Chapter 5

CHAPTER FIVE To Violet's relief, when everyone returned from unicorn hockey, rosy-cheeked and chattering happily, they didn't mention the scene in the stables with Twinkle. "So, tonight!" Rosa said, bouncing up to Violet. "We'll start snooping after dinner. OK?" "OK," said Violet reluctantly. "You don't have to go, Violet," said Ariana. "You can stay with me and Freya." "Nope, Violet's coming with us," declared Rosa. "And that's that!" Before bedtime, Violet found herself shivering in a dark corridor in the teachers' quarters, wearing her dressing gown and fluffy polar bear slippers as

第五章让维奥莱特松了口气的是，大家打完独角兽曲棍球回来后，脸色红润，开心地聊着天，却没有提到和小光在马厩里的那一幕。 “那么,今晚!”罗莎说着，跳上前去找维奥莱特。 “晚饭后我们就开始窥探。 好吗?”“好吧。”维奥莱特不情愿地说。 “你不必去，维奥莱特。”阿利安娜说。 “你可以跟我和弗雷娅住在一起。” “不，维奥莱特和我们一起去。”罗莎宣布。 “就是这样！”睡觉前，维奥莱特发现自己在教师宿舍黑暗的走廊里瑟瑟发抖，穿着晨衣和毛茸茸的北极熊拖鞋

she crept behind Rosa and Matilda. Every cell in her body was wishing she was back in the dorm with Freya and Ariana. "What exactly are we looking for, Rosa?" asked Matilda. She swung her torch wildly, sending a dancing beam of light along the ceiling. "Shoes!" announced Rosa. "We're going to see if any of the teachers' shoes have a diamond pattern on the sole." Violet really didn't want to sneak into the teachers' rooms. "How about we look in the staff cloakroom?" she suggested. Rosa's eyes sparkled in the torchlight. "Ooh, yes! Good plan. The teachers will all be in the staff common room after dinner." The staff cloakroom was near the back door. It was lined with pegs with shoe racks underneath. "Look at all these shoes," Matilda whispered as they went inside and shut the door behind them. "It's going to take ages to check them." The girls set to work, using their torches to see the patterns on the soles of the riding boots, wellies and shoes. Rosa and Matilda were soon giggling. "Look at this!" said Matilda, pulling a pink, yellow and very fluffy sock out of a boot and carefully holding it up. "Whose is it?"

她爬到罗莎和玛蒂尔达的身后。 她身体里的每一个细胞都希望她能回到宿舍，和弗雷娅和阿利安娜在一起。 “我们到底在找什么，罗莎？”玛蒂尔达问。 她疯狂地挥动着手电，在天花板上射出一束舞动的光。 “鞋子！”罗莎宣布。“我们要看看有没有老师的鞋鞋底有菱形图案。” 维奥莱特真的不想溜进老师的房间。 “我们去员工衣帽间看看怎么样？”她建议道。 罗莎的眼睛在火炬的照耀下闪闪发光。 “哦,是的!不错的计划。晚饭后，老师们都到教工休息室去。” 员工衣帽间在后门附近。 它的内衬是钉子，下面有鞋架。 “看看这些鞋子，”玛蒂尔达低声说，他们走进去，随手关上了门。 “检查它们要花很长时间。” 女孩们开始工作，用手电筒观察马靴、雨靴和鞋子鞋底上的图案。 罗莎和玛蒂尔达很快就咯咯地笑起来。 “看这个！”玛蒂尔达说着，从靴子里抽出一只粉红色、黄色、毛茸茸的袜子，小心翼翼地举了起来。 “这是谁的？”

"Ms Bramble's?" Rosa suggested innocently, causing Matilda to snort loudly. Matilda dropped the thing back into the boot and then pulled out a pair of old green socks from some wellies. "Eew! Smelly!" she squealed, dropping them. Clutching on to Rosa, she rocked with laughter. Violet's heart was thumping and it beat even faster when she heard a creak outside. "Shhh," she said. "What's that?" But Rosa and Matilda were giggling too hard and didn't hear her.

