9 The Seven get going

CHAPTER NINE The Seven get going SCAMPER DARTED out into the garden with the Seven. Jack looked about to see if Susie or any of her friends were in hiding, but as Scamper didn't run barking at any bush, he felt sure that Susie must be somewhere else! They all went to the garage. Peter hoped that the car would be there. It was! The children opened the doors and looked inside. 'It's no good us looking in the back,' said Peter. 'The men were in front.' He felt about everywhere, and shone his torch into every corner of the front of the car. The garage was rather dark, although it was only half-past three in the afternoon. 'Nothing!' he said disappointed.

斯坎珀和七个人一起冲进了花园。 杰克环顾四周，想看看苏茜或她的朋友们是否藏起来了，但斯坎普并没有朝任何灌木丛狂吠，他确信苏茜一定在别的什么地方！他们都去了车库。 彼得希望车会在那里。 这是!孩子们打开门往里看。 “我们往后面看也没用。”彼得说。 “男人在前面。”他找遍了每一个地方，把手电照到了车前的每一个角落。 虽然当时才下午三点半，但车库里相当黑。 “什么!他失望地说。

'Let me see,' said Janet. 'I once dropped a pencil and couldn't find it, and it was down between the two front seats!' She slid her fingers in between the two seats and felt about. She gave a cry and pulled something out. It was a spectacle case. She held it up in triumph. 'Look! That's it. He dropped his spectacle case!' 'But he didn't wear glasses,' said Peter. 'He could have reading glasses, couldn't he?' said Janet. 'Like Granny?' She opened the case. It was empty. She gave another little squeal. 'Look, it's got his name inside! What do you think of that? And his telephone number! Now we're on to something!' The Secret Seven crossed round to look. Janet pointed to a little label inside. On it neatly written was a name and number. 'Briggs. Renning 2150.'

“让我看看，”珍妮特说。“有一次我把一支铅笔掉在地上找不到了，它掉在两个前排座位中间了！”她把手指伸进两个座位之间，摸索了一下。 她叫了一声，掏出了什么东西。 这是一个引人注目的案例。她得意地把它举起来。 “看!就是这样。他把眼镜盒掉了！“可他没戴眼镜。”彼得说。 “他可能有老花镜，是不是？”珍妮特说。 “就像奶奶一样?”她打开箱子。 它是空的。她又叫了一声。 “看，里面有他的名字！”你觉得怎么样？ 还有他的电话号码！现在我们发现了一些东西！”七个秘密人物转过身来看。 珍妮特指着里面的一个小标签。 上面整齐地写着一个名字和号码。 布里格斯。2150年任。”

'Renning – that's not far away!' said Peter. 'We can look up the name in the telephone directory and see his address. Gosh, what a find!' Everyone was thrilled. Jack was just about to shut the door of the car when he suddenly remembered that no one had looked under the left-hand front seat, where the man who had dropped something had sat. He took a little stick from a bundle of garden bamboos standing in a nearby corner and poked under the seat with it, and out rolled a button! 'Look!' said Jack, holding it up. Peter gave it a glance. 'Oh that's off my father's mac,' he said. 'It must have been there for ages.' He put it into his pocket, and they all went back to the shed, feeling very excited. 'Well, first we find out Mr Briggs' address. Then we all ride over to see him,' said Peter. 'We'll make him admit he dropped it in the

“仁宁——那不远！”彼得说。 “我们可以在电话簿上查一下这个名字，看看他的地址。 天哪，真是个发现！”每个人都很激动。 杰克刚要关上车门，突然想起没人看过左前座下面，那个掉东西的人就坐在那里。 他从旁边角落里的一捆竹竿上拿了一根小棍子，戳了戳座位下面，滚出了一个纽扣！“看!杰克说，把它举起来。 彼得看了一眼。“哦，那是从我父亲的mac上取下来的，”他说。 “它一定在那儿很久了。”他把它放进口袋，他们都回到了小屋，感到非常兴奋。 “好吧，首先我们找出布里格斯先生的地址。 “然后我们都骑马去看他。”彼得说。 “我们会让他承认他把它掉在……

