Chapter 6

CHAPTER SIX "Get up, sleepy." Violet woke to find Ariana gently shaking her by the shoulder. Violet sat up slowly, blinking the sleep from her eyes. Hot shame flooded through her as she remembered the spying and being caught by Ms Willow. She glanced over at Rosa and Matilda. Neither of them seemed bothered by the experience. In fact, Rosa was gleefully re-enacting the moment in the cloakroom when they'd been caught. "It was so funny," she said to the others. "You should have seen our faces!" "Lucky it was only Ms Willow," said Freya. Rosa nodded. "She's the best. Well, I guess that

第六章“起床，困了。” 维奥莱特醒来时，发现阿利安娜轻轻地摇着她的肩膀。 维奥莱特慢慢地坐起来，眨巴着眼睛。 当她想起自己的间谍行为和被威洛女士抓住的经历时，强烈的羞耻感涌上心头。 她瞥了一眼罗莎和玛蒂尔达。 他们俩似乎都没有因为这次经历而烦恼。 事实上，罗莎正在兴高采烈地重现他们在衣帽间被抓住的那一刻。 “太有趣了，”她对其他人说。 “你真该看看我们的脸！”“幸运的是只有威洛女士，”弗雷娅说。 罗莎点点头。“她是最棒的。 嗯，我想是这样

means we can't do any more night-time spying for the moment." "Good," said Ariana. "So, does that mean we can tell Ms Nettles?" "Just a few more days," begged Rosa. "And if we haven't found anything else out by then, we can tell her. I promise!" At lunchtime, Violet slipped away from her friends and went to the stables to see Twinkle. He was talking to Daffodil and looked surprised to see her. "Do we have a lesson now?" he asked. "I thought it was lunchtime." "It is," said Violet. "I just thought I'd spend some time with you. I could plait some ribbons into your mane? Daffodil's ribbons look really pretty." A strange expression crossed Daffodil's face but was gone so quickly Violet decided she must have imagined it.

这意味着我们暂时不能再进行夜间间谍活动了。” “很好。”阿利安娜说。“那么，这意味着我们可以告诉荨麻女士了吗？”“再过几天就好了。”罗莎恳求道。 “如果到那时我们还没有发现什么别的东西，我们可以告诉她。 我保证!”吃午饭的时候，维奥莱特离开她的朋友，溜到马厩去看闪烁。 他正在和水仙花说话，看到她显得很惊讶。 “我们现在有课吗？”他问。 “我还以为是午餐时间呢。” “是的，”维奥莱特说。“我只是想花点时间陪你。 我可以在你的鬃毛上系上丝带？ 水仙花的丝带看起来真漂亮。” 水仙花脸上掠过一种奇怪的表情，但很快就消失了，维奥莱特认为这一定是她的想象。

"Twinkle was just telling me about your adventure the other night," said Daffodil. "It sounds very exciting." Twinkle snorted. "It was! Why don't we go out for a ride now, Violet? The snow's gone." Violet took a breath and lifted her chin. "I want to stay in and plait your mane." Twinkle looked surprised. "But I want to go out." "Twinkle, maybe you should do what Violet wants to do for a change," suggested Daffodil. "You always seem to make the decisions for the pair of you."

水仙花说：“闪烁刚刚跟我讲了你那天晚上的冒险经历。” “听起来很令人兴奋。” 闪烁哼了一声。“这是!我们现在出去兜兜风吧，维奥莱特？ 雪没了。”维奥莱特吸了口气，抬起下巴。 “我想呆在家里给你编鬃毛。” 闪烁看起来很惊讶。“但是我想出去。” “闪烁，也许你应该做紫罗兰想做的事，换换口味。”水仙花建议道。 “你似乎总是替你们俩做决定。”

"Do I?" Twinkle was surprised. "Oh, all right then, we can stay in and you can put ribbons in my mane, Violet." Violet blinked. She'd got what she wanted without an argument! "Great!" she said, hardly believing it. "I'll go and get some!" "Daffodil!" Violet heard Ms Willow singing Daffodil's name as she came into the stable block. "Where are you, my sweetie? Come here!" Daffodil tensed. "I've got to go." Violet skipped to the store room and chose some red and gold ribbons. As she returned to Twinkle's stable, she saw Ms Willow stroking Daffodil. "Hello, Violet." To Violet's relief, Ms Willow greeted her as if nothing had happened the night before. "How are you today? Has your cold quite gone?" Her eyes twinkled. "Yes, thank you," said Violet sheepishly. She looked at the ribbon Ms Willow had in her hands. "That's a nice ribbon," she said, to change the subject. The ribbon was very unusual. It had a pearly sheen that was almost silver but not quite. It reminded Violet of something, but she couldn't remember what. "I do like Daffodil to look pretty," said Ms Willow. "Right, time for your tonic, Daffodil, and

