16 HURRAH FOR THE SECRET SEVEN!

CHAPTER SIXTEEN HURRAH FOR THE SECRET SEVEN! IT SEEMED a long time before any police cars came. The four boys were so excited that they could not keep still. Peter felt as if he really must go and see how the gang was getting on. He crept out into the yard, and made his way to the lorry. It was dark there, and quiet. He crept forward, and suddenly bumped into someone standing still beside it. The someone gave a shout and caught him. 'Here, who's this? What are you doing?' Then a light was flashed on him, and Zeb's voice said: 'You! The kid who was asking

第十六章为秘密七号欢呼！似乎过了很长时间才有警车来。 这四个男孩激动得不能保持安静。 彼得觉得他真得去看看那伙人过得怎么样了。 他蹑手蹑脚地走到院子里，向卡车走去。 那里很黑，很安静。 他蹑手蹑脚地向前走，突然撞上了一个站在旁边一动不动的人。 那人喊了一声，抓住了他。 “喂，这是谁？”你在干什么？”有光照在他身上，有西伯的声音说：“你！那个问问题的孩子

questions the other day! What are you up to?' He shook Peter so roughly that the boy almost fell over. And then Scamper came flying up! 'Grrrrrrrr!' He flew at Zeb and nipped him sharply on the leg. Zeb gave a yell. Two of the other men came running up. 'What's the matter? What's up?' 'A boy– and a dog!' growled Zeb. 'We'd better get going. Is the unloading finished? That kid may give the alarm.' 'Where is he? Why didn't you hang on to him?' said one of the men, angrily. 'The dog bit me, and I had to let the boy go,' said Zeb, rubbing his leg. 'They've both disappeared into the fog. Come on, hurry, I've got the wind up now.' Peter had shot back to the others, alarmed at being so nearly caught. He bent down and fondled Scamper. 'Good boy!' he whispered. 'Brave dog! Well done, Scamper!'

前几天的问题！你在干什么？”他粗暴地摇晃着彼得，彼得差点摔倒。 然后斯坎普飞了起来！“Grrrrrrrr !”他扑向西布，狠狠地咬住了他的腿。 泽布叫了一声。另外两个人跑了过来。 “怎么啦？”有什么事吗?“一个男孩——还有一条狗！”西布吼道。 “我们最好走了。卸货完毕了吗？ 那孩子可能会发出警报。“他在哪儿？” 你为什么不抓住他？其中一个人生气地说。 “狗咬了我，我只好放了那孩子，”泽布搓着腿说。 “他们俩都消失在雾里了。 快点，快点，我都快起风了。”彼得马上向其他人冲了回去，因为他差点被抓住，吓了一跳。 他弯下腰抚摸斯坎普。 “好孩子!他低声说。“勇敢的狗!干得好，斯坎普！”

Scamper wagged his tail, pleased. He didn't understand in the least why Peter should have brought him to this peculiar place in a thick fog, but he was quite happy to be with him anywhere. 'When's that police car coming?' whispered Colin, shivering as much with excitement as with cold. 'Soon, I expect,' whispered back Peter. 'Ah, here it comes– no, two of them!' The sound of cars coming down the road that led to the goods yards was plainly to be heard. They came slowly, because of the fog. They would have got there very much more quickly if the evening had been clear. They came into the yard and stopped. Peter ran to the first one. It was driven by the Inspector, and had four policemen in it. The second car was close behind, and policemen in plain clothes tumbled swiftly out of it. 'Sir! You've come just in time!' said Peter.

斯坎普高兴地摇着尾巴。 他一点也不明白彼得为什么要在浓雾中带他到这个奇怪的地方来，但无论到哪里，他都很高兴能和彼得在一起。 “那辆警车什么时候来？”科林小声说，他又冷又兴奋地颤抖着。 “快了，我想。”彼得小声回答。 “啊，它来了——不，是两个！”汽车从通往货场的路上开过来的声音听得清清楚楚。 因为有雾，他们来的很慢。 如果那天晚上天气晴朗的话，他们就会快得多。 他们来到院子里，停了下来。 彼得跑向第一个。 那辆车是巡官开的，里面有四个警察。 第二辆车紧跟在后面，便衣警察迅速从车里滚了出来。 “先生!你来得正是时候！彼得说。