car, and then I'll pounce like anything and say, "And what were you doing in my father's car?" I'm sure the police would be interested if we could actually tell them the name and address of the man who went off in Dad's car like that, and probably they would make him give the name of the other man too!' This long speech made Peter quite out of breath. The others gazed at him in admiration. It all sounded very bold. 'All right. What about now, this very minute, if we can find his address in Renning?' said Jack. 'Nothing like striking while the iron's hot. We could have tea in that little tea-shop in Renning. They have wonderful macaroons. I ate five last time I was there.' 'Then somebody else must have paid the bill,' said Colin. 'Yes, do let's go now. It would be fun, but you can do the talking, Peter!' 'Have you all got your bikes?' said Peter. 'Good. Let's just go in and take a look at the

然后我就会猛扑过来，问：“你在我爸爸的车里干什么？”我敢肯定，如果我们能告诉警察开着爸爸的车逃跑的那个人的名字和地址，他们会感兴趣的，也许他们还会让他说出另一个人的名字！”这番长篇大论使彼得上气不接下气。 其他人都羡慕地看着他。 这一切听起来都很大胆。“好吧。 如果我们能找到他在仁宁的地址，现在怎么办？杰克说。 “没有什么比趁热打铁更好的了。 我们可以去仁宁的那家小茶馆喝茶。 他们有很棒的马卡龙。 我上次在那里吃了五个。“那么一定是别人付了帐，”柯林说。 “是的，我们现在就走吧。会很有趣，但你可以说话，彼得！“你们都有自行车吗？”彼得说。 “好。让我们进去看看

telephone directory, and get the address. Mr Briggs, we're coming after you!' The telephone directory was very helpful. Mr H. E. J. Briggs lived at Little Hill, Raynes Road, Renning. Telephone number 2150. Peter copied it down carefully. 'Got enough money for tea, everyone?' he asked. Colin had only a penny or two, so Peter offered to lend him some. Now they were all ready to set off. Peter told his mother they were going out to tea, and away they went, riding carefully in single line down the main road, as they had been taught to do. Renning was about three miles away, and it didn't really take them long to get there. 'Shall we have tea first?' asked George, looking longingly at the tea-shop they were passing. 'No. Work first, pleasure afterwards,' said

电话簿，找到地址。 布里格斯先生，我们在追你！”电话簿很有帮助。 h·e·j·布里格斯先生住在雷宁市雷恩路小丘。 电话号码是2150。彼得仔细地把它抄了下来。 “大家有钱买茶吗？”他问。 科林只有一两便士，所以彼得提出借给他一些。 现在他们都准备出发了。 彼得告诉他妈妈他们要出去喝茶，然后他们就出发了，按照他们被教导的那样，排成一行，沿着大路小心翼翼地骑着马。 雷宁离这儿大约有三英里远，他们真的没花多长时间就到了。 “我们先喝茶好吗？”乔治问道，渴望地望着他们路过的茶馆。 “不。“先工作，后娱乐。

Peter, who was always very strict about things like that. They cycled on to Raynes Road. It was only a little lane, set with pretty little cottages. Little Hill was at one end, a nice little place with a colourful garden. 'Well, it doesn't look like the home of a crook,' said Jack. 'But you never know. See, there's someone in the garden, Peter. Come on, do your job. Let's see how you handle things of this sort. Make him admit he

彼得，他对这类事情一向很严格。 他们骑着自行车来到雷恩路。 这只是一条小路，两旁都是漂亮的小农舍。 小山在一端，一个美丽的小地方，有一个色彩缤纷的花园。 “嗯，它看起来不像一个骗子的家，”杰克说。 “但你永远不会知道。看，有人在花园里，彼得。 来吧，做好你的工作。让我们看看你是如何处理这种事情的。 让他承认