“树莓女士的?”罗莎天真地建议道，玛蒂尔达大声哼了一声。 玛蒂尔达把东西放回靴子里，然后从一双长筒靴里抽出一双旧绿袜子。 “Eew !臭！”她尖声叫道，扔掉了它们。 她紧紧抓住罗莎，笑得摇摇晃晃。 维奥莱特的心怦怦直跳，当她听到外面有咯吱声时，心跳得更快了。 “嘘，”她说。“那是什么?”但是罗莎和玛蒂尔达笑得太厉害了，没有听到她的声音。

"Quiet!" Violet hissed. The door opened and the light snapped on. Matilda squeaked and Violet's torch clattered to the floor. "Girls!" Ms Willow stood in the doorway, dressed in a thick scarf and outdoor coat and holding an empty bottle of Daffodil's tonic. "What are you doing in here?" Violet felt like crying. They were going to get into so much trouble. She'd known this was a bad

“安静!”紫发出嘘嘘的声音。门开了，灯亮了。 玛蒂尔达发出吱吱声，维奥莱特的火炬落在地板上。 “姑娘!”威洛女士站在门口，披着厚厚的围巾，穿着户外外套，手里拿着一瓶水仙花补品。 “你在这里干什么？”维奥莱特想哭。 他们会惹上大麻烦的。 她早就知道这是件坏事

idea. "We… Um…" For once even Rosa was lost for words. Ms Willow looked at them for a moment and then her lips twitched into a smile. "Hmm. Now, let me see. Were you trying to find me, maybe? Because you were feeling ill?" Violet blinked. It sounded almost like Ms Willow was trying to give them a way out– an excuse for being there. "Yes," said Matilda, her eyes widening. "We felt unwell." Rosa nodded vigorously. "We thought… We thought we might have colds coming on." "Well, in that case, I'll overlook you all being here, provided it doesn't happen again. Now, why don't you hurry along to bed and I'll bring you some of my cold-cure medicine. Unless you're already feeling a bit better?" Ms Willow's eyes twinkled. "Actually, I think we'll be fine," Rosa gasped. Violet couldn't believe it. Thank goodness lovely Ms Willow had found them! If Ms Brambles or Ms Rivers had discovered them, they would certainly have been marched straight to Ms Nettles. Ms Willow ushered the girls from the

的想法。“我们……嗯……”这一次连罗莎都说不出话来了。 威洛女士看了一会儿他们，然后她的嘴唇抽搐成一个微笑。 “嗯。现在，让我看看。也许你是在找我吗？ 因为你不舒服？”紫眨了眨眼睛。 这听起来就像是威洛女士试图给他们一条出路——一个呆在那里的借口。 “是的，”玛蒂尔达说，眼睛睁得大大的。 “我们感觉不舒服。”罗莎使劲地点点头。 “我们想……我们想我们可能会感冒。” “好吧，既然这样，只要这种事不再发生，我就不介意你们在这里了。 现在，你快去睡觉吧，我给你拿点感冒药来。 除非你已经感觉好些了？”威洛女士的眼睛闪闪发光。 “实际上，我想我们会没事的，”罗莎喘着气说。 维奥莱特简直不敢相信。 谢天谢地，可爱的威洛小姐找到了它们！如果布兰布尔斯女士或里弗斯女士发现了他们，他们肯定会被直接交给尼特斯女士。 威罗女士把女孩们从房间里领出来

cloakroom. "Go back to your dorm, girls. If I hear any noise, I'll be up with that cold-cure medicine in the stamp of a unicorn's hoof. Understand?" "We understand!" they all answered as they scurried away. "Phew! That was close!" said Rosa, when they'd turned a corner. Matilda blew out a long breath. "Hurrah for Ms Willow! She really is the best." Violet nodded, feeling cross with herself. She'd known all along that Rosa's spying mission was a bad idea. So why had she gone along with it? If anyone asks me to do something I don't want to again, I'm definitely going to say no, she decided firmly, even if it's Twinkle! But would she really argue with him? Not wanting to think about it, Violet squashed her thoughts down and quickly ran upstairs with the others.

衣帽间。“回宿舍去吧，姑娘们。 如果我听到任何声音，我就会拿着独角兽蹄印上的感冒药上来。 明白了吗?”“我们明白了！”他们一边跑一边回答。 “唷!好险啊！”他们拐过一个弯后，罗莎说。 玛蒂尔达深深地吸了一口气。 “为威洛女士欢呼！”她真的是最棒的。” 维奥莱特点了点头，对自己很生气。 她一直都知道罗莎的间谍任务是个坏主意。 那她为什么要附和呢？ “如果有人再让我做我不想做的事，我一定会说不，”她坚定地决定，“即使是《闪儿》！”但她真的会和他争论吗？ 维奥莱特不想再想这件事，她压住自己的思绪，和其他人一起迅速跑上楼去。