From behind a suit of armor stepped Severus Snape.

西弗勒斯? 斯内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.

哈利注视了斯内片刻，但斯内有再看他。

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

“校长? ”这是斯内。哈利仍旧静静地着，用心去听。

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

从斯内教授布置论文时候 -赫敏。

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

“看斯内！”罗恩低声对着哈利耳朵说。

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

不过他拿不准斯内是否会接受这个借口。

Snape looked round at him, frowning.

斯内皱眉看着他。

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

他回过头来，斯内刚从石头怪兽后面秘密楼梯里出来。

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

“斯内教授呢？”斯莱特林桌旁一位女生喊了起来。

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

斯内抬头望着天花板。

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

“看样子像是一把竖琴，”罗恩说，“肯定是斯内留下来。”

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

马修·斯内（Matthew Snape）是牛津大学疫苗专家，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话，而罗恩因为斯内还在激动。

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

“可是接着，我们谈话被斯内粗暴地打断了。”

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。”

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

晚饭后，哈利抱着逆来顺受心情，动身前往斯内办公室。

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

“他怎么进来，关于这一点，你有什么见解吗，校长? ”斯内问道。

" Dumbledore trusted Snape, " Harry reminded her.

“邓布利多信任斯内，”哈利提醒她。

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

“真是一派胡言！”斯内说，两只黑眼睛闪闪发亮。