10 Peter feels hot all over

CHAPTER TEN Peter feels hot all over As SOON as Peter saw the man closely, he knew at once that he wasn't either of the men in the car. For one thing, this man had a big round head, and a face to match, and both the other men had had rather narrow heads, as far as he had been able to see. The man looked a little surprised. 'No,' he said. 'I'm not Mr Briggs. I'm just a friend staying with him. Do you want him? I'll call him?' Peter began to feel a little uncomfortable. Somehow this pretty garden and trim little cottage didn't seem the kind of place those men would live in! 'Henry! Henry, there's someone asking for

第十章彼得浑身发热。彼得一近距离看到那个人，马上就知道他不是车里的两个人。 首先，这个人有一个又大又圆的脑袋和一张相匹配的脸，而据他所能看到的，另外两个人的脑袋都相当窄。 那人看起来有点惊讶。 “不，”他说。“我不是布里格斯先生。 我只是和他住在一起的朋友。 你要他吗？我给他打电话好吗？”彼得开始感到有点不舒服。 不知怎的，这个漂亮的花园和整洁的小屋似乎不像是那些人会住的地方！“亨利!亨利，有人要

you!' called the man. Peter saw that the other Secret Seven members were watching eagerly. Would 'Henry' prove to be one of the men they were hunting for? A man came strolling out, someone with trim, short hair and a narrow head. Yes, he might be the man who had sat in the left-hand seat of the car, except that he didn't in the least look as if he could possibly take someone else's car! Still you never know! thought Peter. The man looked inquiringly at him. 'What do you want?' he said. 'Er–is your name Mr H. E. J. Briggs, sir?' asked Peter, politely. 'It is,' said the man looking amused. 'Why?' 'Er – well, have you by any chance lost a spectacle case?' asked Peter. All the rest of the Seven outside the garden held their breath. What would he say?

你!那人叫道。彼得看到其他七个秘密成员都在热切地注视着。 “亨利”会被证明是他们正在追捕的人之一吗？ 一个男人慢悠悠地走了出来，他留着整洁的短发，头很窄。 是的，他可能就是那个坐在汽车左边座位的人，只是他看起来一点也不像是可以坐别人的车！但你永远不会知道！认为彼得。 那人疑惑地看着他。 “你想干什么？”他说。 “你的名字是h先生吗？” 布里格斯先生？彼得礼貌地问。 “是的，”那人笑着说。 “为什么?“嗯——嗯，你是不是碰巧丢了一个眼镜箱？”彼得问。 花园外面其余的七个人都屏住了呼吸。 他会怎么说？

'Yes. I have lost one,' said the man surprised. 'Have you found it? Where was it? 'It was in the front of a car,' answered Peter, watching him closely. Now, if the man was one of the car-thieves, he would surely look embarrassed, or deny it. He would know that it was the case he had dropped the night before and would be afraid of saying 'Yes, I dropped it there.' 'What an extraordinary thing!' said the man. 'Whose car? You sound rather mysterious. Losing a spectacle case is quite an ordinary thing to do, you know!' 'It was dropped in my father's car last night,' said Peter, still watching the man. 'Oh no, it wasn't,' said Mr Briggs at once. 'I've lost this case for about a week. It can't be mine. I wasn't in anyone's car last night.' 'It is the man we want, I bet it is!' said Pam in a low voice to Janet. 'He's telling fibs!' 'The case has your name in it,' said Peter, 'so

‘是的。“我丢了一个，”那人惊讶地说。 “你找到了吗？”它在哪里？ “在一辆汽车的前部。”彼得回答，密切注视着他。 现在，如果这个人是其中一个偷车贼，他肯定会看起来很尴尬，或者否认。 他会知道那是他前一天晚上掉在地上的箱子，而且会不敢说“是的，我把它掉在那里了。”“多么不寻常的一件事！”那人说。 “谁的车?你听起来很神秘。 你知道，弄丢一个眼镜箱是很平常的事！“昨晚丢在我父亲的车里了。”彼得说，仍然看着那个人。 “哦，不，不是，”布里格斯先生马上说。 “这个案子我输了大约一个星期了。 不可能是我的。我昨晚没坐任何人的车。“这就是我们要找的人，我敢打赌！”帕姆低声对珍妮特说。 “他在说谎！”“箱子里有你的名字，”彼得说，“所以

