Chapter 4

CHAPTER FOUR The children hurried round to see Mrs Tidyworth and were soon sitting in her garden, sipping lemonade. 'Isn't it lovely?' said Anne. 'It was

孩子们匆匆跑来看望蒂德沃思太太，不久便在她的花园里坐了下来，喝着柠檬水。 “很可爱吧？”安妮说。 “这是

a bit dirty, but Dick cleaned it with his handkerchief.' Mrs Tidyworth peered at the necklace through her glasses. 'I think I know who this belonged to. Follow me.' She led them into the house and to a painting in the hallway. It was a portrait of a stern-looking woman. 'That's my husband's great-great-grandmother, Juliette Tidyworth. Look closely.

有点脏，但迪克用手帕擦干净了。”蒂迪沃斯太太透过眼镜凝视着项链。 “我想我知道这是谁的了。 跟我来。”她领着他们进了屋子，来到走廊上的一幅画前。 画像上是一个神情严肃的女人。 “那是我丈夫的曾曾祖母，朱丽叶·提德沃思。 仔细看。

'Oh!' Anne exclaimed. 'She's wearing the necklace.' 'Indeed!' 'So it belongs to your family?' Julian asked. 'It didn't come off a shipwreck?' George rolled her eyes. 'I already

“哦!”安妮喊道。“她戴着那条项链。“确实!“这么说它是你家的？”朱利安问道。 “它不是从沉船上掉下来的吧？”乔治翻了个白眼。 “我已经

told you that!' she muttered. She turned to Mrs Tidyworth. 'But who buried it? And why?' Suddenly Dick slumped back against the portrait and buried his face in his hands. 'Oh, no! Maybe it was cursed and the necklace had to be buried to end bad luck. He peeped out through his fingers. 'And I touched it!' The others looked away, their lips twitching with laughter. Dick loved to make jokes.

早就告诉过你了！她喃喃地说。 她转向蒂德沃思太太。 “可是谁埋的呢？”,为什么?”迪克突然向后靠在画像上，双手捂着脸。 “哦,不!也许它被诅咒了，项链必须被埋葬以结束厄运。 他从指间往外偷看。 “我还碰了它！”其他人把目光移开，笑得嘴唇抽搐。 迪克喜欢开玩笑。

'You may be right, Mrs Tidyworth said gravely. A terrible curse was laid on the Juliette necklace. It was said that whoever touched it would wake to find worms crawling over them in the night. Dick's hands and face fell. 'Wha—'

“你也许是对的，”蒂德沃思太太严肃地说。 朱丽叶项链被下了一个可怕的诅咒。 据说，无论谁碰了它，都会在夜里醒来，发现自己身上爬着虫子。 迪克的手和脸都垂了下来。 “世界卫生大会- - -”

Then he saw the twinkle in Mrs Tidyworth's eyes. He sighed with relief as the others all started to laugh at him. Mrs Tidyworth smiled. 'I had no idea the necklace had gone missing. We all thought that it must have been sold a long time ago because Juliette was the last Tidyworth to wear it.'

然后他看到了提德沃思太太眼中的闪光。 当其他人开始嘲笑他时，他如释重负地叹了口气。 蒂迪沃斯太太笑了。“我不知道项链不见了。 我们都以为它早就卖出去了，因为朱丽叶是最后一个戴它的蒂迪沃斯家族的人。”