“There is something you can do for me, Amore. Right this moment, in fact.”(的确有一件你能为我做的事,爱茉尔。实际上,就是现在。)
落嗓暗沉哑涩,微微用力,把书从她手里抽了出来。爱茉尔一愣,想起书里夹着的那封信。
晚了。她现在后悔也晚了。
教授把一只大信封塞进了她仍旧举在胸前的手里,用眼神示意仍在发愣的她把它打开。
爱茉尔愣愣地注意到,信封上印着霍格沃茨的校徽。
颤抖着手撕开红色的火漆封口,甚至连魔法都忘了用。
抽出里面印着霍格沃茨官方信头的羊皮纸,手指一颤,险些割伤自己。
Dear Miss Amorina Sayre,
The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is pleased to offer you the position of Teaching Assistant for our Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Your academic track record at Hogwarts, along with the flying colors with which you passed your N.E.W.T.s, assures us that you possess both the knowledge and the skills necessary to excel in this capacity………
爱茉尔没去看剩下的几段字。她觉得有些头晕,无数个问题在心中浮现,却任何一个也无法形成一句完整的话。
里德尔教授轻咳了一声。
“I understand, of course, that you are also holding an offer from the Office of Minister Tuft, an offer with conditions that are…very difficult to turn down…”(当然,我知道,你也有魔法部长办公室的聘用涵,其条件比霍格沃茨能开出的更为优渥……)
他又轻咳了一声,把她刚交给自己的书拿到身前,随手翻开,笑容恢复了往日待她时的戏谑,“Honestly, Amore, I was surprised you still needed to e to class with the extensive notes provided——”(说实话,爱茉尔,我很惊讶你在有这本书里的笔记的情况下,仍旧没旷过一堂——)
“I want you to know, Miss Sayre, I would still like to maintain the right to…exact payment from you…in other ways.”(我想让你知道,瑟尔小姐,我仍然想保留以……其它方式……向您索取报偿的权利。)