46 Chapter 46

Chapter 46 "Let's see what kind of real bonus clues Mr. Lemoncello is serving up today," Charles said to his empty conference room. He really didn't mind flying solo. It meant he wouldn't have to share his prize when he won it. Winner won all. Losers lost all. That was just the way the world rolled. And Charles knew he would win. After all, he was a Chiltington. They never lost.

“让我们看看莱蒙塞罗先生今天会提供什么样的额外线索，”查尔斯对空荡荡的会议室说。 他真的不介意独自飞行。 这意味着他赢得奖金后不必和别人分享。 赢家赢了一切。失败者一无所有。 这就是世界运转的方式。 查尔斯知道他会赢。 毕竟，他是奇廷顿家的人。 他们从未输过。

Even if he had wasted his question about the Mixed-Up Files book. Turned out that Mr. Lemoncello was just a sentimental sap like Kyle Keeley. The book was there because his beloved librarian gave it to the old fool when he was the same age as all the library lock-in contestants. Boo-hoo. Big whoop. And what was all that nonsense about pine trees? Preposterous. Unclasping the sealed envelope, Charles found two silhouette cards. Each of them was numbered, in case Charles couldn't figure out which books they would've been hidden in. Babied? Charles wondered. No. Crawled! He examined the second free card.

即使他问《档案混乱》这本书的问题是白费了。 结果莱蒙塞罗先生和凯尔·基利一样是个多愁善感的笨蛋。 这本书在那里是因为他心爱的图书管理员把它送给了这个老傻瓜，当时他和所有的图书馆锁定竞赛者一样大。 嘘。大一点点。那些关于松树的废话是什么? 荒谬的。打开密封的信封，查尔斯发现了两张剪影卡片。 每一本书都有编号，以防查尔斯不知道它们藏在哪本书里。 溺爱?查尔斯很好奇。不。 爬!他检查了第二张空闲的卡。

Three dinners? Three couples? A restaurant? This one was difficult. Charles decided to put the two new pieces into the puzzle to see if their meanings would become clearer:

三个晚餐?三对夫妇吗? 一个餐馆?这个很难。 查尔斯决定把这两个新的碎片放入拼图中，看看它们的含义是否会更清晰:

Charles was missing only one clue, but he had everything else. "You can walk out the way BLANK crawled in in passed restaurant." No. That didn't make sense. In fact, all he was really certain about were the first two lines: "You can walk out the way." The way what? Past the restaurant? The Book Nook Café? And what about the image of the football player? It came from the Johnny Unitas book. Maybe Johnny Unitas, who had played football back when Mr. Lemoncello was Charles's age, had owned a restaurant? Perhaps a popular national chain? If so, there might've been one in Alexandriaville. Maybe right here in the old Gold Leaf Bank building. Could the last bit be "In Johnny Unitas's Restaurant"? Or what if Andrew Peckleman had been right all along and it was the NINETEEN that was the clue from the football player card? That would

查尔斯只遗漏了一条线索，但他掌握了其他一切。 “你可以从BLANK在路过的餐馆爬进来的那条路走出去。” 不。这说不通啊。 事实上，他真正确定的只有前两句:“你可以走开。” 什么方式?过了餐厅? Book Nook咖啡馆?那么足球运动员的形象呢? 来自约翰尼·尤尼塔斯的书。 也许约翰尼·尤尼塔斯(Johnny Unitas)在莱蒙切罗先生和查尔斯一样大的时候踢过足球，他曾经开过一家餐馆? 也许是一个受欢迎的全国连锁店? 如果有的话，亚历山大维尔可能有一个。 也许就在金叶银行的老大楼里。 最后一段会不会是"在约翰尼·尤尼塔斯餐厅" 或者，如果安德鲁·佩克曼一直都是对的，从足球运动员卡上得到的线索是“十九”，那又会怎样呢? 这将

make the final line "In nineteen …" WHAT? Diners? Couples? No. Anniversaries! The three couples in the bonus clue were obviously celebrating their anniversaries! Nineteen anniversaries? Was today the nineteenth anniversary of some major event in Alexandriaville? Charles shook his head. He knew the phrase would make sense only after he had completed the third line, the only one that still had a blank in it: "BLANK, CRAWLED, INN." What if the missing image is an eyeball? Then the third line could be "I crawled in." Hang on, Charles thought. The one book in the Staff Picks display case nobody had found yet was True Crime Ohio: The Buckeye State's Most Notorious Brigands, Burglars, and Bandits by Clare Taylor-Winters. The last image was going to be a criminal of some sort. That one, single missing book might tell Charles who had crawled into the bank and, more importantly, where they had crawled in. Was this

最后一行是“在十九……”什么? 用餐吗?夫妻吗?不。周年纪念!奖金线索中的三对夫妇显然是在庆祝他们的周年纪念日!19周年纪念? 今天是亚历山德里维尔发生什么重大事件的十九周年纪念日吗? 查尔斯摇了摇头。他知道这句话只有在他写完第三行之后才有意义，这是唯一一行仍然是空白的:“blank, crawl, INN。” 如果缺失的图像是眼球呢? 那么第三行可以是"我爬进来的" 坚持住，查尔斯想。在Staff Picks展示柜里，有一本书还没有人找到，那就是克莱尔·泰勒-温特斯写的《真实的犯罪俄亥俄州:七叶树州最臭名昭著的强盗、窃贼和强盗》。 最后一张图像是一个罪犯。 那本丢失的书可能会告诉查尔斯是谁爬进了银行，更重要的是，他们爬进了哪里。 这是

the nineteenth anniversary of a famous bank robbery? Charles realized he needed help. It was time to use his Ask an Expert. That made him laugh. Because Charles knew the top library expert in all of America, maybe the world. Someone much more important than Dr. Yanina Zinchenko. Kyle Keeley and the rest of that bunch didn't stand a chance.

一起著名的银行抢劫案的19周年纪念日? 查尔斯意识到他需要帮助。 是时候使用他的“请教专家”了。 这使他笑了。因为查尔斯认识全美国，也许是全世界最顶尖的图书馆专家。 一个比霍金博士更重要的人。 Yanina Zinchenko。凯尔·基利和那帮人根本没机会。