.他们必须当心大块浮冰。
  • The company owns a chunk of farmland near Gatwick Airport.该公司拥有盖特威克机场周边的大片农田。
86 gnawing GsWzWk     
a.痛苦的,折磨人的
参考例句:
  • The dog was gnawing a bone. 那狗在啃骨头。
  • These doubts had been gnawing at him for some time. 这些疑虑已经折磨他一段时间了。
87 devour hlezt     
v.吞没;贪婪地注视或谛听,贪读;使着迷
参考例句:
  • Larger fish devour the smaller ones.大鱼吃小鱼。
  • Beauty is but a flower which wrinkle will devour.美只不过是一朵,终会被皱纹所吞噬。
88 crouch Oz4xX     
v.蹲伏,蜷缩,低头弯腰;n.蹲伏
参考例句:
  • I crouched on the ground.我蹲在地上。
  • He crouched down beside him.他在他的旁边蹲下来。
89 rumors 2170bcd55c0e3844ecb4ef13fef29b01     
n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷
参考例句:
  • Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》
90 goblet S66yI     
n.高脚酒杯
参考例句:
  • He poured some wine into the goblet.他向高脚酒杯里倒了一些葡萄酒。
  • He swirled the brandy around in the huge goblet.他摇晃着高脚大玻璃杯使里面的白兰地酒旋动起来。
91 crunching crunching     
v.嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼( crunch的现在分词 );嘎吱作响;(快速大量地)处理信息;数字捣弄
参考例句:
  • The horses were crunching their straw at their manger. 这些马在嘎吱嘎吱地吃槽里的草。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The dog was crunching a bone. 狗正嘎吱嘎吱地嚼骨头。 来自《简明英汉词典》
92 obsessed 66a4be1417f7cf074208a6d81c8f3384     
adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的
参考例句:
  • He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
  • The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。
93 brandishing 9a352ce6d3d7e0a224b2fc7c1cfea26c     
v.挥舞( brandish的现在分词 );炫耀
参考例句:
  • The horseman came up to Robin Hood, brandishing his sword. 那个骑士挥舞着剑,来到罗宾汉面前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He appeared in the lounge brandishing a knife. 他挥舞着一把小刀,出现在休息室里。 来自辞典例句
94 conjured 227df76f2d66816f8360ea2fef0349b5     
用魔术变出( conjure的过去式和过去分词 ); 祈求,恳求; 变戏法; (变魔术般地) 使…出现
参考例句:
  • He conjured them with his dying breath to look after his children. 他临终时恳求他们照顾他的孩子。
  • His very funny joke soon conjured my anger away. 他讲了个十分有趣的笑话,使得我的怒气顿消。
95 furrowed furrowed     
v.犁田,开沟( furrow的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Overhead hung a summer sky furrowed with the rash of rockets. 头顶上的夏日夜空纵横着急疾而过的焰火。 来自辞典例句
  • The car furrowed the loose sand as it crossed the desert. 车子横过沙漠,在松软的沙土上犁出了一道车辙。 来自辞典例句
96 nervously tn6zFp     
adv.神情激动地,不安地
参考例句:
  • He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇,努力忍着不哭出来。
  • He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。
97 liking mpXzQ5     
n.爱好;嗜好;喜欢
参考例句:
  • The word palate also means taste or liking.Palate这个词也有“口味”或“嗜好”的意思。
  • I must admit I have no liking for exaggeration.我必须承认我不喜欢夸大其词。
98 trampled 8c4f546db10d3d9e64a5bba8494912e6     
踩( trample的过去式和过去分词 ); 践踏; 无视; 侵犯
参考例句:
  • He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob. 他紧抓着他兄弟的胳膊,怕他让暴民踩着。
  • People were trampled underfoot in the rush for the exit. 有人在拼命涌向出口时被踩在脚下。
99 outspoken 3mIz7v     
adj.直言无讳的,坦率的,坦白无隐的
参考例句:
  • He was outspoken in his criticism.他在批评中直言不讳。
  • She is an outspoken critic of the school system in this city.她是这座城市里学校制度的坦率的批评者。
100 irritation la9zf     
n.激怒,恼怒,生气
参考例句:
  • He could not hide his irritation that he had not been invited.他无法掩饰因未被邀请而生的气恼。
  • Barbicane said nothing,but his silence covered serious irritation.巴比康什么也不说,但是他的沉默里潜伏着阴郁的怒火。
101 disappearances d9611c526014ee4771dbf9da7b347063     
n.消失( disappearance的名词复数 );丢失;失踪;失踪案
参考例句:
  • Most disappearances are the result of the terrorist activity. 大多数的失踪案都是恐怖分子造成的。 来自辞典例句
  • The espionage, the betrayals, the arrests, the tortures, the executions, the disappearances will never cease. 间谍活动、叛党卖国、逮捕拷打、处决灭迹,这种事情永远不会完。 来自英汉文学
102 disarray 1ufx1     
n.混乱,紊乱,凌乱
参考例句:
  • His personal life fell into disarray when his wife left him.妻子离去后,他的个人生活一片混乱。
  • Our plans were thrown into disarray by the rail strike.铁路罢工打乱了我们的计划。
103 authorized jyLzgx     
a.委任的,许可的
参考例句:
  • An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。
104 apparently tMmyQ     
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
参考例句:
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
105 gasped e6af294d8a7477229d6749fa9e8f5b80     
v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要
参考例句:
  • She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
  • People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
106 tarnish hqpy6     
n.晦暗,污点;vt.使失去光泽;玷污
参考例句:
  • The affair could tarnish the reputation of the prime minister.这一事件可能有损首相的名誉。
  • Stainless steel products won't tarnish.不锈钢产品不会失去光泽。
107 dedicated duHzy2     
adj.一心一意的;献身的;热诚的
参考例句:
  • He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
  • His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
108 devoted xu9zka     
adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的
参考例句:
  • He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
  • We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
