45 Chapter 45

Chapter 45 "Zap!" said Mr. Lemoncello, waving his arms like a magician. "Zip! You're now on Kyle Keeley's team!" "Haley?" said Charles. "How can you desert me?" "The same way you just deserted Andrew." "Um, do we get her library card, too?" asked Kyle. "Indeed you do. Plus any and all information she chooses to share with you. And so, Charles, I

“啪!”莱蒙切罗先生像魔术师一样挥舞着手臂说。 “邮政!你现在是凯尔·基利的队员了!”“哈利?”查尔斯说。 “你怎么能抛弃我呢?”“就像你刚刚抛弃安德鲁一样。” “嗯，我们也要她的借书证吗?”凯尔问。 “你确实有。加上她选择和你分享的所有信息。 所以，查尔斯，我

ask you: Would you like to quit your team and join Kyle's?" "Excuse me?" "You know, all for one and one for all?" "Sir, with all due respect, that may have worked for those three musketeers in a trumped-up work of fiction, but I'm sorry, that is not how things work in the real world. Out here, it's every man for himself. What good is a prize if everyone wins it?" "I see. But Haley knows all the clues you've collected." "True, sir. But I doubt she realizes what any of them mean." Kyle could see Mr. Lemoncello's nose twitch when Charles said that. And it wasn't a happybunny kind of twitch, either. "It was a joke, sir." Charles must've seen the nose twitch, too. "Oh. I see. Like the one about the boy named Charles. Hilarious. Remind me to tell it to you sometime. Anyway, be that as it may, I insist that you be given a few extra clues to compensate for the fact that all your teammates are either being

问你:你愿意退出你的团队，加入凯尔的团队吗?”“对不起?”"大家为我，我为大家"“先生，恕我直言，在一部虚构的小说中，这可能对那三个火枪手管用，但对不起，现实世界不是这样的。 在这里，每个人都为自己着想。 如果每个人都赢了，奖金有什么用?”“我明白了。 但是哈利知道你收集到的所有线索。” “没错，先生。但我怀疑她是否明白其中任何一个是什么意思。” 查尔斯说这话时，凯尔看得出莱蒙塞罗先生的鼻子在抽动。 而且这也不是快乐兔那样的抽搐。 “这是个玩笑，先生。”查尔斯肯定也看到他的鼻子抽搐了。 “哦。我明白了。比如那个叫查尔斯的男孩。 搞笑。有空记得提醒我告诉你。 不管怎样，我坚持要给你一些额外的线索，以弥补你所有的队友都被

kicked out of the game or abandoning your ship." Mr. Lemoncello reached under the desk and pulled out a white envelope. "This, Charles, is for your eyes only." Charles stepped forward and took the envelope. "Thank you, sir. That is very generous." "I know. You may also ask me one question. But please, don't waste your question asking me, 'Where is the alternate exit?' because I do not know." "You don't know?" Kyle said it before Charles could. "Haven't a clue. This entire game was designed by my head librarian, Dr. Yanina Zinchenko, as my birthday present." "But," said Akimi, "you could just ask Dr. Zinchenko how to get out, right?" "Akimi Hughes? Are you one of those people who read the last chapter of a book first to see how it ends?" "No, but …" "Good. It's much more fun when the ending is a surprise. Dr. Zinchenko is the only one who knows how and where to exit this building without

要么被踢出游戏，要么弃船。” 莱蒙切罗先生把手伸到桌子底下，拿出一个白色信封。 “这个，查尔斯，只给你看。” 查尔斯走上前去，接过信封。 “谢谢您，先生。您太慷慨了。” “我知道。你也可以问我一个问题。 但是，请不要浪费你的问题问我:“备用出口在哪里?”’因为我不知道。” “你不知道?”凯尔在查尔斯之前说了。 “不知道。整个游戏都是由我的图书管理员主管设计的。 亚尼娜·津琴科，作为我的生日礼物。” “但是，”明美说，“你可以直接问医生。 津琴科怎么出去，对吧?”“Akimi休斯? 你是那种会先读最后一章，看看结局的人吗?”“没有，但是……” 如果结局是一个惊喜，那就有趣多了。 津琴科博士是唯一一个知道如何离开这栋楼的人

setting off all sorts of fire alarms. Any clues I personally delivered during the course of this game were completely scripted for me by Dr. Z." "Okay," said Charles, "here's my question.…" Mr. Lemoncello raised a hand. "Before you ask it, be advised: Your opponents will also hear my answer." "Fine. Why is the book on the bedside table in your private suite From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg?" "Because when I was your age, Mrs. Tobin, my local librarian, gave it to me." Miguel raised his hand. "Yes, Miguel?" "Can we have one bonus question, too?" he asked politely. "No," said Mr. Lemoncello. "However, I will give you one bonus answer, which Charles, of course, will also hear. Your bonus answer is 'lodgepole, loblolly, and Rocky Mountain white.' " "What are three different kinds of pine trees?" said Charles, just to show off—and to let Kyle's

触发了各种各样的火警。 我在游戏过程中提供的任何线索都是由Dr。 z”“好吧，”查尔斯说，“这是我的问题。莱蒙切罗先生举起一只手。 “在你问这个问题之前，你要知道:你的反对者也会听到我的回答。” “很好。为什么那本书在你私人套房的床头柜上? e·l·柯尼斯堡的弗兰克威勒?”“因为我在你这么大的时候，托宾太太，我们当地的图书管理员，把它给了我。” 米格尔举起了手。“是的,米格尔?”“我们能再问一个额外问题吗?”他礼貌地问道。 “不，”莱蒙切罗说。 “不过，我要给你一个额外的答案，查尔斯当然也会听到的。 你的额外答案是“lodgepole, lobloly和Rocky Mountain white”。“三种不同的松树是哪三种?”查尔斯说，只是为了炫耀，让凯尔

team know their bonus answer didn't give them any kind of advantage. "I am told that is correct," said Mr. Lemoncello, touching his ear. He reached under the desk again and this time pulled up a three-foot-tall hourglass, a giant version of the red plastic timers that came as standard equipment in a lot of his games. He turned it over. "It's the jumbo, three-hour size," he said as the sand started trickling down. "Because it is now nine o'clock and you have only three more hours to find your way out of the library. Good luck. And may the best team—or, in Charles's case, the best solo effort—win!"

团队知道他们的奖金答案并没有给他们任何优势。 “有人告诉我这是对的，”莱蒙切罗摸着自己的耳朵说。 他又把手伸到桌子底下，这一次拿出了一个三英尺高的沙漏，一个巨大的红色塑料计时器，在他的许多游戏中都是标准装备。 他把它翻过来。“这是巨型的，三个小时的尺寸，”他说，沙子开始滴落下来。 “因为现在已经九点了，你只有三个多小时找到走出图书馆的路了。 祝你好运。愿最好的团队——或者，在查尔斯的情况下，最好的个人努力——获胜!”