混血王子

[16]"You think he is mistaken? Or that I have somehow hoodwinked him? Fooled the Dark Lord, the greatest wizard, the most accomplished Legilimens the world has ever seen?"

“你认为他弄错了？或者我竟然骗过了他？竟然捉弄了黑魔王——人类有史以来最伟大的巫师，世界上最有成就的摄神取念高手？”他重新端起杯子，喝了一小口，继续说道：“你刚才问，黑魔王失势时，我在哪儿。我在他命令我去的地方，在霍格沃茨魔法学校，因为他希望我在那儿暗中监视阿不思·邓布利多。我猜你肯定知道，我是听从黑魔王的吩咐才接受那个教职的吧？”

[17]"You ask why I did not attempt to find him when he vanished. For the same reason that Avery, Yaxley, the Carrows, Greyback, Lucius" — he inclined his head slightly to Narcissa — "and many others did not attempt to find him. I believed him finished. I am not proud of it, I was wrong, but there it is. ... If he had not forgiven we who lost faith at that time, he would have very few followers left."

“你还问，当他消失后，我为什么没有努力去寻找他。我没有去寻找他的原因，跟埃弗利、亚克斯利、卡罗兄妹、格雷伯克、卢修斯，”他朝纳西莎微微偏了偏脑袋，“以及其他许多人一样。我以为他完蛋了。我并不为此感到自豪，我做错了，但情况就是这样……如果他不能原谅我们在那个时候失去信心，他的追随者就所剩无几了。”

[18]"Yes, indeed, most admirable," said Snape in a bored voice. "Of i nurse, you weren't a lot of use to him in prison, but the gesture was undoubtedly fine —"

“是啊，是啊，精神可嘉。”斯内普用干巴巴的声音说，“当然啦，你在监狱里待着，对他并没有多大用处，但这种姿态无疑是很好的——”

[19]"Not quite," said Snape calmly. "He wouldn't give me the Defense Against the Dark Arts job, you know. Seemed to think it might, ah, bring about a relapse , . . tempt me into my old ways."

“并不尽然，”斯内普心平气和地说，“他不肯把黑魔法防御术的教职给我，你知道的。他似乎认为那会使我重新堕落……引诱我重走过去的老路。”