Chapter 10

CHAPTER 10 George and Aunt Daisy scrambled to get dressed and put on their life jackets. Aunt Daisy brought Phoebe's warmest coat, and George carried the extra life jacket. They'd quickly find Phoebe and head up to the boat deck. And tomorrow morning this would be a big joke to laugh at over breakfast. George thought that Phoebe had gone to the promenade deck — that she'd been woken up by the commotion with the ice and figured that George had gone out to see what was happening. But when they got to the main staircase, he saw that the yellow glints were headed downstairs,

第十章乔治和黛西姨妈匆忙穿好衣服，穿上救生衣。 黛西阿姨带来了菲比最暖和的外套，乔治拿着那件额外的救生衣。 他们很快就会找到菲比，然后走上甲板。 明天早上，这将成为早餐时的一个大笑话。 乔治以为菲比去了散步甲板——她被冰块的骚动吵醒了，以为乔治出去看看发生了什么事。 但当他们走到主楼梯时，他看到黄色的闪光正在往楼下走，

not up to the deck. His heart sank. Phoebe had headed down to the first class baggage hold. Because she knew that George would want to see that mummy. Of course she'd known. Phoebe could read his mind. A chill went through George's bones. What if the scar-faced man was lurking in the baggage hold when Phoebe got there? He ran faster down the stairs now. Aunt Daisy called after him, but he didn't slow down. But when he got down to G deck, there was a gate stretched across the doorway. "This wasn't here when I came down," he said to Aunt Daisy. He tried to pull it open, but it was locked. And just on the other side there was a mob of people standing restlessly, third class passengers from the looks of their worn clothing.

不要到甲板上去。他的心一沉。 菲比下楼去了头等舱的行李舱。 因为她知道乔治会想见那具木乃伊。 她当然知道。菲比能读懂他的心思。 乔治感到一阵寒意。 如果菲比到的时候那个疤脸男人正潜伏在行李舱里呢? 他跑下楼梯时跑得更快了。 黛西阿姨在他身后喊他，但他没有放慢脚步。 但当他下到G甲板时，门口有一扇门。 “我下来的时候还没有这个，”他对黛西姨妈说。 他想把它拉开，但门是锁着的。 就在另一边，站着一群焦躁不安的人，从他们破旧的衣服来看，他们是三等舱的乘客。

"Look," Aunt Daisy said, pointing at one of Phoebe's candies glinting on the floor on the other side of the gate, pushed next to the wall. "She's down here. Pardon me!" she called to the steward standing in front of the crowd. "You've gone the wrong way, madam," he said, staring at Aunt Daisy's huge diamond ring. "The captain wants first class passengers up on the boat deck now." "My niece is down here somewhere," Aunt Daisy said. "You need to let us through." "I'm sure she wouldn't have wandered down this far," the steward said.

“看，”黛西阿姨说，指着门另一边靠墙的地板上菲比的一颗糖闪闪发光。 “她在下面。对不起!”她向站在人群前面的乘务员喊道。 “您走错路了，夫人，”他盯着黛西姨妈的大钻戒说。 “船长现在要头等舱的乘客到甲板上去。” “我侄女就在下面的某个地方，”黛西阿姨说。 “你得让我们过去。” “我敢肯定她不会走这么远，”管家说。

"We're quite sure she's down here," Aunt Daisy said. "So if you'll please open the gate." "I'm sorry, madam," he said. "Regulations..." "Open this gate at once!" Aunt Daisy shouted in a tone George had never heard her use before. The man took a key from his pocket and opened the gate. He stepped aside to let them pass. The crowd surged forward. "Get back!" the steward shouted. "We'll tell you when it's time for you to go up!" A few of the men lunged toward him. Aunt Daisy grabbed George's arm. The steward took a pistol from his pocket. His hand shook as he waved it toward the crowd. George and Aunt Daisy stepped through the gate. The steward slammed it behind them. They were trapped down there, just like everyone else. George and Aunt Daisy squeezed through the crowd, weaving around trunks and stepping over sleeping children. There were so many people. If Phoebe's candies were down here, they couldn't see them anymore.

“我们很肯定她在下面，”黛西阿姨说。 “所以请你打开门。” “对不起，夫人，”他说。 “法规……”“马上打开这扇门!”黛西姨妈用一种乔治以前从未听过的声调喊道。 那人从口袋里掏出一把钥匙，打开了大门。 他站到一边让他们过去。 人群向前涌去。“退后!”乘务员喊道。 “我们会告诉你什么时候该上去的!”有几个人扑向他。 黛西姨妈抓住乔治的胳膊。 管家从口袋里掏出一把手枪。 当他向人群挥手时，他的手颤抖着。 乔治和黛西姨妈跨进了大门。 乘务员在他们身后砰地关上了门。 他们被困在那里，和其他人一样。 乔治和黛西姨妈挤过人群，绕过树干，踩过熟睡的孩子。 那里有很多人。 如果菲比的糖果在下面，他们就看不到了。

Suddenly something crashed into George from behind. A pair of arms wrapped around his waist so tightly he couldn't breathe. George's heart stopped — the scar-faced man? "GIORGIO!" Enzo screamed up at him. George's eardrums nearly split in two. Enzo's father hurried over to them. He tried to gently peel Enzo away from George. But the little boy wouldn't let go. "NO!" he howled. "NO!" "Very sorry," Marco said, smiling apologetically at Aunt Daisy, who looked more confused than ever. "We are old friends of Giorgio." George started to introduce Aunt Daisy, but before he could get three words out, Enzo was dragging him down the hall, elbowing his way through the crowd like a pint-sized bull. "See! See!" Enzo said. "What?" George said. "No…" "See! See!" What was this kid doing? What did he want George to see?

突然，有什么东西从后面撞到了乔治。 一双胳膊紧紧地搂住了他的腰，使他无法呼吸。 乔治的心跳停止了——那个满脸伤疤的人? “乔治!”恩佐朝他尖叫起来。 乔治的耳膜几乎裂成两半。 恩佐的父亲急忙向他们走来。 他试图轻轻地把恩佐从乔治身边拉开。 但是小男孩不肯放手。 “不!”“不!”“非常抱歉。”马可说着，向黛西姨妈带着歉意地微笑，黛西姨妈看上去比以前更困惑了。 “我们是乔治的老朋友。” 乔治开始介绍黛西姨妈，但还没等他说完三个字，恩佐就把他拖到了大厅里，像一头小公牛一样挤过人群。 “看!看!”恩佐说。“什么?”乔治说。 “没有……”“看!看!”这个孩子在做什么? 他想让乔治看什么?

The answer was just a few steps away, through an open doorway. It was the mail sorting room. Except now all George could see was water, green water swirling halfway up the stairs, foaming and churning like a stormy river. Sacks of mail bobbed up and down. Hundreds of letters floated on the surface. And now George understood what Enzo was saying. Sea. The sea. The Titanic was filling with water from the sea.

答案就在几步之外，穿过一扇敞开的门。 这是邮件分拣室。 但是现在乔治只能看到水，绿色的水在楼梯中间打转，像暴风雨的河流一样翻腾。 一袋袋的邮件上下浮动。 数百封信漂浮在水面上。 现在乔治明白了恩佐在说什么。 海中。大海。泰坦尼克号装满了海水。