Chapter 10

Chapter 10 Jean-Paul held up his water glass. "I propose a toast," he said. Uncle Warren and Yvonne raised their glasses. "To three brave and smart kids!" Jean-Paul said, looking at Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose. "Hear, hear," Uncle Warren said. "You put a crook behind bars and saved a priceless jewel

第十章让-保罗举起他的水杯。 “我提议干杯，”他说。 沃伦叔叔和伊冯娜举起酒杯。 “敬三个勇敢聪明的孩子!”让-保罗看着丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯说。 “听到了，听到了，”沃伦叔叔说。 “你把一个骗子关进了监狱，拯救了一颗无价之宝

from being stolen." "It all started with your telling me to remember my cookie," Dink told his uncle. Dink's uncle smiled. "I knew if I gave you my key and reminded you not to trust what you saw, you'd figure it out." "Ruth Rose's cookie said she'd find a treasure in an unexpected place," Josh said, "and she did!" "And Josh noticed that the letter opener had been moved," Ruth Rose said. "Yeah, and Dink found the video recorder behind the books," Josh said. Dink smiled at Yvonne. "And thank goodness you rescued us!" "When I came to give you more cookies, you were gone," Yvonne said. "Then I saw that doctor

以免被偷走。”“这一切都是从你告诉我要记住我的饼干开始的，”丁克告诉他的叔叔。 丁克的叔叔笑了。“我知道如果我把钥匙给你，提醒你不要相信你所看到的，你就会明白的。” “露丝·罗斯的饼干说她会在一个意想不到的地方找到宝藏，”乔希说，“她确实找到了!”“乔希注意到开信刀被挪过了，”露丝·罗斯说。 “是啊，丁克还找到了书后面的录像机，”乔希说。 丁克对伊冯笑了笑。“谢天谢地，你救了我们!”“当我来给你更多饼干时，你已经不见了，”伊冯说。 “然后我看到了那个医生

man sneaking into the downstairs door. I ran up the back stairs!" "Why do you have those hidden doors?" Ruth Rose asked Dink's uncle. "Many years ago, the Porter Museum was a private home," he explained. "Old Mr. and Mrs. Porter's servants used that back stairway to go up and down. When the Porter home became a museum, the architects decided to leave the doors and stairway as they were." "I'm glad they did!" Josh said. "When I'm away Yvonne comes up to feed my fish," Uncle Warren said. Yvonne smiled. "And you thought perhaps I was the one who took the jewel, no?" Dink blushed. "Yeah, but then I saw Regina Wu sneak into the building, so I thought it was her, too!" Uncle Warren laughed. "She called a while ago and explained that," he said. "She'd forgotten her umbrella and went back up to get it." "Uncle Warren," Dink said, "why didn't you tell the police about the camera and the video?" His uncle laughed. "I honestly forgot the camera was there!" he said. "Besides, I'm a dunce

一个人偷偷溜进了楼下的门。 我跑上了后面的楼梯!”“你为什么有那些隐藏的门?”露丝·罗斯问丁克的叔叔。 “许多年前，波特博物馆是一个私人住宅，”他解释说。 “老波特先生和老波特太太的仆人们走那条后面的楼梯上下楼。 当波特的家变成博物馆时，建筑师决定保留门和楼梯。” “我很高兴他们这么做了!”杰克说。 “我不在的时候，伊冯就上来喂我的鱼，”沃伦叔叔说。 伊芳笑了。“你认为也许是我拿走了珠宝，不是吗?”丁克脸红了。 “是啊，但后来我看到雷吉娜·吴溜进了大楼，所以我也以为是她!”沃伦叔叔笑了。 “她刚才打电话来解释了，”他说。 “她忘了带伞，又上楼去拿了。” “沃伦叔叔，”丁克说，“你为什么不把摄像机和录像的事告诉警察?”他的叔叔笑了。 “我真的忘了相机在那里!”他说。 “再说，我是个笨蛋

when it comes to anything electronic. James had it installed, but even he tends to forget about it." "The part I don't understand is how Dr. Pitts could switch the glass emerald for the jewel so fast," Josh said. "And in the dark!" "I'm sure he practiced," Uncle Warren said. "And when he first came in, he must have spotted the letter opener on my desk." "So that's why he wanted us to put the jaguar down on the desk close to the fish tank," Dink said. "He knew he was going to slip the emerald into the water." His uncle nodded. "Yes, and then come back later to get it." "So when he told you to get a second opinion," Ruth Rose said, "the jewel really was a fake. Because he'd just taken the real one, right?" "Right," Uncle Warren said. "And he almost got away with his scam." He smiled at his dinner companions. "But he didn't figure on three detectives hiding in James's office!" Just then, they heard bells jingling outside the restaurant.

