Chapter 43

43 "Mr. Lemoncello?" Kyle shouted, his voice echoing under the dome. "Dr. Zinchenko?" "We are back here," replied Dr. Zinchenko. "Outside the zero-zero-zero door." Kyle and his teammates made their way around the circular balcony. Mr. Lemoncello, Dr. Zinchenko, and Clarence were standing in the same spot that had served as the starting line for the Library Cart Relay Race. They flipped through Clarence's thick stack of papers with serious expressions on their faces.

“莱蒙切罗先生？”凯尔喊道，他的声音在穹顶下回响。 “Zinchenko博士?”“我们回到这里来了。” Zinchenko。“在0 - 0 - 0的门外。” 凯尔和他的队友们绕着圆形的阳台走着。 莱蒙切罗先生、津琴科博士和克拉伦斯站在图书馆车接力赛的起跑线上。 他们一脸严肃地翻阅着克拉伦斯那厚厚的一叠文件。

"Hey, Mr. Lemoncello," said Kyle. Mr. Lemoncello raised his left hand to silence Kyle and continued frowning at the list of missing books. "Are you telling us one individual removed all thirty-six copies of Flora and Ulysses?" asked Dr. Zinchenko. "Thirty-five of them," said Clarence. "Somebody else grabbed the last copy off the fiction wall. But our main suspect checked out multiple copies of other titles, too. Tracking his records, we see he's been working on his personal book removal project for close to a month." "Are the books overdue?" "Not yet, Dr. Z," said Clarence. "He auto-renewed them all online. We can't be certain, but we think he's also the one who removed all those 'S' encyclopedias." "This is actually old news," said Mr. Lemoncello. "You see, Clarence, Dr. Zinchenko— I've known all along who was behind this nonsense. And why. Stopping him and bringing back all the missing books was to be our final

“嗨，莱蒙切罗先生，”凯尔说。 莱蒙切罗先生举起左手让凯尔闭嘴，然后继续皱着眉头看着丢失的书单。 “你是说一个人把《弗洛拉与尤利西斯》的36本全部拿走了吗？” Zinchenko。“三十五个。”克拉伦斯说。 “有人从小说墙上拿走了最后一本。 但我们的主要嫌疑人还借了很多其他的书。 追踪他的记录，我们发现他近一个月来一直在进行他的个人图书移除计划。” “这些书过期了吗？”“还没有呢，约翰博士。 “Z，”克拉伦斯说。他在网上自动更新了所有的邮件。 我们不能确定，但我们认为他也是把所有‘S’百科全书都移走的人。” “这其实是旧闻了，”莱蒙切罗说。 “你看，克拉伦斯，津琴科医生——我一直都知道是谁在幕后捣鬼。 及其原因。阻止他，把丢失的书都带回来是我们最后的目标

challenge in the Library Olympics. I've already been handing out clues left and right. But I don't think I can continue with that plan. If he and his associates can recruit a child—a Library Olympian, no less—or a group of children for their cause, what hope is there?" "We'll help you, sir," said Kyle. "Will you, Mr. Keeley? I've already given away the grand prize. Thirty-two of them, in fact. I can't give your team a grander prize or even a grand piano." "That's okay. We just want to keep playing and prove we're really champions. Besides, I thought finding the missing books was supposed to be the twelfth game." "It was. Another treasure hunt of sorts." "So if we find the books, we'd win the twelfth medal." "And then we could do a sudden-death overtime against Marjory Muldauer," added Akimi.

挑战图书馆奥林匹克。 我已经在四处发线索了。 但我觉得我不能继续这个计划了。 如果他和他的同伙能招募到一个孩子——一个图书馆奥运选手，或者一群孩子来为他们的事业服务，那还有什么希望呢？”“我们会帮助你的，先生，”凯尔说。 “你愿意吗，基利先生？”我已经把大奖送人了。 实际上有32个。 我不能给你的团队一个更大的奖品，甚至是一架大钢琴。” “没关系。我们只想继续比赛，证明我们是真正的冠军。 此外，我还以为找到丢失的书应该是第十二场比赛呢。” “这是。又一次寻宝。” “所以如果我们找到这些书，我们就会赢得第十二枚奖牌。” “然后我们可以对马乔里·穆尔道尔进行突然死亡加时赛，”阿基米补充道。

