8 THE GHOST RETURNS

CHAPTER 8 THE GHOST RETURNS That's not proof," Claire said a couple of hours later. She had finally stopped sleeping, and Kaz had just told her all about his talk with Beckett. Kaz didn't understand. "Beckett told me he hasn't been glowing in the library. He said he hasn't glowed in twenty years. He isn't even sure he can still do it. How is that not proof that Beckett isn't the library ghost?" "Because sometimes suspects lie," Claire said. Why would Beckett lie? Later that morning, Claire's grandma asked her to put books away. While Claire wheeled a cart of

第八章鬼魂回来了这不是证据，”几个小时后克莱尔说。 她终于睡不着了，卡兹刚刚把他和贝克特的谈话告诉了她。 卡兹不明白。“贝克特告诉我，他在图书馆里没有发光。 他说他有二十年没发光了。 他甚至不确定自己是否还能做到。 这怎么不能证明贝克特不是图书馆的鬼魂呢？”“因为有时候嫌疑人会撒谎，”克莱尔说。 贝克特为什么要撒谎？那天上午晚些时候，克莱尔的奶奶让她把书收起来。 克莱尔推着一辆手推车

books from one room to another, Kaz wafted behind. "Maybe there's another ghost in this library," he said as they crossed the entryway and went into the craft room. "One who isn't Beckett. Or me. Or Finn." "Could be," Claire said. She took a book off her cart and placed it on the shelf. "But I think I'd know if there was another ghost here." "I don't know. This place is huge." Kaz stretched his arms wide. "It's almost as big as my old haunt. And you're only one person. You can't

书从一个房间传到另一个房间，和子飘在后面。 “也许这个图书馆里还有另一个鬼魂，”他们穿过入口通道走进工艺室时，他说。 “一个不是贝克特的人。或者我。 或者芬恩。”“有可能，”克莱尔说。 她从手推车上取下一本书，放在书架上。 “但我想，如果这里还有别的鬼魂，我会知道的。” “我不知道。这个地方太大了。” 卡兹张开双臂。 “它几乎和我以前常去的地方一样大。 而你只是一个人。 你不能

be everywhere at once. Another ghost could stay hidden from you if he or she really wanted to." "It's possible," Claire said. "But it's also possible that Beckett lied to you and he is the one who's been glowing." Beckett charged through the wall right in front of Claire. "ARE YOU CALLING ME A LIAR?" he roared. Claire and Kaz both jumped. Beckett expanded to almost the full height of the room. "I... DON'T... GLOW and I CERTAINLY... DON'T... LIE!" Kaz could almost see smoke coming out of Beckett's ears. All of a sudden, the library went dark. And they all heard a loud ghostly WOOOOOOOOOO! Kaz and Claire looked at each other. "D-did you do that?" Claire asked Beckett. "Did you make all the lights go out?" "Did you see me turn out the lights?" Beckett asked. "I've been floating here right in front of you this whole time."

同时出现在所有地方。如果另一个鬼魂真的愿意，他或她可以躲起来不让你看见。” “有可能，”克莱尔说。 “但也有可能是贝克特对你撒了谎，他才是那个发光的人。” 贝克特当着克莱尔的面冲过了墙。 “你说我是骗子？”他吼道。 克莱尔和卡兹都跳了下去。 贝克特几乎扩张到了整个房间的高度。 “我……不要……GLOW和我当然…… 不要……撒谎!”卡兹几乎能看到贝克特耳朵里冒出的烟。 突然间，图书馆一片漆黑。 然后他们都听到了一声巨大的鬼叫声！卡兹和克莱尔面面相觑。 “是——是你干的吗？”克莱尔问贝克特。 “你让所有的灯都灭了吗？”“你看见我关灯了吗？”贝克特问道。 “我一直在你面前漂浮着。”

"You still could've done it," Claire said. "I know you're mad. Don't ghosts do crazy things when they get mad?" She turned to Kaz for support. "Crazy things like make the lights go out without actually touching the light switch?" Beckett asked. "You have a lot to learn about ghosts, missy." "Don't call me 'missy'!" Claire said, leaning forward. WOOOOOOOOOO! "Look!" cried a voice from the entryway. "There's the ghost!" Kaz, Claire, and Beckett all hurried to the dark entryway. They saw a ghostly figure above the plant, but it disappeared before any of them got close enough to get a good look at it. Strange, Kaz thought. A ghost could stop glowing and then any solids in the room would think the ghost had disappeared. But ghosts like Kaz and Beckett should still have been able to see

“你还是可以做到的，”克莱尔说。 “我知道你疯了。鬼生气的时候不做傻事吗？”她向和子寻求支持。 “疯狂的事情，比如不用碰电灯开关就能把灯灭了？”贝克特问道。 “关于鬼，你还有很多要学的，小姐。” “别叫我‘小姐’！”克莱尔向前倾着身子说。 WOOOOOOOOOO !“看！”门厅里一个声音叫道。 “鬼来了！”卡兹、克莱尔和贝克特都匆匆奔向黑暗的入口通道。 他们看到植物上方有一个幽灵般的身影，但在他们走近看清楚它之前，它就消失了。 奇怪，卡兹想。鬼魂可以停止发光，然后房间里的任何固体都会认为鬼魂消失了。 但卡兹和贝克特这样的鬼魂应该还能看见

a ghost when he stopped glowing. What kind of ghost could disappear in front of other ghosts? "Now do you believe I'm not the library ghost?" Beckett asked Claire. WOOOOOOOOOO! Several solid children ran to the entryway from the children's room. "I think the ghost went in there," one of them shrieked, pointing at the children's room. "Do you see him?" asked a teenager. "No, but I hear him! Don't you?" WOOOOOOOOOO! The ghostly wail did

当他不再发光时，他变成了鬼魂。 什么样的鬼会在其他鬼面前消失？ “现在你相信我不是图书馆的鬼了吧？”贝克特问克莱尔。 WOOOOOOOOOO !几个结实的孩子从孩子们的房间跑到入口处。 “我想鬼魂进了那里。”其中一个指着孩子们的房间尖叫道。 “你看见他了吗？”一个少年问。 “没有，但我听见了！”你不?”WOOOOOOOOOO !幽灵般的哀号响了

indeed sound like it was coming from the children's room. "Must be a pretty sorry excuse for a ghost," Beckett grumbled as he followed Kaz and Claire into the children's room. "That's one of the worst wails I've ever heard." WOOOOOOOOOO! Kaz, Claire, and Beckett looked around. The ghostly wail seemed to be coming from a large desk in the middle of the room. But Kaz didn't see any ghost. The lights came back on and Grandma Karen said, "Don't worry, everyone. The ghost is gone.

听起来确实像是从孩子们的房间里传来的。 “对于鬼魂来说，这一定是一个非常糟糕的借口。”贝克特抱怨道，他跟着卡兹和克莱尔走进了儿童房。 “这是我听过的最糟糕的哀号之一。” WOOOOOOOOOO !卡兹、克莱尔和贝克特四处张望。 幽灵般的哀号似乎是从房间中央的一张大桌子里传来的。 但是卡兹没有看到鬼。 灯又亮了，凯伦奶奶说：“大家别担心。 鬼走了。