Chapter 7

CHAPTER SEVEN 'No,' said Aunt Fanny firmly. I will not have that, Julian. It's as dark as pitch outside, and I don't want you snooping round for dog-thieves on your half-term holiday. 'Oh, I say!' said Julian, bitterly disappointed.

第七章“不，”范妮姨妈坚决地说。 我不允许这样，朱利安。 外面漆黑一片，我不希望你在你的半学期假期里到处窥探偷狗贼。 “啊，我说！”朱利安极度失望地说。

'Ring up the police,' said his aunt. 'Tell them what you have just told me- they'll be able to find out the truth very quickly. They will be sure to know who has a baby and who hasn't- they can go round snooping quite safely!'

“叫警察来，”他姑妈说。 “把你刚才对我说的话告诉他们——他们很快就会知道真相的。 他们肯定会知道谁生了孩子，谁没有——他们可以安全地四处窥探！”

'All right,' said Julian, sad to have a promising adventure snatched away so quickly. He went to the phone, frowning. Aunt Fanny might have let him and Dick slip out to Seagreen in the dark- it would have been such fun.

“好吧，”朱利安说，他为这么快就失去了一次有希望的冒险感到难过。 他皱着眉头去接电话。 范妮姨妈也许会让他和迪克摸黑溜到西格林去——那该多好玩啊。

The police were most interested and asked a lot of questions. Julian told them all he knew, and everyone listened intently. Then Julian put down the receiver and turned to the others, looking quite cheerful again. 'They were jolly interested, he said. 'And they're off to Seagreen Village straight away in the police car. They're going to let us know what they find. Aunt Fanny- We CANNOT go to bed tonight till we know what happens!' 'No, we can't!' cried all the others, and Timmy joined in with a bark, leaping round excitedly. 'Very well, said Aunt Fanny, smiling. 'What a collection of children you are- you can't even go for a walk without something happening! Now- get out the cards and let's have a game.'

警察很感兴趣，问了很多问题。 朱利安把他知道的都告诉了他们，大家都聚精会神地听着。 然后朱利安放下听筒，转向其他人，看上去又很高兴了。 “他们非常感兴趣，”他说。 他们坐着警车直奔西绿村去了。 他们会告诉我们有什么发现的。 范妮姨妈：不知道发生了什么事，我们今晚不能睡觉！“不，我们不能！”其他人都叫了起来，蒂米也跟着叫了起来，兴奋地跳来跳去。 “很好，”范妮姨妈笑着说。 “你们真是一群孩子——你们连出去散步都有事发生！”现在——把牌拿出来，我们来玩个游戏吧。”

They played cards, with their ears listening for the ringing of the telephone bell. But it didn't ring. Supper time came and still it hadn't rung. 'It's no go, I suppose, said Dick gloomily. 'We probably made a mistake.' Timmy suddenly began to bark, and then ran to the door, pawing at it. 'Someone's coming,' said George. 'Listen- it's a car!' They all listened, and heard the car stop at the gate- then footsteps came up the path and the front-door bell rang. George was out in a trice, and opened it. 'Oh- it's the police!' she called. 'Come in, do come in.'

他们打牌，耳朵听着电话铃响。 但它没有响。晚饭时间到了，但还没有响。 “我想这是不可能的，”迪克忧郁地说。 “我们可能犯了一个错误。”蒂米突然开始吠叫，然后跑到门口，用爪子抓着它。 “有人来了。”乔治说。 “听着——这是一辆汽车！”他们都听着，听见汽车停在门口——然后小路上传来脚步声，前门的门铃响了。 乔治一会儿就出来了，打开了门。 “哦——是警察！”她叫道。 “请进，请进。”