Chapter 55

55 Kyle thought the closing ceremonies were a blast. Mr. Lemoncello handed out thirty-three full college scholarships before switching off the giant swirling flashlight. A DJ spun dance tunes. There was a huge sheet cake shaped like an open book. On it, written in yellow on a sea of fudgy frosting, were these words: "Open a Book and Open Your Mind." "Congratulations, Mr. Keeley," said Dr. Zinchenko, who was slicing the cake and passing out pieces. "Oh, I nearly forgot. Mrs. Gause

凯尔认为闭幕式很精彩。 莱蒙切罗先生在关掉巨大的旋转手电筒之前，颁发了33份大学全额奖学金。 DJ旋转舞曲。有一个巨大的蛋糕，形状像一本打开的书。 上面用黄色的字体写着：“打开一本书，打开你的思想。” “恭喜你，基利先生。” 津琴科，他正在切蛋糕，分发蛋糕。 “哦，我差点忘了。高氏夫人

wanted me to give you this. I checked it out of the nine hundreds room." She handed Kyle a book. "Mrs. Gause?" said Kyle. "The holographic librarian from when the old library was torn down?" "That's right. She thought you might like to know why." Kyle studied the book's cover: Ohio River Pirates and Scallywags. "It's a history book, obviously," said Dr. Zinchenko. "It was written by a teacher at Chumley Prep. I think you'll find chapter eleven to be very enlightening. It's all about a bandit named Ugly Chuck Willoughby, who led the Hole-in-the-Rocks gang, a group of pirates who plundered flatboats along the Ohio River in the late 1700s." "Wait a second," said Kyle. "Isn't Charles Chiltington's super-rich uncle, Mrs. Chiltington's brother, named Willoughby?"

让我把这个给你。 我从900元的房间借出的。” 她递给凯尔一本书。“夫人。 高斯？”凯尔说。“旧图书馆被拆时的全息图书管理员？”“这是正确的。 她觉得你可能想知道原因。” 凯尔仔细研究了这本书的封面：俄亥俄河海盗和流氓。 “很明显，这是一本历史书。” Zinchenko。这是查姆利预科学校的一位老师写的。 我想你会发现第十一章很有启发性。 故事讲的是一个叫Ugly Chuck Willoughby的强盗，他领导了一个叫Hole-in-the-Rocks的团伙，这是一群在18世纪末沿俄亥俄河抢劫平底船的海盗。” “等一下，”凯尔说。 “查尔斯·齐廷顿的超级富豪叔叔，齐廷顿夫人的兄弟，不是叫威洛比吗？”

"Yes. James Willoughby the third. This book will tell you exactly how the Willoughby family fortune got its start and why Mrs. Chiltington was so disappointed to find the book on the shelves of the new Lemoncello Library." "Did she want it banned from the old library, too?" "Of course. And when Mrs. Gause refused to do her bidding…" "Mrs. Chiltington sent in the bulldozers." "Actually," said Dr. Zinchenko, "Mr. Chiltington is the one in the construction business. Together, they were hoping to rewrite the history that didn't fit their family myth." "So this book is the real reason why Mrs. Chiltington wanted to take over the Lemoncello Library, isn't it?" Dr. Zinchenko smiled. "Knowledge can be a very powerful and, for some, frightening thing, Kyle. Especially when it's shared with the whole world, including your neighbors." "Thank you for this," said Kyle.

“是的。詹姆斯·威洛比三世。 这本书将告诉你威洛比家族的财富是如何开始的，以及为什么奇廷顿夫人在新莱蒙塞洛图书馆的书架上发现这本书时如此失望。” “她也想把它从旧图书馆里禁掉吗？”“当然。 当高斯夫人拒绝服从她的命令时……” 奇廷顿派来了推土机。” “实际上，”津琴科博士说。 奇廷顿是做建筑生意的。 他们希望一起改写不符合他们家族神话的历史。” “所以这本书是奇廷顿夫人想要接管莱蒙塞洛图书馆的真正原因，对吗？”博士。 Zinchenko笑了。“知识可能是一种非常强大的东西，对某些人来说，也是一种可怕的东西，凯尔。 尤其是当它与整个世界分享时，包括你的邻居。” “谢谢你，”凯尔说。

