Chapter 7

Chapter 7 By nine the next morning, the three families were down in the lobby. Ruth Rose's parents had treated them all to breakfast at Ellie's Diner, then they'd walked back to the hotel for their luggage. While the adults thanked Mr. Linkletter and the Spivetses, the kids huddled on the sofa.asked. "Mr. and Mrs. Spivets are selling the hotel today!"

第二天早上9点，三家人都来到了大厅。 露丝·罗斯的父母在埃莉餐厅请他们吃了早餐，然后走回酒店取行李。 当大人们感谢林克莱特先生和斯皮维茨夫妇时，孩子们挤在沙发上问道。 “斯比维特夫妇今天要卖掉旅馆!”

Ruth Rose pulled the white hair from her pocket. "This proves that someone is just pretending to be the ghost," she said. "But we don't know who or why!" "Maybe one of the guests has white hair," Josh said. "Josh, all the guests are gone except Mr. and Mrs. Jeffers, and they both have dark hair," Ruth Rose reminded him. "Could the hair be from a wig?" Dink asked. "The ghost could have been wearing a costume and makeup." "That's it!" Josh cried. "Last night I smelled makeup in the hall. I remember the yucky smell from last Halloween!" Just then Mr. Linkletter walked over to the kids. He looked even more unhappy than he had the day before. "This is a sad day" Mr. Linkletter said. "Eatch, Rail, and Roock will be here at noon with the papers." "NOON!" Ruth Rose jumped up. "Then we still have three hours!" Mr. Linkletter gazed down at her. "I'm afraid it's too late." He shook his head and walked away.

露丝·罗斯从口袋里抽出那根白发。 她说:“这证明有人只是在假扮鬼魂。” “但我们不知道是谁，也不知道为什么!”“也许有一位客人有白发，”乔希说。 “乔希，除了杰弗斯夫妇，所有的客人都走了，而且他们都是黑头发。”露丝·罗斯提醒他。 “会不会是假发上的头发?”丁克问道。 “鬼魂可能穿着戏服，化了妆。” “就是这样!”杰克哭了。“昨晚我在大厅里闻到了化妆品的味道。 我还记得去年万圣节那股难闻的味道!”就在这时，林克莱特先生走向孩子们。 他看起来比前一天更不高兴了。 “这是悲伤的一天，”林克莱特说。 “伊奇、瑞尔和洛克中午会带着文件到这里来。” “中午!”露丝·罗斯跳了起来。 “那么我们还有三个小时!”林克莱特先生低头看着她。 “恐怕太晚了。” 他摇了摇头，走开了。

"We have to find out who's pretending to be the ghost," Ruth Rose said. "If we don't, Livvy and Mr. Linkletter will lose their jobs!" "And Mr. and Mrs. Spivets will lose their home!" Dink added. "Guys, I think I know who the ghost is," Josh said. Dink and Ruth Rose stared at him. "Well," Dink said. "Who?" "The only people left in the hotel are Livvy, Mr. Linkletter, and his aunt and uncle, right?" "Right," Ruth Rose said. "And we know that none of them want the hotel to be torn down," Josh continued. "You forgot about Mr. and Mrs. Jeffers," Dink said. "They're still here." Josh grinned. "Bingo!" "The Jefferses?" Ruth Rose said. "But they said they saw the ghost outside their room." "Sure they saw the ghost," Josh said. "One of them is the ghost!" "I know how we can find out," Dink said. "We have to search their room." "Mr. Linkletter will never let us do that," Josh said.

露丝·罗斯说:“我们必须找出是谁在假扮鬼魂。” “如果我们不这样做，李维和林克莱特先生就会失业!”“而斯比薇夫妇将失去他们的家!”丁克补充道。 “伙计们，我想我知道鬼魂是谁了，”乔希说。 丁克和露丝·罗斯盯着他。 “嗯，”丁克说。“谁?”“旅馆里只剩下李维、林克莱特先生和他的姨妈、姨父了，对吧?”“对，”露丝·罗斯说。 “我们知道他们都不希望酒店被拆除，”乔希继续说。 “你忘了杰弗斯夫妇，”丁克说。 “他们还在这里。”杰克笑了。 “宾果!”“杰弗斯?”露丝·罗斯说。 “但是他们说他们在房间外面看到了鬼。” “他们当然看到了鬼，”乔希说。 “其中一个是鬼!”“我知道我们怎样才能找到答案，”丁克说。 “我们必须搜查他们的房间。” “林克莱特先生不会让我们这么做的，”乔希说。

"Well, maybe he won't let us, but I know someone who might," Ruth Rose said. "Who?" asked Dink. "Livvy!" The kids said good-bye to their families, then hurried to the door that led to the basement. They found Livvy in a cozy room, drinking a cup of tea. She was wearing her maid's uniform. "'Morning, kids," she said. "What brings you down here?" "We saw the ghost last night!" Ruth Rose said. Livvy's eyes widened. "Really? Where? Tell me!" The kids explained about spending the night in the hotel and hiding in the cleaning closet. "It was so creepy!" Josh said. "First we heard all these weird noises, then this thing came out of nowhere!" "It glowed!" Ruth Rose said. She showed Livvy the white hair. "And we found this!" "We think the ghost is one of the guests wearing a costume and wig," Dink explained. Suddenly Livvy let out a gasp. "It was a wig!" she cried. "What was?" Ruth Rose asked.

