17 TOP SECRET

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN TOP SECRET HE GOT up to go. The children pressed round him. 'Tell us what you are going to do! Do, do tell us!' 'I'm going to discuss the whole matter with other people,' said the Inspector, smiling down at the four children. 'You've not given me much time to make preparations, you know! According to you, it's all fixed for tomorrow!' 'How shall we know what's going to happen?' asked Pam. 'It's our affair this– can't we see what's going to happen?' 'I'll let you know tomorrow, at ten o'clock,' said the big Inspector, twinkling at them. 'Call

第十七章绝密他起身要走。 孩子们把他团团围住。 “告诉我们你要做什么！”一定，一定要告诉我们！“我要和其他人讨论整个事情，”探长说，微笑着俯视着四个孩子。 “你知道，你没有给我多少时间准备！”照你说的，明天就搞定了！“我们怎么知道会发生什么事呢？”潘问。 “这是我们的事——我们难道看不出会发生什么事吗？”“明天十点钟，我会通知你们的，”大个子探长朝他们眨着眼睛说。 的电话

a meeting of your Secret Society down in the shed, and I'll be there to report to you!' There was such excitement that evening among the Secret Seven that their parents thought they would never get them to bed. Colin, George and Jack were all told by the other four, and spent a wonderful time thinking how clever they had been. 'Well, we'll meet down in the shed at ten tomorrow,' said Colin. 'Passwords, and everything, and you all realise, of course, that not one single word of what the Inspector tells us is to be told to anyone else.' 'Of course,' said everyone. At five to ten they had all arrived at the shed except the Inspector. He came promptly at ten o'clock. 'Have to let him in without the password,' said Peter. But Janet called out loudly. 'Password, please!' The Inspector grinned to himself outside the

你们秘密社团在下面的小屋里开会，我会到那里向你们报告的！”那天晚上，“秘密七人”们兴奋不已，他们的父母以为他们永远也不会让他们上床睡觉了。 科林、乔治和杰克都听了另外四个孩子的话，他们花了很长时间思考自己是多么聪明。 “好吧，我们明天十点在下面的小屋里见。”科林说。 “密码，还有所有的东西，当然，你们都明白，探长告诉我们的事情一个字也不能告诉别人。“当然，”大家都说。 十点差五分，除了探长，他们都到了小屋。 他十点钟准时来了。 “不用密码就让他进来吧。”彼得说。 但珍妮特大声喊道。 “密码,请!”探长在门外咧嘴一笑

shed. 'Well,' he said, 'I don't know it, but there's one word that seems to me to be a very good password for you at the moment, and that is–ADVENTURE!' 'Right!' shouted everyone in delight, and the door opened. In went the Inspector and was given a large box to sit on. He beamed round at them all. 'This is secret,' he said. 'Top secret. We've made inquiries, and we think it is possible that a robbery may be planned this evening when the postman drives up in his mail-van to make the seven-thirty collection of letters from the red pillar-box in Ember Lane. At that time of the evening he has on board his van some sacks of registered letters.' 'Oooooh!' said Pam. 'Just what we thought!' 'Now what we are going to do is this,' said the Inspector. 'A postman will drive up as usual with the mail-van. He will park it in the usual place. He will go across to the pillar-box

小屋。“好吧，”他说，“我也不知道，不过在我看来，目前有一个词对你来说是一个很好的密码，那就是——冒险！”“对!大家高兴地喊道，门开了。 探长走了进去，有人给了他一个大箱子让他坐在上面。 他向大家微笑。 “这是秘密，”他说。 “最高机密。我们已经调查过了，我们认为很有可能今晚有人在策划一场抢劫，当时邮差开着他的邮车，要在七点半从烬巷的红色邮筒里收集信件。 晚上那个时候，他的货车上装着几袋挂号信。“哇!潘说。 “和我们想的一样！”“现在我们要做的是，”探长说。 “邮递员会像往常一样开着邮车过来。 他会把车停在老地方。 他要到那边的邮筒那儿去

and unlock it, with his back to the van.' 'Yes,' said everyone, hanging on to the Inspector's words. 'What next?' 'Well, the watcher behind the grating will probably signal to others waiting opposite in hiding,' said the Inspector. 'They will rush to the van, jump into the driver's seat, two of them probably, and drive it away.' 'But, will you let them do that?' said Pam. 'With all the sacks inside!' 'The sacks won't be inside, my dear,' said the Inspector. 'But six fine policemen will, and WHAT a shock for the two men when they park the mail-van somewhere lonely and go to unlock the van door.' 'Oh!' cried the Seven, and gazed at the Inspector in delight. 'And the man signalling behind the grating will find two policemen waiting for him in the passage outside the underground room,' said the big Inspector. 'Very interesting; don't you

