3 Invisible!

Chapter 3 Invisible! Sobbing filled the room. "What shall I do?" wept the voice. "I'm not really a princess. I dressed up for fun. My aunt is Lord Yalding's housekeeper. He owns this castle. I'm only Mabel Prowse."

第三章隐形！房间里充满了啜泣声。 “我该怎么办？”那声音哭着说。 “我不是真正的公主。 我盛装打扮是为了好玩。我姑妈是亚丁勋爵的管家。 他拥有这座城堡。我只是梅布尔·普劳斯。”

They wandered outside, trying to decide what to do. "Your shadow's not invisible anyway," Jimmy observed. "Who cares about my shadow?" said Mabel's voice. "I think you should stay with us until this is fixed," said Gerald. "You'd better leave a note for your aunt so she doesn't worry."

他们在外面徘徊，试图决定做什么。 “反正你的影子也不是看不见的，”吉米说。 “谁在乎我的影子？”梅布尔的声音说。 “我认为你应该和我们呆在一起，直到这个问题解决，"杰拉尔德说。 “你最好给你姑姑留个便条，免得她担心。”

Since Mabel was invisible, it was easy to get her into Marie's house without anyone noticing. The next day, Mabel pretended the bedsheets were haunted, terrifying Eliza the maid. "That was fun," Mabel's voice told the others. "What shall we do now? I know!" she added, seconds later. "Let's go to the fair."

因为梅布尔是隐形的，所以很容易把她带进玛丽的房子而不被人发现。 第二天，梅布尔假装床单闹鬼，把女仆伊丽莎吓坏了。 “真有趣，”梅布尔的声音告诉其他人。 “我们现在怎么办呢？”我知道！”几秒钟后她又说。 “我们去集市吧。”

"Gerry can pretend to do magic," she explained. "Of course, I'll be doing it really." Seated on a mat, with a scarf tied around his head like a turban, Gerald looked very impressive. "Ladies and gentlemen!" he cried. "Prepare for genuine magic.

“格里可以假装会变魔术，”她解释说。 “当然，我真的会这么做的。” 杰拉尔德坐在席子上，头上系着一条围巾，就像缠头巾一样。 “女士们，先生们！” “准备迎接真正的魔法吧。

Scornful laughter broke out, but then Gerald began. Hats danced in the air and coins disappeared. "For my final trick," Gerald declared, "I shall disappear!" He planned to hide under Mabel's invisible veil, which he hoped would act like a cloak of invisibility.

一阵轻蔑的笑声爆发出来，但接着杰拉尔德也开口了。 帽子在空中飞舞，硬币不见了。 “我的最后一招，“杰拉尔德宣布，”我要消失了！"他打算藏在梅布尔的隐形面纱下面，他希望它能起到隐形斗篷的作用。

But it didn't work. The audience moved closer, sounding angry. As Gerald began to panic, Mabel hissed in his ear, "The ring's loose!" Quickly, she ducked behind a tent, took off the ring and rolled it to him. Gerald stood up, bowed, put on the ring- and vanished.

但这并没有奏效。观众们走近了，听起来很生气。 正当杰拉尔德开始惊慌失措时，梅布尔在他耳边嘶嘶地说：“戒指松了！”她迅速躲到帐篷后面，摘下戒指，滚给他。 杰拉尔德站起身来，鞠了一躬，戴上了戒指——然后消失了。