Chapter 13

CHAPTER 13 Janie whirled around in shock. "What's wrong?" Frederick asked. "My bag," Janie said in a strangled voice. "Someone stole—" Just then she heard little running footsteps. Janie looked up to see Violet scampering toward her, Mrs. Kayden hurrying behind. Violet was clutching something in her hand.

简妮吓得转过身来。 “怎么了?”弗雷德里克问道。 “我的包，"简妮哽咽着说。 “有人偷了——”就在这时，她听到了轻轻的奔跑的脚步声。 珍妮抬起头来，看见维奥莱特向她跑来，凯登太太急忙跟在后面。 维奥莱特手里抓着什么东西。

"Janie! I found a scarf for our snowman!" she sang. But it wasn't a scarf. It was Janie's missing sock. Janie's blood ran cold as she saw the big bulge in the toe. "Violet," Janie said, struggling to keep her voice calm. "I need that sock." She gently took hold of the sock, plucking it from Violet's hand. "Janie, no!" Violet screamed, snatching it back. As the sock slipped from Janie's grip, the diamond jewels tumbled out. They seemed to hover in the air for a moment, like glittering stars. Then they dropped to the floor with a loud clatter.

“珍妮!我为我们的雪人找到了一条围巾！”她唱着。 但那不是一条围巾。是珍妮丢失的袜子。 珍妮看到脚趾上隆起的那个大肿块时，吓得胆战心惊。 “维奥莱特，”简妮说，努力让自己的声音保持平静。 “我需要那只袜子。”她轻轻地抓住袜子，把它从维奥莱特的手里夺了过来。 “珍妮,不!”维奥莉特尖叫着把它夺了回来。 当袜子从珍妮手里滑落时，钻石珠宝掉了出来。 他们好像在空中盘旋了一会儿，像闪闪发光的星星。 然后他们啪的一声倒在地上。

Janie froze, hardly believing what was happening. "Come along," Mrs. Kayden said impatiently, taking Violet by the hand. Somehow, she hadn't noticed the jewels—baby Billy was squalling in her arms. "No more pestering Janie and Frederick."

珍妮僵住了，简直不敢相信发生了什么事。 “走吧，”凯登太太不耐烦地说，拉着维奥莱特的手。 不知怎么的，她没有注意到那些珠宝——小比利在她怀里尖叫着。 “别再纠缠珍妮和弗雷德里克了。”

"My snowman's scarf!" Violet cried as her mother pulled her away. "My snowman's scarf!" Janie snapped into action. With shaking hands, she quickly gathered the jewels from the floor. But a big diamond ring was missing! Where could it have gone?! She glanced all around, panic rising in her chest. There it was!… Right on top of Frederick's boot. She reached for it, but Frederick beat her to it. He studied the ring in his hand while they both slowly stood up. "Here you go," Frederick said, confusion flickering in his eyes as he handed her the ring. But then he froze. And Janie watched as his expression changed from confusion to shock. His eyes widened, and his mouth dropped open. His eyes moved from Janie to the ring and back again. "Janie," he said, his voice barely a whisper. "Where did all these come from?"

“我的雪人围巾！”维奥莱特哭着，她的母亲把她拉开了。 “我的雪人围巾！”珍妮立即行动起来。 她颤抖着双手，迅速地从地板上捡起珠宝。 但是一枚大钻戒不见了！它会去哪儿呢？！她环顾四周，心里一阵恐慌。 它就在那儿！就在弗雷德里克的靴子上 她伸手去拿，但弗雷德里克抢在她前面。 他端详着手里的戒指，两人慢慢站了起来。 “给你，”弗雷德里克说，当他把戒指递给她时，眼里闪烁着困惑。 但随后他僵住了。珍妮看着他的表情从困惑变成震惊。 他睁大了眼睛，张着嘴。 他的目光从简妮移到戒指上，又移回来。 “简妮，"他说，声音简直像耳语。 “这一切是从哪里来的？”

Janie opened her mouth to answer, but no sound came out. "Are they… are you… that man in the train station…" Again, Janie tried to say something, but her voice had disappeared. Frederick stared at her. "Are you a… thief?" He whispered the last word. Lies swarmed into Janie's mind and lined themselves up on the tip of her tongue. She looked at Frederick, really looked for the first time in all the days they'd been together. And she could see that he really did care about her. She swallowed the lies. "I didn't steal them," she said, squeezing the jewels tight in her palm. "My job was just to take them on the train to Seattle." Her voice wasn't bright and cheerful now. It was barely a whisper. "There's a man named Ray Malvo. I work for him. Other kids do too. Orphans mostly. I don't

简妮张开嘴想回答，但没有发出声音。 “他们是……你是……火车站的那个人吗……”简妮又想说点什么，但她的声音消失了。 弗雷德里克盯着她。“你是……小偷吗？”他低声说了最后一句话。 谎言涌进珍妮的脑海，在她的舌尖上一字排开。 她看着弗雷德里克，这是他们在一起这么多年来第一次真正地看着他。 她可以看出他真的很在乎她。 她相信了谎言。“我没有偷，”她说着，把珠宝紧紧地攥在手里。 “我的工作就是把他们送上去西雅图的火车。” 她的声音现在不再明亮愉快了。 那几乎是耳语。“有个叫雷·马尔沃的人。 我为他工作。其他孩子也一样。 孤儿。我不

have a grandmother. Or parents—" Frederick's face started to change again, but Janie looked away. She knew he was disgusted with her. What was she thinking, spilling all this? Her heart clenched, like a fist closing tight. Frederick didn't care about her. He cared about a girl who didn't exist. The polite girl. The respectable girl with manners and a cheerful smile. Not the real Janie, the dirty criminal. Janie had to get away—now. Before Frederick blabbed to his father and Miss Wade. She turned and stuffed everything in her bag. She grabbed her coat. And then without another word, she ran down the aisle of the empty sleeper car and out into the cold.

有祖母。或者父母——"弗雷德里克的脸色又开始变了，但珍妮把目光移开了。 她知道他讨厌她。 她是怎么想的，把这些都说出来？ 她的心紧绷着，像攥紧了拳头。 弗雷德里克不关心她。 他在乎一个根本不存在的女孩。 有礼貌的女孩。那个彬彬有礼、面带愉快微笑的受人尊敬的姑娘。 不是真正的珍妮，那个肮脏的罪犯。 珍妮必须离开——现在。 在弗雷德里克向他父亲和韦德小姐泄密之前。 她转过身，把所有东西都塞进了包里。 她抓起外套。然后，她二话没说，跑过空卧铺车厢的过道，跑到外面寒冷的地方。