“我吗?”闪烁很惊讶。 “哦，那好吧，我们可以呆在家里，你可以在我的鬃毛上系上丝带，维奥莉特。” 紫眨了眨眼睛。她得到了她想要的，没有任何争论！“太好了！”她说，几乎不敢相信。 “我去拿些来！”“水仙!”维奥莱特走进马厩时，听到薇罗女士在唱水仙花的名字。 “亲爱的，你在哪里？” 来这里!”水仙绷紧。 “我得走了。”维奥莱特跳到储藏室，挑了一些红色和金色的丝带。 当她回到小闪的马厩时，她看见柳树女士抚摸着水仙花。 “你好,紫色。”让维奥莱特松了一口气的是，威洛太太跟她打招呼，就好像昨晚什么事也没发生一样。 “你今天好吗？”你的感冒好了吗？”她的眼睛闪闪发光。 “是的，谢谢你。”维奥莱特不好意思地说。 她看了看威洛女士手里的丝带。 “这条缎带真漂亮，”她说，想换个话题。 这条缎带很不寻常。 它有珍珠般的光泽，几乎是银色的，但又不完全是。 这让维奥莱特想起了什么，但她想不起来是什么。 “我确实喜欢水仙花看起来很漂亮，”威洛女士说。 “好了，该喝你的补药了，水仙花，还有

then I'll get plaiting." Violet returned to Twinkle's stable. But as she reached it, she stopped. An image of the scrap of material that Matilda had found in the secret room flashed into her head. The ribbon Ms Willow had been holding was the same silvery colour. Frowning, Violet went back to Daffodil's stable. Ms Willow was just putting the tonic bottle down. She glanced round and asked, "Is everything all right, dear? You look worried." "Yes, I just, er… I do really like that ribbon you have. Where did you get it from?" "Just from the store room." Ms Willow held the ribbon up. "It's a lovely shade of purple, isn't it?" Violet blinked. Purple? She'd been sure the ribbon was silver. But, no, the ribbon Ms Willow was holding was definitely a deep purple. Her eyes must be playing tricks on her. "I'm sure you'll find some in the store room if you look," said Ms Willow, smiling "Thanks. I'll go and have a look later," said Violet and, feeling a bit foolish, she turned away. "Matilda, have you got that piece of material we

然后我会编辫子。”Violet回到了Twinkle的马厩。 但当她走到那里时，她停了下来。 玛蒂尔达在密室里发现的那块碎片的画面闪过她的脑海。 威洛女士手里拿着的丝带也是同样的银色。 维奥莱特皱着眉头回到水仙花的马厩。 威罗女士正把汤力瓶放下。 她环顾四周，问道：“一切都好吗，亲爱的？” 你看起来很担心。”“是的，我只是，呃……我真的很喜欢你的那条丝带。” 你从哪儿弄来的？”“刚从储藏室拿出来的。” 威洛女士举起了彩带。 “这紫色真漂亮，不是吗？”紫眨了眨眼睛。 紫色?她确信丝带是银色的。 但是，威罗女士拿着的丝带绝对是深紫色的。 她的眼睛一定是搞错了。 “我敢肯定，如果你去储藏室找的话，你会找到一些的，”威洛女士微笑着说，“谢谢。 我一会儿去看一看。”维奥莱特说，她觉得自己有点傻，转身走开了。 “玛蒂尔达，你拿到那块材料了吗？

found in the secret room?" Violet asked later, as she got ready for afternoon lessons. "Sure, it's somewhere round here." Matilda started to hunt around her bed, opening drawers. "Now, where did I put it?" "You put it in here when we came down from the secret room," sighed Ariana, opening Matilda's jewellery box. "Oh yes!" said Matilda. "Thanks." She handed it to Violet. "What do you want it for?" "I just want to look at it." Violet turned the material from side to side. It had exactly the same silvery gleam as the ribbon that she was sure she had seen Ms Willow holding. Why did I think Ms Willow's ribbon looked like this? Violet wondered. Were my eyes playing tricks on me?

在密室里发现的？”后来，维奥莱特在准备下午的课程时问道。 “当然，就在这附近。” 玛蒂尔达开始在床上到处找，打开抽屉。 “现在，我把它放在哪儿了？”“我们从密室下来的时候，你把它放在这里的。”阿利安娜叹了口气，打开了玛蒂尔达的首饰盒。 “哦，是的！”玛蒂尔达说。“谢谢。” 她把它递给维奥莱特。“你要它做什么？”“我只是想看看。” 维奥莱特把布料从一边翻到另一边。 它和她看到的威洛女士拿着的丝带一样，闪烁着银色的光芒。 为什么我觉得威罗女士的丝带长这样？ 紫色很好奇。是我的眼睛在捉弄我吗？