然后把门锁打开，背对着货车。“是的，”每个人都抓住探长的话不放，说道。 ‘下一个什么?“嗯，铁栅栏后面的守夜人可能会向躲在对面等着的人发出信号，”探长说。 “他们会冲向货车，跳到驾驶座上，可能是两个人，然后把车开走。“可是，你会让他们那样做吗？”潘说。 “里面都是麻袋！”“袋子不会在里面的，亲爱的，”探长说。 “但是六个优秀的警察会的，当他们把邮车停在一个偏僻的地方，去打开车门时，这两个人是多么震惊啊。“哦!七王子叫道，高兴地盯着探长。 “那个在铁栅栏后面打手势的人会发现两个警察在地下房间外面的通道里等着他，”大个子探长说。 “非常有趣;你不

think so?' 'Please please can we be somewhere and watch?' asked Peter. 'After all, if it hadn't been for us you wouldn't have known anything about this.' 'Well now, you listen,' said the Inspector, dropping his voice low and making everything sound twice as exciting. 'There's a warehouse called Mark Donnal's in Ember Lane, and it's got a back entrance in the road behind, Petton Road. Nobody will say anything if seven children go in one by one, and make their way to a window overlooking Ember Lane at the front of the warehouse. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't someone there to show you the very room you want!' Every single one of the Secret Seven wanted to hug the big Inspector, but as he got up at that moment, they couldn't. They beamed in delight at him. 'Thank you! It's marvellous of you! We'll be

这样认为吗?“求求你，求求你，我们能找个地方看吗？”彼得问。 “毕竟，要不是我们，你根本不会知道这件事。“好了，现在你听着，”探长说，压低了声音，使一切听起来更加激动人心。 “在余烬巷有一个叫马克·唐纳的仓库，在佩顿路后面的那条路上有个后门。 如果七个孩子一个接一个地走进去，走到仓库前面一扇可以俯瞰烬巷的窗户前，没人会说什么。 事实上，如果没有人带你去看你想要的房间，我一点也不奇怪！”秘密七人组的每一个人都想拥抱这位高大的探长，但在他站起来的那一刻，他们做不到。 他们对他喜笑颜开。 “谢谢你!”你真是太了不起了！我们会

there, if our parents let us.' 'I think you'll find that will be all right,' said the Inspector, and off he went. 'WELL!' said Peter, looking round. 'This is wonderful. Seats in the very front row.' 'Yes. But we shan't be able to see the best bit of all, when the men open the van, and out come the policemen!' said Jack. 'Never mind, we'll see plenty!' said Peter. 'I wonder where Jeff is. I suppose that awful Mr Tizer took him away and locked him up somewhere till the raid was over. I wonder what will happen to poor old Jeff.' 'Mew,' said the kitten, who was on Janet's knee. Its leg was healed now, and it was a fat, amusing little thing. Janet hugged it. 'I expect poor Jeff misses you,' she said. 'Never mind, maybe we'll be able to do something for Jeff if he's found, and you can go back to him.' 'I wish tonight was here,' said George,

在那里，如果我们的父母允许我们。“我想你会发现那是对的，”探长说着就走了。 “好!彼得回过头来问。 “这太棒了。最前排的座位。“是的。 但是，当那些人打开货车，警察出来的时候，我们就看不到最精彩的部分了！杰克说。 “没关系，我们会看到很多的！”彼得说。 “我想知道杰夫在哪儿。我猜想是那个可怕的蒂泽尔先生把他带走了，把他锁在某个地方，直到突袭结束。 我不知道可怜的老杰夫会怎么样。“新的，”小猫说，它在珍妮特的膝盖上。 现在它的腿已经好了，变成了一个胖胖的、有趣的小东西。 珍妮特抱着它。“我想可怜的杰夫会想你的，”她说。 “没关系，如果找到杰夫，也许我们能为他做点什么，你就可以回到他身边了。“我希望今晚就在这里，”乔治说，