From behind a suit of armor stepped Severus Snape.

西弗勒斯? 斯内普从一套盔甲后面走了出来。

" You wait, " she said resentfully. " I bet Snape gives us loads."

“你等着吧，”赫敏愤愤地说，“我敢说斯内普也会给我们布置一大堆作业。”

Harry watched Snape for a while, but Snape didn't look at him again.

哈利注视了斯内普片刻，但斯内普没有再看他。

" Headmaster? " It was Snape. Harry kept quite still, listening hard.

“校长? ”这是斯内普。哈利仍旧静静地躺着，用心去听。

Since Professor Snape set the essay. - Well, Hermione.

从斯内普教授布置论文的时候 -赫敏。

“Look at Snape! ” Ron hissed in Harry's ear.

“看斯内普！”罗恩低声对着哈利的耳朵说。

He doubted, however, whether Snape would accept that excuse.

不过他拿不准斯内普是否会接受这个借口。

Snape looked round at him, frowning.

斯内普皱眉看着他。

Snape had just emerged from the hidden staircase behind the stone gargoyle.

他回过头来，斯内普刚从石头怪兽后面的秘密楼梯里出来。

" Where's Professor Snape? " shouted a girl from the Slytherin table.

“斯内普教授呢？”斯莱特林桌旁的一位女生喊了起来。

Snape's head jerked upwards; he was gazing at the ceiling.

斯内普抬头望着天花板。

" Looks like a harp, " said Ron. " Snape must have left it there."

“看样子像是一把竖琴，”罗恩说，“肯定是斯内普留下来的。”

Matthew Snape is an Oxford vaccine expert who is leading the trial.

马修·斯内普（Matthew Snape）是牛津大学的疫苗专家，他领导了这项试验。

Harry was still thinking about what Malfoy had said, while Ron was seething about Snape.

哈利仍旧在想马尔福的话，而罗恩因为斯内普还在激动。

" ...but then we were rudely interrupted by Severus Snape! "

“可是接着，我们的谈话被斯内普粗暴地打断了。”

At last he said, " I am sure. I trust Severus Snape completely."

“我确定。我完全相信西弗勒斯。斯内普。”

Resigned to the worst, he set off for Snape's office after dinner.

晚饭后，哈利抱着逆来顺受的心情，动身前往斯内普的办公室。

" Have you any theory as to how he got in, Professor? " asked Snape.

“他怎么进来的，关于这一点，你有什么见解吗，校长? ”斯内普问道。

" Dumbledore trusted Snape, " Harry reminded her.

“邓布利多信任斯内普，”哈利提醒她。

" What is this rubbish? " said Snape, his black eyes glittering.

“真是一派胡言！”斯内普说，两只黑眼睛闪闪发亮。