He tucked the Ohio history book under his arm and, balancing his cake plate, went over to where Mr. Lemoncello was chatting with Sir Donald Thorne, the actor who didn't look so much like a chicken now that he was out of costume and had taken off his fake rubber nose. "Oh, you should have seen me when I held that book over the flames, Luigi! I was amazing." "Yes, Donald," said Mr. Lemoncello politely. "I'm sure you were." "And when I tricked Mrs. Chiltington into thinking we were co-conspirators? That was some of my best work ever." "Yes, Donald…" "And my eyes. This is how I bugged them out when I was pretending to be a few sandwiches short of a picnic." "Very convincing, Donald…" Mr. Lemoncello sounded bored, so Kyle butted in. "Mr. Lemoncello?"

他把俄亥俄州的历史书夹在腋下，平衡好他的蛋糕盘，走到莱蒙塞罗先生正在和唐纳德·索恩爵士（Sir Donald Thorne）聊天的地方。这位演员现在脱下了戏服，摘下了假橡胶鼻子，看起来不那么像只鸡了。 “啊，你应该看看我把那本书放在火上的样子，路易吉！”我太棒了。” “是的，唐纳德，”莱蒙切罗先生礼貌地说。 “我敢肯定。”“那我骗奇廷顿夫人，让她以为我们是同谋呢？” 这是我最好的作品之一。” “是的，唐纳德……”“还有我的眼睛。 这就是我在野餐时假装缺几个三明治时把它们弄出来的方法。” “很有说服力，唐纳德……”莱蒙切罗先生听起来很无聊，所以凯尔插了进来。 “Lemoncello先生吗?”

His eyes brightened. "Excuse me, Donald. Urgent business. I must speak with a member of my new board." Mr. Lemoncello touched Kyle's shoulder and urged him to step away from Sir Donald Thorne. Quickly. "What is it, Kyle?" "Can I ask you a question?" "Certainly. In fact, as a trustee of the Lemoncello Library, you are duty bound to come to me with any and all questions you might have." "Well, sir, was part of this whole Olympic Games thing an attempt to get Andrew Peckleman to like libraries again? Is that why you had Sir Donald pretend to be his great-uncle instead of, say, mine or Miguel's?" Mr. Lemoncello smiled slyly. "Why, Kyle Keeley, do you really think I am that cunning and clever?" "Yes, sir. That's why your games are so good."

他的眼睛亮了起来。“对不起，唐纳德。 紧急的业务。我必须和新董事会的一位成员谈谈。” 莱蒙切罗先生碰了碰凯尔的肩膀，劝他离唐纳德·索恩爵士远点。 很快。“怎么了，凯尔？”“我能问你一个问题吗？”“当然。 事实上，作为莱蒙塞洛图书馆的受托人，你有任何问题都可以来找我。” “嗯，先生，整个奥运会的一部分是为了让安德鲁·佩克曼重新喜欢上图书馆吗？” 所以你才让唐纳德爵士冒充他的叔祖父，而不是冒充我或米格尔的叔祖父吗？”莱蒙切罗狡黠地笑了。 “为什么，凯尔·基利，你真的认为我那么狡猾和聪明吗？”“是的,先生。 这就是你们的游戏如此优秀的原因。”

Mr. Lemoncello laughed and nodded toward the far side of the patio, were Andrew Peckleman and Sierra Russell were sharing a piece of cake and laughing. "My guess is they're talking about their favorite books," said Kyle. "And my guess," said Mr. Lemoncello, "is that Andrew will be coming to the Lemoncello Library every single Monday, Wednesday, and Friday after school." "You think so?" "Certainly. That's when Sierra's there."

莱蒙塞罗笑了，朝院子的另一边点了点头，安德鲁·佩克曼和西拉·拉塞尔正在那里分享一块蛋糕，哈哈大笑。 “我猜他们在谈论他们最喜欢的书，”凯尔说。 “我猜，”莱蒙切罗先生说，“安德鲁会在每周一、三、五放学后来莱蒙切罗图书馆。” “你这么认为？”“当然。 那就是塞拉在的时候。”