【HP】原著精读 哈利波特与魔法石 笔记1-3(4)

"I hope you think better of it."
He dashed back across the road, hurried up to his office, snapped at his secretary not to disturb him, seized his telephone and had almost finished dialling his home number when he changed his mind. He put the receiver back down and stroked his moustache, thinking … no, he was being stupid. Potter wasn’t such an unusual name. He was sure there were lots of people called Potter who had a son called Harry. Come to think of it, he wasn’t even sure his nephew wascalled Harry. He’d never even seen the boy. It might have been Harvey. Or Harold. There was no point in worrying Mrs Dursley, she always got so upset at any mention of her sister. He didn’t blame her – if he’d had a sister like that …

but all the same, those people in cloaks …
l Dash
1.to throw or thrust violently or suddenly "to dash one stone against another"
2.to splash,often violently,bespatter
"He recovered consciousness when they dashed water in his face."
3.to ruin or frustrate "The rain dashed our hopes for picnic."