Chapter 47

47 "We're kind of in the middle of something, Andrew," Kyle said politely. Andrew put his hand alongside his mouth and whispered, "I know who grabbed that last copy of Flora and Ulysses." Kyle motioned for Andrew to step out of the room with him. "First off," said Kyle, "I'm really sorry about that garbage man crack I made the other day." "You were under a lot of pressure. I know how that feels. When we played the escape game,

“我们正忙着呢，安德鲁。”凯尔礼貌地说。 安德鲁用手捂住嘴，小声说：“我知道是谁拿走了最后一本《弗洛拉与尤利西斯》。” 凯尔示意安德鲁和他一起走出房间。 “首先，”凯尔说，“我真的很抱歉那天我说的垃圾工的话。” “你当时压力很大。 我知道那是什么感觉。当我们玩逃跑游戏时，

Charles Chiltington put so much pressure on me I thought I might turn into a diamond." Kyle must've looked confused. "You know," said Andrew. "The way Superman can squeeze a lump of coal so hard that it turns into a diamond?" "Riiight," said Kyle. "So, who swiped the book off the shelf?" Andrew took a moment. "Marjory Muldauer. That's why she's with the priest. I think she feels bad and is giving him her full confession!" "But why would she take the book?" "Because my uncle Woody told her to." Is that why Mr. Peckleman offered cheat cards to Miguel and Sierra? Kyle wondered. Maybe he wasn't working for Mr. Lemoncello but against him! "Late last night," said Andrew, "I heard them both talking with Mrs. Chiltington about taking the book off the shelf. Uncle Woody had already checked out the other thirty-five copies, and he probably would've checked out the last one, too,

查尔斯·齐廷顿给我的压力太大了，我想我可能会变成一颗钻石。” 凯尔看上去一定很困惑。 “你知道的，”安德鲁说。“就像超人能把一团煤挤成钻石一样？”“好的，”凯尔说。 “那么，谁把书从书架上偷走了？”安德鲁沉思了一会儿。 “玛乔丽Muldauer。所以她才和牧师在一起。 我想她感觉很糟糕，正在向他彻底坦白！”“但她为什么要拿走那本书呢？”“因为我胡迪叔叔让她这么做的。” 所以佩克曼先生才要给米格尔和西拉作弊卡吗？ 凯尔不知道。也许他不是为莱蒙切罗先生工作而是和他作对！“昨天深夜，”安德鲁说，“我听到他们俩都在和奇廷顿夫人谈论把书从书架上拿下来的事。 胡迪叔叔已经看了另外35本，他可能也会看最后一本，

except regular people weren't allowed in the library for a whole week while they fixed up the place for the Olympics." Now Kyle wondered if this was why Marjory had blocked him instead of going for the book during the hover ladder race. She had known the last copy of Flora and Ulysses wouldn't be on the shelf, because she'd already removed it. She probably didn't think she was a good enough actress to be the one who found the empty slot. But she didn't want Kyle finding it, either, because she assumed Mr. Lemoncello would give a medal to whoever found the spot where the book was supposed to be. "Okay. So why did your uncle want the last copy of Flora and Ulysses?" "I'm not sure," said Andrew. "But I am formulating a theory. It has to do with all those other books and encyclopedias you guys say are missing from the library. Do you have a complete list?" Kyle shook his head. He should've thought of that.

不过，在图书馆为奥运会整修场地期间，普通人整整一个星期都不允许进入图书馆。” 现在凯尔在想，这是不是玛乔丽在悬停梯子比赛中挡住他而不去拿书的原因。 她知道书架上不会有最后一本《弗洛拉与尤利西斯》，因为她已经把它拿掉了。 她可能不认为自己是一个足够好的演员，不能成为那个找到空位子的人。 但她也不想让凯尔找到它，因为她认为莱蒙切罗先生会给找到这本书的人颁发奖章。 “好吧。那你叔叔为什么想要最后一本《弗洛拉与尤利西斯》呢？”“我不确定，”安德鲁说。 “但我正在形成一个理论。 这和你们说的图书馆遗失的那些书和百科全书有关。 你有完整的清单吗？”凯尔摇了摇头。 他早该想到这一点。

