14 GONE FOR GOOD

CHAPTER 14 GONE FOR GOOD Maybe they're in a different part of the library," Kaz said. "Let's go look for them." He started to pass through the glass wall when, finally, he saw Claire and Maddie walking into the library. "There they are," he said. "Over here, Claire!" He waved. Claire smiled. "We need a private place to talk," she told Maddie in a quiet voice as she stomped the rain from her feet. "Kaz is back. And there's another ghost boy with him. But it's not Little John or the ghost from the Underground. Should we go in one of the bathrooms?"

也许他们在图书馆的另一个地方。”卡兹说。 “我们去找他们吧。”他开始穿过玻璃墙，最后，他看到克莱尔和玛蒂走进图书馆。 “他们在那儿，”他说。 “过来，克莱尔！”他挥了挥手。 克莱尔笑了。“我们需要一个私密的地方谈谈，”她一边跺着脚上的雨水，一边轻声对麦迪说。 “卡兹回来了。还有一个鬼男孩和他在一起。 但不是小约翰，也不是地铁里的鬼魂。 我们要不要去卫生间？”

"You want to take boy ghosts into the girls' bathroom?" Maddie shrieked. A couple of girls turned to look at Maddie and Claire. Maddie's face reddened. She probably realized how that sounded. She leaned close to Claire and said, "I know where we can talk," she said. "Follow me." She led Claire and the ghosts up the escalator to the third floor. They went over to the teen area, past some bookshelves, and over to a black tape that stretched from the wall to a pillar. Maddie ducked under it. "Are we allowed back there?" Claire asked. "Yes. This is the teen work room," Maddie said. "It's where teen volunteers go to work on projects." Claire ducked under the tape. Kaz and Oliver sailed over it. And now they were in a small room with a table and chairs and a row of cabinets.

“你想把男鬼带进女厕所？”玛迪尖叫起来。 几个女孩转过身来看着麦迪和克莱尔。 玛蒂的脸变红了。她可能知道这听起来是什么意思。 她凑近克莱尔说：“我知道我们可以在哪里说话。” “跟我来。”她带着克莱尔和鬼魂上了自动扶梯，到了三楼。 他们走到青少年区，经过一些书架，走到一根从墙上一直延伸到柱子上的黑色胶带前。 麦蒂躲到它下面。“我们可以回去吗？”克莱尔问道。 “是的。这是青少年工作室，”麦迪说。 “这是青少年志愿者参与项目的地方。” 克莱尔从胶带下面钻了出来。 卡兹和奥利弗航行过它。 现在他们在一个小房间里，有桌子、椅子和一排橱柜。

"There are librarians back there," Maddie said, pointing to another door they could sort of see through next to the cabinets. "We should talk softly." Claire nodded. "That means you guys shouldn't wail," she said to the ghosts. "You'll tell me everything the ghosts say, though. Won't you?" Maddie asked. "Of course," Claire said. She sat down at the table. "So, who's your friend, Kaz?" "His name's Oliver," Kaz said, wafting closer. "Oliver, this is Claire and Maddie." "Hi, Oliver," Claire said, waving at him. Oliver waved back. "Claire can see and hear you, but Maddie can't," Kaz told Oliver. "Claire, Oliver is the ghost who's been crying in the dumbwaiter. He got separated from his family. That's why he was crying. He knows where Little John is, but he wants you to help him find his family before he'll tell us about Little John."

“那边有图书管理员，”麦迪指着橱柜旁边另一扇门说。 “我们应该轻声交谈。”克莱儿点了点头。 “这意味着你们不应该哭泣，”她对鬼魂说。 “不过，你得把鬼魂说的一切都告诉我。 你不会?”玛迪问道。“当然，”克莱尔说。 她在桌旁坐下。 “那么，谁是你的朋友，卡兹？”“他叫奥利弗。”卡兹说着，飘近了一些。 奥利弗，这是克莱尔和麦迪 “嗨，奥利弗，”克莱尔朝他挥手说。 奥利弗也向他挥了挥手。卡兹对奥利弗说：“克莱尔能看到你，也能听到你，但麦迪不能。” "克莱尔，奥利弗就是那个在电梯里哭的鬼魂。 他和家人走散了。 这就是他哭的原因。他知道小约翰在哪里，但他想让你帮他找到他的家人，然后他才会告诉我们小约翰的事。”