当涉及到任何电子产品时。 詹姆斯装过，但就连他也容易忘记。” “我不明白的是，他是怎么做到的。 皮茨可以很快地把玻璃祖母绿换成宝石，”乔希说。 “而且是在黑暗中!”“我肯定他练习过，”沃伦叔叔说。 “当他第一次进来的时候，他一定看到了我桌子上的开信刀。” 丁克说:“这就是为什么他想让我们把美洲虎放在靠近鱼缸的桌子上。” “他知道他要把翡翠放进水里。” 他叔叔点了点头。“是的，过会儿再来取。” “所以，当他让你去征求第二意见时，”露丝·罗斯说，“那颗珠宝真的是假货。 因为他刚刚拿走了真枪，对吧?”“好的，”沃伦叔叔说。 “他差点就逃脱了他的骗局。” 他对他的同伴微笑。 “但是他没有想到有三个侦探躲在詹姆斯的办公室里!”就在这时，他们听到了餐厅外面丁丁当当的钟声。

"Aha, our ride is here!" Uncle Warren said, standing up. "What ride?" Dink asked. "Can't we walk back to your apartment?" "We're not going right back, nephew," his uncle said. "Come!" He led everyone outside, where a large white horse stood waiting. The horse was harnessed to a buggy. All along the harness leather were small lights and bells. A short man climbed down from the driver's seat. He wore a spiffy gray suit and a black top hat. "Hello, I'm Alfie," the man said, "and this lovely horse is Prince." "Climb aboard!" Uncle Warren said. "Cool!" Josh said, hoisting himself into the buggy. "Where are we going?" "Who cares?" Ruth Rose said, climbing in next to Josh. Uncle Warren helped Dink up and then sat next to him. "We are going to see New York City by night," he said. "I don't want you to go home thinking all we have here is loud traffic and jewel thieves!"

“啊哈，我们的车来了!”沃伦叔叔说着站了起来。 “骑什么?”丁克问道。“我们不能走回你的公寓吗?”“我们不会马上回去的，侄子，”他的叔叔说。 “来了!”他把大家领到外面，一匹大白马站在那里等着。 那匹马被套在马车上。 马具皮上到处都是小灯和铃铛。 一个矮个子男人从驾驶座上爬下来。 他穿着一套漂亮的灰色西装，戴着一顶黑色大礼帽。 “你好，我是阿尔菲，”那人说，“这匹可爱的马是王子。” “爬上去!”沃伦叔叔说。 “酷!”乔希说着钻进了马车。 “我们要去哪儿?”“谁在乎?”露丝·罗斯说着，爬到乔希身边。 沃伦叔叔把丁克扶起来，然后坐在他旁边。 他说:“我们将在夜间看到纽约。” “我不希望你回家的时候觉得我们这里只有嘈杂的交通和珠宝窃贼!”

He tapped on the back of the buggy. "Take us away, Alfie!" "Au revoir!" cried Yvonne and Jean-Paul from the sidewalk. "See you tomorrow!" Alfie clicked his tongue at Prince, and the buggy began to move. Slowly, the horse clipclopped down the street. Dink sat back and gazed up at the sky. A billion stars blazed down at him. One star was larger than the others, and it looked green, like a jewel. The green star blinked, then disappeared. Dink laughed. "What's funny?" Josh asked.

他轻拍了一下马车的车尾。 “带我们走吧，阿尔菲!”“再见!”伊冯和让-保罗在人行道上喊道。 “明天见!”阿尔菲用舌头舔了舔王子，马车开始移动了。 马慢慢地沿着街道疾驰而过。 丁克靠在椅背上，凝视着天空。 十亿颗星星向他闪耀。 有一颗星星比其他的都大，它看起来是绿色的，像一颗宝石。 那颗绿星眨了一下，然后消失了。 丁克笑了。“有趣的是什么?”杰克问。