How were they going to return all the missing books if they didn't even know what books were missing? Then it hit him. "Clarence does!" "Who?" "The head of security. Come on." Kyle and Andrew went back into the dining area. "You guys?" said Kyle. "What's up?" asked Akimi. "Andrew and I need to head back downtown. Sierra? Can you come with us?" Sierra looked at Andrew, the boy who had stolen her library card during the escape game. "I never really wanted to steal your library card," said Andrew. "Honestly. Charles made me do it." "I know," said Sierra. Then she took a deep breath. "Should I tell the driver to fire up the bookmobile?"

如果他们甚至不知道丢失了哪些书，他们怎么能归还所有丢失的书呢？ 然后他突然想到。“克拉伦斯!”“谁?”“安全主管。 来吧。”凯尔和安德鲁回到了用餐区。 “你们？”凯尔说。“怎么了？”明美问。 “安德鲁和我得回市中心去。 塞拉?你能和我们一起去吗？”塞拉看着安德鲁，那个在逃跑游戏中偷了她借书证的男孩。 “我从来没想过要偷你的借书证，”安德鲁说。 “说实话。查尔斯让我这么做的。” “我知道，”西拉说。然后她深吸了一口气。 “我要不要叫司机把车发动起来？”

"Definitely," said Kyle. "Go with Sierra, Andrew. I'll meet you guys out front." "What's up?" asked Miguel. "We have a lead on who might've checked out all those books." "So what do you need the rest of us to do while you guys are gone?" asked Akimi. "Round up all the medals. Make a list. See if there is some kind of pattern or hidden code." "Or a treasure map etched on their backs!" said Miguel. "Riiight. Or that. You guys have your phones?" "Totally," said Akimi. "Cool. Whoever finds out something first—" "Calls the other ones." Clarence met Kyle, Sierra, and Andrew in the lobby.

“当然，”凯尔说。“和塞拉一起去，安德鲁。 我们在门口见。” “怎么了？”米格尔问。 “我们有线索知道谁可能借走了所有这些书。” “你们走了以后，你需要我们做什么？”明美问。 “把所有的奖牌集合起来。列个清单。 看看是否有某种模式或隐藏的代码。” 米格尔说：“或者是在他们背上蚀刻的藏宝图！” “Riiight。或者。你们带手机了吗？”“完全正确，”明美说。 “酷。谁先发现什么——”“叫其他人来。” 克拉伦斯在大厅遇见了凯尔、西拉和安德鲁。

"We're looking for the missing books," said Kyle. "Well, not to bust your chops, Mr. Keeley," said Clarence, "but I think you're looking in the wrong place. The books aren't here in the library. If they were, they wouldn't be missing." "We know," said Kyle. "But we need to see your list." "Why?" "I have a theory," said Andrew. Clarence gestured for the three treasure hunters to follow him through the red door into the control room. "Here's the list. Hope it helps. I'll be out in the lobby if you need anything else." Clarence left. Andrew and Sierra studied the pages. "Aha!" said Andrew. "I was right." "Good going, Andrew," said Sierra. "It's so obvious." Kyle looked down at the list. He had no idea what they were talking about.

“我们在找丢失的书，”凯尔说。 “好吧，我不想打击你，基利先生，”克拉伦斯说，“但我认为你找错地方了。 书不在图书馆里。 如果是的话，他们就不会失踪了。” “我们知道，”凯尔说。“但我们需要看看你的名单。” “为什么?”“我有一个理论，”安德鲁说。 克拉伦斯示意三个寻宝人跟着他穿过红色的门进入控制室。 “这是清单。希望能有所帮助。 如果您还需要什么，我就在大厅里。” 克拉伦斯。安德鲁和西拉研究着书页。 “啊哈！”安德鲁说。“我是对的。” “干得好，安德鲁。”西拉说。 “这太明显了。”凯尔低头看了看名单。 他不知道他们在说什么。