we know it's yours. And it was in my father's car last night.' 'Who is your father?' said the man, sounding puzzled. 'I can't quite follow what you're getting at. And where's the case?' 'My father lives at Old Mill House,' began Peter, 'and he's—' 'Good gracious! He's not Jack, my farmer friend, surely?' said Mr Briggs. 'That explains everything! He very kindly gave me a lift one day last week, and I must have dropped my spectacle case in his car then. I hunted for it everywhere when I got back home. Never thought of the car, of course! Well, well, so you've brought it back?' 'Oh, are you the man my father speaks of as Harry?' said Peter, taken aback. 'Gosh! Well I suppose you did drop your case, then, and not last night, as I thought. Here it is. It's got your name and telephone number in it. That's how we knew it was yours.'

我们知道它是你的。昨晚还在我爸爸的车里。“你的父亲是谁？”那人疑惑地说。 "我不太明白你的意思。 箱子在哪里？“我父亲住在老磨坊，”彼得开始说，“他是——”“天哪！他不会是杰克吧，我的农民朋友？布里格斯先生说道。 “这就解释了一切！”上周的一天，他非常好心地让我搭了一程，我当时一定是把眼镜盒掉在他的车上了。 我回家后到处找。 当然，从来没有想到过汽车！好吧，好吧，你把它带回来了？“哦，你就是我父亲所说的哈里吗？”彼得说，吃了一惊。 “天哪!我想你的确放弃了你的案子，但不是昨晚，我想的那样。 在这里。上面有你的名字和电话号码。 所以我们才知道那是你的。”

He held it out, and the man took it, smiling. 'Thanks,' he said, 'and now perhaps you'll tell me what all the mystery was about, and why you insisted I had dropped it last night, and why you looked at me as if I were somebody Very Suspicious Indeed.' Peter heard the others giggling, and he went red. He really didn't know what to say! 'Well,' he said, 'you see, two men took my father's car last night, and when we looked in

他伸出手来，那人微笑着接过。 “谢谢，”他说，“现在也许你可以告诉我这一切的秘密了，为什么你坚持说我昨晚把它丢了，为什么你看着我，好像我是一个非常可疑的人。”彼得听到其他人咯咯地笑，脸涨得通红。 他真的不知道该说什么！“嗯，”他说，“你知道，昨晚有两个人开走了我父亲的车，当我们往里看的时候

it today we found this case, and we thought perhaps it belonged to one of the men.' Mr Briggs laughed. 'I see, doing a little detective work. Well, it's very disappointing for you, but I don't happen to be a car-thief. Look, here's fifty pence for bringing back my case. Buy some chocolate and share it with those interested friends of yours watching over the hedge.' 'Oh no, thank you,' said Peter, backing away. 'I don't want anything. I'm only too glad to bring your case back. Goodbye!' He went quickly out of the garden, most relieved to get away from the amused eyes of Mr Briggs. Goodness, what a mistake! He got on his bicycle and rode swiftly away, the other six following. They all stopped outside the tea-shop. 'Whew!' said Peter, wiping his forehead. 'I DID feel awful when I found out he was a friend of my father's! Dad is always talking

如果今天我们发现了这个箱子，我们想它可能属于其中一个人。”布里格斯先生笑了。 “我明白了，在做一点侦探工作。 这让你很失望，但我又不是偷车贼。 看，给你五十便士，帮我把箱子拿回来。 买一些巧克力，和你那些在树篱外观看的感兴趣的朋友分享。“哦，不，谢谢你。”彼得说着，往后退了几步。 “我什么也不想要。我很高兴能把你的案子拿回来。 再见!”他很快走出了花园，摆脱了布里格斯先生那逗乐的眼睛，感到非常宽慰。 天哪，真是大错特错！他骑上自行车，飞快地走了，其他六个人也跟着走了。 他们都在茶馆外面停了下来。 “唷!彼得擦着额头说。 “当我发现他是我父亲的朋友时，我真的感觉很糟糕！”爸爸总是喋喋不休