Claire repeated all of that for Maddie. Kaz also told Claire about the deal that some solid people and ghost people made about the library a long time ago and how that was why the ghosts had messed up the children's center. Claire repeated that for Maddie, too. "So now we know who's been haunting the library and why," Maddie said. "But we can't do anything about it. The party's already canceled." "How many ghosts are in your family?" Claire asked Oliver. "And where did you last see them?" "There are five ghosts in my family," Oliver said. "My mom, my dad, my brother, Owen, my sister, Olivia, and me. I last saw them at home, before I accidentally passed through the wall." "You mean we just have to take you home and then you'll be with your family?" Claire said. "That's easy. Where do you live?" "In the castle by the sky church," Oliver said. Claire turned to Maddie. "He lives in the castle by the sky church. What's that?"

克莱尔对麦蒂重复了这一切。 卡兹还告诉克莱尔，很久以前，一些实实在在的人和幽灵做了关于图书馆的交易，这就是为什么幽灵把儿童中心搞得一团糟。 克莱尔也对麦迪重复了这句话。 “所以现在我们知道是谁在图书馆闹鬼了，也知道为什么了，”麦迪说。 “但我们对此无能为力。 聚会已经取消了。” “你们家有几个鬼？”克莱尔问奥利弗。 “你最后一次见到他们是在什么地方？”“我家有五个鬼魂，”奥利弗说。 “我妈妈，我爸爸，我哥哥欧文，我妹妹奥利维亚和我。 我最后一次见到他们是在家里，在我不小心穿墙而过之前。” “你是说我们只要把你送回家，然后你就能和家人在一起了？”克莱尔说。 “这很简单。你住在哪里？”“在天空教堂旁边的城堡里。”奥利弗说。 克莱尔转向麦蒂。“他住在天空教堂旁边的城堡里。 那是什么?”

"No idea," Maddie replied. "It's a big, big screen that plays music videos," Oliver said, stretching his arms wide. "There's a huge pile of instruments, mostly guitars, that goes from the floor to the big, high ceiling. You can watch movies about outer space and play video games. Lots of solid people come to visit, too. Our haunt is kind of a museum." Claire repeated that for Maddie. "Oh, he probably lives at the MoPOP," Maddie said. "What's the MoPOP?" Kaz asked. "It's a museum that has music and science- fiction stuff," Claire replied. "Yeah... that's... where... I... live...!" Oliver wailed. He was so excited that he started to glow. Maddie laughed. "Well, let's take you home, Oliver!"

“不知道，”麦迪回答。 “这是一个播放音乐视频的大屏幕，”奥利弗张开双臂说。 “有一大堆乐器，主要是吉他，从地板一直堆到又大又高的天花板上。 你可以看关于外太空的电影，玩电子游戏。 也有很多可靠的人来参观。 我们常去的地方有点像博物馆。” 克莱尔对麦蒂重复了一遍。 “哦，他可能住在MoPOP，”玛蒂说。 “什么是MoPOP?”Kaz问道。 “那是一个有音乐和科幻题材的博物馆，”克莱尔回答。 “是啊……这是……哪里…… 我…生活……!”奥利弗恸哭。 他太兴奋了，脸上开始发光。 玛迪笑了。“好了，我们送你回家吧，奥利弗！”

"I thought you said that girl couldn't see or hear us," Oliver said, pointing at Maddie. "You're glowing," Kaz said, trying not to feel jealous. "I am?" Oliver looked down at himself. "Hey, I am! I didn't know I could glow." He beamed with pride. Kaz sighed. Everyone could glow. Everyone except him. "We have to shrink so we can fit in Claire's water bottle," Kaz told Oliver. "That's how we'll

“我记得你说过那个女孩看不见也听不见我们，”奥利弗指着麦蒂说。 “你容光焕发。”卡兹说，尽量不让自己感到嫉妒。 “我?”奥利弗低下头看着自己。 “嘿，我是！”我不知道我能发光。” 他骄傲地笑了。Kaz叹了口气。 每个人都可以发光。除了他。 卡兹告诉奥利弗：“我们必须缩小尺寸，这样才能塞进克莱尔的水瓶里。” “我们就这么办