'Their lorry is over there. They've loaded it now. You'll catch them just at the right moment!' The police ran over to the dark shape in the fog, the big lorry. Zeb, Larry, Cheeky Charlie and the other men were all in it, with the load of lead behind, but try as Zeb would he could not find the starting-key of the lorry! 'Start her up quickly, you ninny!' said Cheeky Charlie. 'The police are here! Drive the lorry at them if they try to stop us!' 'The key's gone. It must have dropped down,' wailed Zeb, and flashed a torch on to the floor below the steering-wheel. But it was not a bit of good looking there, of course. It was safely in Peter's pocket! The police closed round the silent lorry. 'Game's up, Charlie,' said the Inspector's stern voice. 'You coming quietly, or not? We've got you right on the spot!' 'You wouldn't have, if we could have got

“他们的卡车在那边。 他们已经装好了。你会在适当的时候抓住他们的！”警察跑向雾中的黑影，那辆大卡车。 泽布、拉里、无耻的查理和其他几个人都在车里，后面跟着一车铅，但泽布怎么也找不到卡车的启动钥匙！“快把它发动起来，你这个笨蛋！”无耻的查理说。 “警察来了！”如果他们想阻止我们，就开卡车冲向他们！“钥匙不见了。” “一定是掉下来了。”西布哀号着，用手电照着方向盘下面的地板。 当然，这一点也不好看。 它安全地在彼得的口袋里！警察围住了那辆无声的卡车。 “游戏结束了，查理，”探长严厉的声音说。 “你悄悄地来，还是不来？” 我们抓住你了！”“如果我们能找到的话，你就不会这么做了

this lorry to move!' shouted Zeb, angrily. 'Who's got the key? That's what I want to know. Who's got it?' 'I have,' called Peter. 'I took it out myself so that you couldn't get away in the lorry!' 'Good boy! Smart lad!' said a nearby policeman, admiringly, and gave the delighted Peter a thump on the back. The fog suddenly thinned, and the scene became clearer in the light of many torches and lamps. The engine-driver and the guard came out of the shed in amazement, wondering what was happening. They had been left comfortably there by Zeb, drinking tea and playing cards. The gang made no fuss. It wasn't worth it, with so many strong men around! They were bundled into the police cars, which drove away at a faster speed than they had come, thanks to the thinning of the fog! 'I'll walk back with you,' said the Inspector's

这辆卡车要开动了！泽布生气地喊道。 “谁拿了钥匙？”这就是我想知道的。 谁拿了？“是的，”彼得叫道。 “我自己把它拿出来的，这样你就不能坐卡车跑了！”“好孩子！”聪明的小伙子!旁边的一个警察羡慕地说，然后在高兴的彼得背上拍了一下。 雾突然变薄了，在许多火把和灯光的照耀下，景色变得清晰起来。 火车司机和卫兵惊奇地从车棚里走了出来，不知道发生了什么事。 他们舒舒服服地呆在那儿，扎布一边喝茶，一边打牌。 这伙人没有大惊小怪。不值得，周围有那么多强壮的男人！他们被塞进了警车，由于雾变薄了，警车以比来时更快的速度开走了！“我和你一起走回去，”探长说

cheerful voice. 'There's no room in the cars for me now. There's a bit of a squash there at the moment!' He told the engine-driver to report what had happened to his headquarters by telephone, and left the astonished man, and the equally astonished fire-man and guard, to look after themselves and their train. Then he and the four boys trudged back to Peter's house. How amazed his mother was when she opened the door and found four of them with the big Inspector! 'Oh dear, what have they been up to now?' she said. 'A policeman has just been round complaining about Peter trespassing on the railway the other day, with his friends. Oh, don't say he's done anything terribly wrong!' 'Well, he's certainly been trespassing on the railway again,' said the Inspector, with a broad smile, 'but what he's done this time is terribly right, not terribly wrong. Let me come in and

欢快的声音。“现在车里没有我的地方了。 现在那里有点壁球！”他让火车司机打电话向总部报告所发生的事情，让那个吃惊的人、同样吃惊的消防队员和警卫去照顾他们自己和他们的火车。 然后，他和四个男孩艰难地回到彼得的家。 当他的母亲打开门，发现他们四个和大个子探长在一起时，她是多么惊奇啊！“噢，天哪，他们现在在干什么？”她说。 “有个警察刚刚来过，抱怨彼得前几天和他的朋友擅自闯入铁路。 哦，别说他做了什么可怕的错事！“好吧，他肯定又擅闯铁路了，”探长露出灿烂的笑容说，“不过他这次的所作所为是非常正确的，而不是非常错误的。” 让我进来，然后