“嗯，也许他不会让我们这么做，但我知道有人可能会，”露丝·罗斯说。 “谁?”丁克问。“Livvy !”孩子们向他们的家人道别，然后匆匆走向通往地下室的门。 他们发现李维在一间舒适的房间里喝着茶。 她穿着女仆的制服。 “早上好，孩子们，”她说。 “什么风把你吹来了?”“我们昨晚看到鬼了!”露丝·罗斯说。 李薇睁大了眼睛。“真的吗? 在哪里?告诉我!”孩子们解释说他们在旅馆过夜，躲在清洁衣橱里。 “太恐怖了!”杰克说。 “一开始我们听到这些奇怪的声音，然后这个东西不知从哪里冒出来!”“着!”露丝·罗斯说。 她让莉薇看她的白发。 “我们发现了这个!”丁克解释说:“我们认为鬼魂是其中一位穿着戏服、戴着假发的客人。” 突然，李维倒吸了一口气。 “那是假发!”她叫道。 “是什么?”露丝·罗斯问。

"I just remembered," Livvy said. "Yesterday I was in 301 getting ready to vacuum. When I looked under the bed for shoes and stuff, I saw this hairy white thing. I thought it was a rat. But it could have been a white wig!" "Who's in Room 301?" Dink asked. Livvy shrugged. "I don't know their name, but they're a nice couple from New York." "Could you let us in so we could check the room for clues?" Ruth Rose asked. Livvy shook her head. "Sorry, but you know how Mr. Linkletter is about the guests' privacy." "But Mr. and Mrs. Spivets hired us to get rid of the ghost!" Dink said. "Besides, if they have to sell the hotel, you and Mr. Linkletter will lose your jobs!" "And Mr. and Mrs. Spivets will have to move," Ruth Rose added. "Please, Livvy? It won't take us long." Livvy took a moment to think. "Okay" she finally said. "But just for two minutes!" "Hey what's this?" Josh had stuck his head into a small opening in one wall. "That's an old dumbwaiter," Livvy explained. "In the old days, the hotel sent food up to the

“我刚想起来，”利维说。 “昨天我在301房间准备吸尘。 当我在床底下找鞋子之类的东西时，我看到了这个毛茸茸的白色东西。 我还以为是老鼠呢。但它也可能是一顶白色的假发!”“谁在301房间?”丁克问道。 Livvy耸耸肩。“我不知道他们的名字，但他们是一对来自纽约的好夫妇。” “你能让我们进去看看房间里有没有线索吗?”露丝·罗斯问。 莉薇摇了摇头。“抱歉，但你知道Linkletter先生对客人隐私的态度。” “可是斯比薇先生和太太雇我们来赶走幽灵的!”丁克说。 “此外，如果他们不得不卖掉酒店，你和林克莱特先生就会失业!”“斯比韦茨夫妇也得搬家了，”露丝·罗斯补充说。 “请,Livvy ?不会花太长时间的。” 李维想了一会儿。 “好吧，”她终于说。“但就两分钟!”“嘿，这是什么?”乔希把头伸进了一堵墙上的一个小洞里。 “那是一个旧升降机，”李维解释说。 “在过去，酒店会把食物送到

guests. Each room had one of these little elevator things, When the food got up there, the guests just opened a door and pulled out their food tray." "Our room didn't have one," Dink said. "None of them do anymore," Livvy said. "When the hotel closed its kitchen, the dumbwaiters were all sealed up." She pointed to the one in her wall. "That's the only hole left." Josh stuck his head back into the opening. "Cool! This thing goes way up!" "Right," Livvy explained. "The shaft is still there, but the openings into the rooms were covered over." Josh yelled "Hello!" into the empty shaft. His voice came echoing back.

客人。每个房间都有一个这样的小电梯，当食物送到那里时，客人只需打开一扇门，拿出他们的食物托盘。” “我们的房间里没有，”丁克说。 “他们都不再这么做了，”李维说。 “当酒店关闭厨房时，电梯都被封上了。” 她指着墙上的那张。 “这是唯一剩下的洞了。” 乔希把头伸回洞口。 “酷!这东西飞得很高!”“对，”利维解释道。 “竖井还在，但通往房间的开口被盖住了。” 乔希对着空井喊道:“你好!” 他的声音回响着。