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1、HarryPotterandtheDeathlyHallowsByJ.K.RowlingChapterOneTheDarkLordAscendingThetwomenappearedoutofnowhere,afewyardsapartinthenarrow,moonlitlane.Forasecondtheystoodquitestill,wandsdirectedateachother'schests;then,recognizingeachother,theystowedtheirwandsbeneaththeircloaks
2、andstartedwalkingbrisklyinthesamedirection."News?"askedthetallerofthetwo."Thebest,"repliedSeverusSnape.Thelanewasborderedontheleftbywild,low-growingbrambles,ontherightbyahigh,neatlymanicuredhedge.Themen'slongcloaksflappedaroundtheiranklesastheymarched."ThoughtImightbel
3、ate,"saidYaxley,hisbluntfeaturesslidinginandoutofsightasthebranchesofoverhangingtreesbrokethemoonlight."ItwasalittletrickierthanIexpected.ButIhopehewillbesatisfied.Yousoundconfidentthatyourreceptionwillbegood?"Snapenodded,butdidnotelaborate.Theyturnedright,intoawidedri
4、vewaythatledoffthelane.Thehighhedgecurvedintothem,runningoffintothedistancebeyondthepairofimposingwrought-irongatesbarringthemen’sway.Neitherofthembrokestep:Insilencebothraisedtheirleftarmsinakindofsaluteandpassedstraightthrough,asthoughthedarkmetalwassmoke.Theyewhedge
5、smuffledthesoundofthemen’sfootsteps.Therewasarustlesomewheretotheirright:Yaxleydrewhiswandagainpointingitoverhiscompanion’shead,butthesourceofthenoiseprovedtobenothingmorethanapure-whitepeacock,struttingmajesticallyalongthetopofthehedge.“Healwaysdidhimselfwell,Lucius.P
6、eacocks…”Yaxleythrusthiswandbackunderhiscloakwithasnort.Ahandsomemanorhousegrewoutofthedarknessattheendofthestraightdrive,lightsglintinginthediamondpaneddownstairswindows.Somewhereinthedarkgardenbeyondthehedgeafountainwasplaying.GravelcrackledbeneaththeirfeetasSnapeand
7、Yaxleyspedtowardthefrontdoor,whichswunginwardattheirapproach,thoughnobodyhadvisiblyopenedit.Thehallwaywaslarge,dimlylit,andsumptuouslydecorated,withamagnificentcarpetcoveringmostofthestonefloor.Theeyesofthepale-facedportraitsonthewallfollowedSnapeandYaxleyastheystrodep
8、ast.Thetwomenhaltedataheavywoodendoorleadingintothenextroom,hesitatedforthespaceofaheartbeat,thenSnapeturnedthebronze
