《GGAD通信集- Thirty-five Owls》忆绛珠

22、The Twenty-first Owl( From AD) 1965.

　　September 5th, 1965

　　公元1965年，九月5日

　　Gellert,

　　盖勒特，

　　Voldemort— that proved both alarming andmost useful. I am not precisely sure how to thank you. We hadn't seen a peep of him for years— he's been operating sofar underground— but I started watching the signs again—

　　伏地魔——事实证明你提供的信息十分令人担忧，但非常有用。我完全无法知道如何感谢你。我们好几年没看见他的一丝人影了——他迄今为止还在运营地下活动——但我开始又一次看见了征兆——

　　But did you ever forget at all, I wonder? Or were you setting me up to lie to you, as you guessed so well I might?

　　但我想知道的是，你那时真的完全忘记了吗？还是说你是在设计逼我对你说谎，而又近乎完美地猜到我会入你的局？

　　I was young, and foolish, and affectionate, caught up in your brilliance, and very must in lust. I cannot say whether I spoke the truth then either.

　　我那时太年轻，又愚蠢、痴情，在你的才华中深陷，且的的确确是被欲望所裹挟。我亦无法判断我那时所言是否真实。

　　I cannot think what else to say to you. The Voldemort situation may become crucial— fatal— soon, and I do not know how much time I might have. But, Gellert, please believe you are free to owl meat any time.

　　我无法想出还能对你说什么了。伏地魔的情况可能会变得至关重要——而且致命——在不久之后；我亦完全不晓能剩多少时间。但，盖勒特，请相信你有权随时与我通信。