The Slytherin team were paralyzed with laughter. Flint was doubled up, hanging onto his new broomstick for support. Malfoy was on all fours, banging the ground with his fist. The Gryffindors were gathered around Ron, who kept belching large, glistening slugs. Nobody seemed to want to touch him. (查看原文)
"It only put me in Gryffindor," said Harry in a defeated voice, "Because I asked not to go in Slytherin...."
"Exactly," said Dumbledore, beaming once more. "Which makes you very different from Tom Riddle. It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, for more than our abilities." (查看原文)
"You can speak Parseltongue,Harry,"said Dumbledore calmly,"because Lord Voldemort--who is the last remaining descendant of Salazar Slytherin--can speak Parseltongue.Unless I'm much mistaken,he transferred some of his own powers to you the night he gave you that scar.Not something he intended to do,I'm sure..."
"Voldemort put a bit of himself in me?"Harry said,thunderstruck. (查看原文)
Then, when the trees had become thicker than ever, so that the stars overhead were no longer visible, and Harry's wand shone alone in the sea of dark, they saw their spider guides leaving the path. (查看原文)