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1、HarryPotterandtheGobletOfFirebyJ.K.RowlingIllustrationsbyMaryGrandpréArthurA.LevineBooksAnImprintOfScholasticPress.ToPeterRowling,InMemoryofMr.RidleyAndtoSusanSladden,WhohelpedHarryOutofhiscupboardChapter1TheRiddleHouseThevillagersofLittleHangletonst
2、illcalledit“theRiddleHouse,”eventhoughithadbeenmanyyearssincetheRiddlefamilyhadlivedthere.Itstoodonahilloverlookingthevillage,someofitswindowsboarded,tilesmissingfromitsroof,andivyspreadinguncheckedoveritsface.Onceafine-lookingmanor,andeasilythelarge
3、standgrandestbuildingformilesaround,theRiddleHousewasnowdamp,derelict,andunoccupied.TheLittleHangletonsallagreedthattheoldhousewas“creepy.”Halfacenturyago,somethingstrangeandhorriblehadhappenedthere,somethingthattheolderinhabitantsofthevillagestillli
4、kedtodiscusswhentopicsforgossipwerescarce.Thestoryhadbeenpickedoversomanytimes,andhadbeenembroideredinsomanyplaces,thatnobodywasquitesurewhatthetruthwasanymore.Everyversionofthetale,however,startedinthesameplace:Fiftyyearsbefore,atdaybreakonafinesumm
5、er’smorning,whentheRiddleHousehadstillbeenwellkeptandimpressive,amaidhadenteredthedrawingroomtofindallthreeRiddlesdead.Themaidhadrunscreamingdownthehillintothevillageandrousedasmanypeopleasshecould.“Lyingtherewiththeireyeswideopen!Coldasice!Stillinth
6、eirdinnerthings!”Thepoliceweresummoned,andthewholeofLittleHangletonhadseethedwithshockedcuriosityandill-disguisedexcitement.NobodywastedtheirbreathpretendingtofeelverysadabouttheRiddles,fortheyhadbeenmostunpopular.ElderlyMr.andMrs.Riddlehadbeenrich,s
7、nobbish,andrude,andtheirgrown-upson,Tom,hadbeen,ifanything,worse.Allthevillagerscaredaboutwastheidentityoftheirmurderer—forplainly,threeapparentlyhealthypeopledidnotalldropdeadofnaturalcausesonthesamenight.TheHangedMan,thevillagepub,didaroaringtradet
8、hatnight;thewholevillageseemedtohaveturnedouttodiscussthemurders.TheywererewardedforleavingtheirfiresideswhentheRiddles’cookarriveddramaticallyintheirmidstandannouncedtothesuddenlysilentpubthatamancalledFrankBrycehadjustbeenarrested.“Frank!”criedseve