109 shrieked dc12d0d25b0f5d980f524cd70c1de8fe     
v.尖叫( shriek的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She shrieked in fright. 她吓得尖叫起来。
  • Li Mei-t'ing gave a shout, and Lu Tzu-hsiao shrieked, "Tell what? 李梅亭大声叫,陆子潇尖声叫:“告诉什么? 来自汉英文学 - 围城
110 shutters 74d48a88b636ca064333022eb3458e1f     
百叶窗( shutter的名词复数 ); (照相机的)快门
参考例句:
  • The shop-front is fitted with rolling shutters. 那商店的店门装有卷门。
  • The shutters thumped the wall in the wind. 在风中百叶窗砰砰地碰在墙上。
111 afterward fK6y3     
adv.后来;以后
参考例句:
  • Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏,然后吃饭。
  • Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来,这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。
112 fortress Mf2zz     
n.堡垒,防御工事
参考例句:
  • They made an attempt on a fortress.他们试图夺取这一要塞。
  • The soldier scaled the wall of the fortress by turret.士兵通过塔车攀登上了要塞的城墙。
113 poised SlhzBU     
a.摆好姿势不动的
参考例句:
  • The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋,准备俯冲。
  • Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张,手悬在电话机上。
114 bulged e37e49e09d3bc9d896341f6270381181     
凸出( bulge的过去式和过去分词 ); 充满; 塞满(某物)
参考例句:
  • His pockets bulged with apples and candy. 他的口袋鼓鼓地装满了苹果和糖。
  • The oranges bulged his pocket. 桔子使得他的衣袋胀得鼓鼓的。
115 catching cwVztY     
adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住
参考例句:
  • There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
  • Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。
116 mania 9BWxu     
n.疯狂;躁狂症,狂热,癖好
参考例句:
  • Football mania is sweeping the country.足球热正风靡全国。
  • Collecting small items can easily become a mania.收藏零星物品往往容易变成一种癖好。
117 triumphantly 9fhzuv     
ad.得意洋洋地;得胜地;成功地
参考例句:
  • The lion was roaring triumphantly. 狮子正在发出胜利的吼叫。
  • Robert was looking at me triumphantly. 罗伯特正得意扬扬地看着我。
118 bickering TyizSV     
v.争吵( bicker的现在分词 );口角;(水等)作潺潺声;闪烁
参考例句:
  • The children are always bickering about something or other. 孩子们有事没事总是在争吵。
  • The two children were always bickering with each other over small matters. 这两个孩子总是为些小事斗嘴。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
119 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
参考例句:
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
120 frankly fsXzcf     
adv.坦白地,直率地;坦率地说
参考例句:
  • To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说,我一点也不赞成这个主意。
  • Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说,我不反对改革。
121 filthy ZgOzj     
adj.卑劣的;恶劣的,肮脏的
参考例句:
  • The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories.整条河都被工厂的污秽废物污染了。
  • You really should throw out that filthy old sofa and get a new one.你真的应该扔掉那张肮脏的旧沙发,然后再去买张新的。
122 shrugged 497904474a48f991a3d1961b0476ebce     
vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀,什么也没说。
  • She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩,装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
123 grimace XQVza     
v.做鬼脸,面部歪扭
参考例句:
  • The boy stole a look at his father with grimace.那男孩扮着鬼脸偷看了他父亲一眼。
  • Thomas made a grimace after he had tasted the wine.托马斯尝了那葡萄酒后做了个鬼脸。
124 frustration 4hTxj     
n.挫折,失败,失效,落空
参考例句:
  • He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
  • He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
125 defense AxbxB     
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
参考例句:
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
126 descended guQzoy     
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的
参考例句:
  • A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
  • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
127 lapsed f403f7d09326913b001788aee680719d     
adj.流失的,堕落的v.退步( lapse的过去式和过去分词 );陷入;倒退;丧失
参考例句:
  • He had lapsed into unconsciousness. 他陷入了昏迷状态。
  • He soon lapsed into his previous bad habits. 他很快陷入以前的恶习中去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
128 sneaking iibzMu     
a.秘密的,不公开的
参考例句:
  • She had always had a sneaking affection for him. 以前她一直暗暗倾心于他。
  • She ducked the interviewers by sneaking out the back door. 她从后门偷偷溜走,躲开采访者。
129 scowled b83aa6db95e414d3ef876bc7fd16d80d     
怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He scowled his displeasure. 他满脸嗔色。
  • The teacher scowled at his noisy class. 老师对他那喧闹的课堂板着脸。
130 outskirts gmDz7W     
n.郊外,郊区
参考例句:
  • Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
  • They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。
131 severely SiCzmk     
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
参考例句:
  • He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
  • He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
132 wafted 67ba6873c287bf9bad4179385ab4d457     
v.吹送,飘送,(使)浮动( waft的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The sound of their voices wafted across the lake. 他们的声音飘过湖面传到了另一边。
  • A delicious smell of freshly baked bread wafted across the garden. 花园中飘过一股刚出炉面包的香味。 来自《简明英汉词典》


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