Mr. Lemoncello shook his head. "What if I told you that you might need Miss Muldauer to safely retrieve all the books?" Akimi made her famous "gag me now" gesture. "I know, I know," said Mr. Lemoncello. "It's impossible. Asking you and the other Library Olympians to work together for a higher, common purpose? Forget I even mentioned it. Dr. Zinchenko?" "Sir?" "I've made up my mind even though I have not yet made up my bed. I, Luigi Libretto Lemoncello, hereby officially declare the games of this first Library Olympiad to be over. Done. Kaput. There will be no winners. This library has failed to find its true champions. Tomorrow night, at the closing ceremonies, kindly hand out one college scholarship to each and every player who presents you with an orange card. I'm afraid I won't be able to attend the festivities. I'll be out of town. Either on a bridge to Terabithia or flying

莱蒙切罗摇了摇头。 “如果我告诉你，你可能需要穆尔道尔小姐来安全地取回所有的书呢？”明美做了个著名的“掐死我”手势。 “我知道，我知道，”莱蒙切罗说。 “这是不可能的。要求你和其他图书馆奥林匹克选手为了一个更高的共同目标而共同努力？ 就当我没提过。 Zinchenko博士?”“先生?”“虽然我还没有铺好床，但我已经下定了决心。 我，Luigi Libretto Lemoncello，在此正式宣布第一届图书馆奥林匹克竞赛结束。 完成了。坏了的。没有赢家。 这个图书馆没能找到真正的捍卫者。 明晚，在闭幕式上，请给每一位给你橙色卡片的选手颁发一份大学奖学金。 恐怕我不能参加庆祝活动了。 我要出城去。要么在通往特拉比西亚的桥上，要么在飞机上

home to New York City. In fact, I may never return to Alexandriaville or Ohio again." This was just about the worst news Kyle had ever heard. "Mr. Lemoncello?" he said. "If you know who checked out all the books, why don't you tell the police and have the guy arrested?" "The books are not yet overdue," said Dr. Zinchenko. "And, if I might cite the American Library Association's code of ethics…" "Please, Dr. Z, cite away," said Mr. Lemoncello. "Here at the Lemoncello Library, we protect each library user's right to privacy and confidentiality with respect to information sought or received and resources consulted, borrowed, acquired, or transmitted." "Seriously?" said Akimi. "Oh, yeah," said Miguel. "It's the library law." Kyle tried one more time. "But, Mr. Lemoncello…"

纽约的家事实上，我可能再也不会回到亚历山大维尔或俄亥俄州了。” 这是凯尔听到过的最糟糕的消息。 “莱蒙切罗先生？”他说。 “如果你知道是谁借走了所有的书，你为什么不告诉警察，把那个人抓起来呢？”“这些书还没有过期。” Zinchenko。“而且，请允许我引用美国图书馆协会的道德准则……” “Z，说吧，”莱蒙切罗说。 “在莱蒙塞洛图书馆，我们保护每位图书馆用户在寻求或收到的信息以及咨询、借用、获得或传播的资源方面的隐私权和保密性。” “真的吗？”明美说。“哦，是的，”米格尔说。 “这是图书馆法。”凯尔又试了一次。 “可是，莱蒙切罗先生……”

His hero raised that hand again. "It was fun, Mr. Keeley, but now we're done. Dr. Zinchenko? Monday morning, kindly instruct my lawyers to draw up the necessary papers appointing Mrs. Chiltington and her League of Concerned Library Lovers as the Alexandriaville Public Library's first board of trustees. Then take down my statue and pack up anything with my name on it, including my last case of Mr. Lemoncello's Lemonberry Fizz." "But what if we find the missing books?" Kyle pleaded. "I told you—I'm through handing out medals. There are no more prizes, Kyle. No more ice cream, cake, or balloons." "I don't care." Kyle turned to his teammates. "How about you guys?" They all shook their heads. "Nope," said Miguel. "The medals clash with my earrings," added Akimi.

他的英雄又举起了手。 “很有趣，基利先生，但现在我们结束了。 Zinchenko博士吗?周一早上，请指示我的律师起草必要的文件任命奇廷顿夫人和她的图书馆爱好者联盟为亚历山德里维尔公共图书馆的第一届董事会成员。 那就拆掉我的雕像，把所有写着我名字的东西打包，包括我最后一箱莱蒙塞罗先生的柠檬莓汽水。” “但是如果我们找到丢失的书呢？”凯尔辩护。 “我告诉过你，我不会再颁发奖章了。 再也没有奖品了，凯尔。 不再有冰淇淋、蛋糕和气球。” “我不在乎。”凯尔转向他的队友。 “你们呢？”他们都摇了摇头。 “不，”米格尔说。“奖牌和我的耳环不协调，”明美补充道。