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51、欧拉贝拉·纳特利（Orabella Nuttley）

　　欧拉贝拉是“修复如初”的发明者，其故事来自于《魔法书：咒语之书》，鉴于她在1954年已经是魔法部成员了，这说明她出生于1737年之前。

　　【《魔法书：咒语之书》中关于欧拉贝拉的介绍】
　　上百年以来，有各种各样的修复咒被人们使用，但最强大有效的修复咒，是由欧拉贝拉·纳特利（Orabella Nuttley）在18世纪发明的。作为一个魔法部禁止滥用魔法司的底层职员，极端害羞的性格阻碍了她的事业。她简直可以说是胆小如鼠，每次开会都沉默无语，当人们和她说话，她就会显得极为慌乱。欧拉贝拉总是被派做那些琐碎的工作，例如整理文件、打扫灰尘，以及清理猫头鹰。
　　然而，在家里，欧拉贝拉用了她所有的休息时间试验咒语，来改善及加强她年轻的时候学习的咒语。一次偶然的机会，她那隐藏的天赋展现在了人前。
　　1954年，欧洲的两位知名飞天扫帚骑手——不共戴天的敌手，来自苏格兰的托基尔·麦克塔维什（Torquil MacTavish）和来自意大利的西尔维奥·阿斯托尔菲（Silvio Astolfi）——同意举行一场扫帚竞速赛，从英国的阿伯丁郡飞到罗马。为了避免引起麻瓜们的注意，竞速赛在晚间进行。各国代表和支持者聚集在终点线旁，等待看这场盛况空前的竞赛。欧拉贝拉当时在场，负责看着行李以及安排门钥匙。
　　如大家所想，竞赛的高/潮的确令人激动，但原因却非所料。接近黎明时分，阿斯托尔菲和麦克塔维什出现在了大家的视线中，他们双双向罗马斗兽场飞来。可就在这时，双方狂热的支持者爆发了冲突。当时究竟发生了什么还搞不清楚，但随后爆发了一场爆炸。当烟雾散去，西尔维奥·阿斯托尔菲变成了一只鸡，托基尔·麦克塔维的腿什则变成了膝盖朝后，而罗马斗兽场，则变成了一片废墟。
　　在最初几分钟的惊恐之后，聚集的人群目睹了有可能成为《保密法》实行以来最严重的泄密。这不仅仅是因为他们不知道该如何修复如此大的损害，更因为爆炸的声音恐怕已经惊醒了半城的罗马麻瓜居民。
　　就在这时，欧拉贝拉默默地站了出来，挥动魔杖，用她自己发明的咒语修复了一些柱子。魔法部的官员都被她修复的效果镇住了，他们请求她把咒语教给他们。当第一批焦虑不安的麻瓜穿好衣服匆匆赶到现场，斗兽场已经完全恢复如初，他们只能看到几个衣着奇怪的人正在安抚一只痛苦的鸡。欧拉贝拉后来被授予了梅林一级勋章，她的修复咒从此以后被传扬开来。

　　英文原文：
Many repairing and mending charms have been used over the centuries, but the most effective and powerful was invented by Orabella Nuttley in the eighteenth century. A lowly clerk in the Ministry of Magic, Improper Use of Magic Department, Orabella's extreme shyness had hampered her in her career. Mousy, almost mute in meetings, and becoming extremely flustered when spoken to. Orabella was given the most mundane tasks at the office, such as filing, dusting and cleaning out the department owls.
At home, however, Orabella spent all her free time experimenting with spells, attempting to improve and strengthen the charms of her youth. A freak chance led to the revelation of Orabella's hidden talents.
In 1754, two of Europe's most celebrated broom fliers - sworn enemies Torquil MacTavish, of Scotland, Silvio Astolfi of Italy agreed to a public broom race from Aberdeen to Rome. The contest would take place overnight, to avoid the attention of Muggles, and representatives of the governments of both men would gather at the finishing line for what looked likely to be a spectacular contest. Orabella was invited along to oversee the luggage and arrange the Portkeys.
The climax of the race was just as exciting as forseen, but not for the reasons predicted. At close to daybreak, Astolfi and MacTavish appeared over the horizon, heading towards the Coliseum. It was at this point that a fight broke out among excitable supporters of both wizards. Precisly what happend is hotly contested to this day, but a large explosion ensued, and when the smoke cleared Silvio Astolfi had been turned into a chicken, Torquil MacTavish's knees were on back to front and the Coliseum lay in ruins.
For a few horrific minutes, it appeared that the assembled crowd had witnessed the greatest breach the International Statute of Secrecy ever known. Not only were they at a loss to know how to repair such massive damage, but the sound of the explosion had already woken half of Rome.