Chapter 6

CHAPTER SIX 'Perhaps it's a radio somewhere, said Anne. 'It sounds a bit like one.' 'But there's no other house near here,' said Julian. 'Not near enough for us to hear the radio, anyway.' The singing voice stopped- and band music came on the air. 'There!' said Anne. 'That's the radio all right! There can't be any band playing in the open air this cold night.'

“也许是什么地方的收音机，”安妮说。 听起来有点像。“可是这附近没有别的房子，”朱利安说。 “反正离得不够近，我们听不到收音机。”歌声停止了——空中响起了乐队的音乐。 “有!安妮说。“那就是收音机！”这么冷的夜晚，不可能有乐队在露天演奏。”

'You're right,' said Julian, puzzled. 'Do you think that the sounds can be coming from this house- Tarleys Mount?' 'But we know there's no one there,' said Dick. 'That woman who fed the cat this morning told us the house was empty. That's why she had to come and feed the cat. And if someone had left the radio on in the house, she'd have heard it and switched it off.' 'No, she wouldn't,' said George. 'Why not?' asked Dick, surprised. Well, because she was deaf!' said George. 'She kept putting her hand behind her ear, don't you remember? I think the radio is on in the house.'

“你说得对，”朱利安困惑地说。 “你觉得声音会不会是从这所房子——塔利斯山发出来的？”“但是我们知道那里没有人，”迪克说。 “今天早上喂猫的那个女人告诉我们房子是空的。 这就是她来喂猫的原因。 如果家里有人把收音机开着，她肯定会听到然后关掉。“不，她不会的，”乔治说。 “为什么不呢?迪克惊讶地问。 因为她是个聋子！乔治说。 “她一直把手放在耳后，你不记得了吗？” 我想家里的收音机开着。”

'You don't think somebody's got in, and is having a good time there- eating what's left in the larder, sleeping in the beds, and listening to the radio, do you?' said Anne.

“你不会认为有人进来了，在里面玩得很开心吧——吃着食品柜里剩下的东西，睡在床上，听着收音机，是不是？”安妮说。

'It's a bit puzzling,' said Julian. 'I can't imagine anyone going away and leaving the radio full on- and it must be, if we can hear it out here. Perhaps we ought to look round a bit. The noise seems to come from over there- the other side of the house, not where the yard is. Let's go round there.'

“这有点令人费解，”朱利安说。 “我无法想象有人离开时把收音机开得很大——如果我们在这里能听到的话，肯定是这样的。 也许我们应该四处看看。 噪音似乎是从那边传来的——是从房子的另一边，而不是院子那边。 咱们绕到那儿去吧。”