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during the lemon meringue pie, Uncle Vernon bored them all with a long talk about Grunnings, his drill-making company;
在吃柠檬蛋白酥皮馅饼的时候，弗农姨父絮絮不休地谈到他那制造钻机的格朗宁公司，让大家都感到心烦。
then Aunt Petunia made coffee and Uncle Vernon brought out a bottle of brandy.
然后佩妮姨妈烧了咖啡，弗农姨父拿出一瓶白兰地来。
'Can I tempt you, Marge?'
“玛姬，你也来一点吧？”
Aunt Marge had already had rather a lot of wine.
玛姬姑妈已经喝了不少葡萄酒了，
Her huge face was very red.
她那张大脸已经很红了。
'Just a small one, then,' she chuckled.
“那么，少喝一点，”她咯咯笑着说，
'A bit more than that and a bit more that's the boy.'
“比这个多一点……再多一点……这就妥了。”
Dudley was eating his fourth slice of pie.
达力正在吃第四片馅饼。
Aunt Petunia was sipping coffee with her little finger sticking out.
佩妮姨妈正翘着小指头啜饮咖啡。
Harry really wanted to disappear into his bedroom,
哈利真想回到自己的房间去，
but he met Uncle Vernon's angry little eyes and knew he would have to sit it out.
但他遇到了弗农姨父愤怒的小眼睛，于是他知道他必须一直坐到最后大家都吃完的时候。
'Aah,' said Aunt Marge, smacking her lips and putting the empty brandy glass back down.
“啊，”玛姬姑妈说，咂咂嘴唇，把已经喝空的杯子放了下来，
'Excellent nosh, Petunia.
“点心做得真好，佩妮。
It's normally just a fry-up for me of an evening, with twelve dogs to look after' She burped richly and patted her great tweed stomach.
通常我晚上只吃一份油炸食品，我有十二条狗要照顾啊……”她响亮地打着嗝儿，拍拍她那大肚子。
'Pardon me. But I do like to see a healthy-sized boy,' she went on, winking at Dudley.
“原谅我。不过我的确喜欢看到健康正常的孩子，”她继续说下去，向达力眨眨眼，
'You'll be a proper-sized man, Dudders, like your father.
“你会长成身材正常的男人的，达力儿，就像你的爸爸一样。
Yes, I'll have a spot more brandy, Vernon'
哦，弗农，我还想要一点白兰地……”
'Now, this one here —' She jerked her head at Harry, who felt his stomach clench.
“喏，这一个——”她把脑袋向哈利一扬，哈利感到胃里一阵紧。
The Handbook, he thought quickly.
手册，他提醒自己。
