I wrote to Albus, describing, perhaps insensitively, the wonders of my journey, from narrow escapes from chimaeras in Greece to the experiments of the Egyptian alchemists.

我写信给阿不思，可能是无意识地，描绘起了我在旅行中看到的奇景和故事，从在希腊勉强逃离吐火兽的事，到埃及那些炼金术士们的实验。