6 The other side of the wall

Chapter 6 The other side of the wall At the end of each long day, Becky and Sara now climbed their attic stairs to find a fire blazing merrily and plates piled high with food.

每天漫长的一天结束后，贝基和萨拉爬上阁楼的楼梯，就会看到炉火熊熊地燃烧着，盘子里堆满了食物。

Miss Minchin couldn't understand why Sara and Becky were so cheerful. "Perhaps Sara is a princess after all," suggested Miss Amelia. "How else could she cope so bravely?" "Don't be ridiculous," snapped Miss Minchin. But she hated seeing Sara so happy. She's looking almost well-fed.

明钦小姐不明白萨拉和贝基为什么这么高兴。 “也许萨拉终究是个公主，”阿米莉亚小姐暗示道。 “不然她怎么能如此勇敢地应付呢？”“别傻了，”明钦小姐厉声说。 但她讨厌看到萨拉这么高兴。 她看起来几乎吃得很饱。

A few months later, just before Sara went to work, she heard a scratching sound at the skylight. It had been snowing all night, and on the snow, crouched near the skylight, was a tiny, shivering figure. "Oh it's the monkey from next door!" cried Sara. "I'll coax him in. He can't stay out in the cold."

几个月后，就在萨拉去上班之前，她听到天窗上有刮擦的声音。 雪下了一整夜，雪地上蜷缩在天窗附近的是一个颤抖的小身影。 “哦，是隔壁的猴子！”萨拉叫道。 “我来哄他进来。他不能在外面受冻。”

As Sara was letting in the monkey, Mr. Carrisford was greeting Mr. Phillips in the house next door. He had just returned from Paris. "It wasn't the child we're looking for," Mr. Phillips said sadly. "Her name was Emily, and she is much younger than Captain Crewe's little girl."

当萨拉把猴子放进去时，卡里斯福德先生正在隔壁的房子里跟菲利普斯先生打招呼。 他刚从巴黎回来。 “这不是我们要找的孩子，”菲利普斯难过地说。 “她叫爱米丽，比克鲁船长的小女儿小得多。”

Mr. Carrisford sighed. "Well then," he said, "we must begin our search again at once."

卡里斯福德先生叹了口气。“那么，”他说，“我们必须马上重新开始搜寻。”

Perhaps the Magic was at work again, for as he spoke Ram Dass came into the room. "Sahib," he said, "the girl from the attic has come. She brings back the monkey." "Your monkey ran away again," Sara explained. "Shall I give him to the Lascar?"

也许魔法又在起作用了，因为正当他说话的时候，拉姆·达斯走进了房间。 “老爷，”他说，“阁楼上的那个姑娘来了。 她把猴子带回来了。” “你的猴子又跑了，”萨拉解释说。 “我把他交给印度人好吗？”