30 Inside the Janitor's Closet

Chapter 30 Inside the Janitor's Closet The darkness was the can't-see-your-own-hand- in-front-of-your-face kind. Three more seconds passed before Peanut, Rockwell and Little-Bit heard a door in the corridor open and some fast-moving footsteps. "I'M HOLDING YOU PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS, ALAN." It was Mr White. He was shouting, so his already shrill voice was a couple of octaves higher than usual. "I'm s-s-sorry, sir. But it wasn't actually me that left the p-pencil on the—"

第30章 保洁储物柜里 黑得伸手不见五指 又过了三秒钟，花生、罗克韦尔和小不点听到走廊里一扇门开了，传来一阵急促的脚步声 “这件事我唯你是问，艾伦！” 说话的是怀特先生 他正在大喊，原本就尖锐的声音比平时又高了好几个八度 “对、对、对不起，先生 但那支铅、铅笔真不是我落在——”

"THIS IS NO TIME FOR NITPICKING!" shrieked Mr White. "DO YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT PENCIL IS? THE WHOLE PLAN DEPENDS ON MY HAVING IT! I STILL HAVE ONE MORE OF THE ORIGINAL PORTALS TO RUB OUT. GAH! WE'RE SO CLOSE TO PUTTING A STOP TO THIS WHOLE CHROMA THING ONCE AND FOR ALL!" "Yes, sir. I realise— AND DO YOU KNOW HOW DANGEROUS THAT PENCIL COULD BE TO US IN THE WRONG HANDS? EVERYTHING WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS IS AT RISK!" "Y-yes, sir. Of c-course, sir. I just—" "HOW ON EARTH DID THEY GET INTO MISSION CONTROL ANYWAY?" "Th-they must have followed you, sir. I noticed when we entered the room that the Paris portal was open. "NONSENSE!" shrieked Mr White. "I RUBBED IT OUT AS USUAL, JUST AFTER I THREW THE PAINTING BACK THROUGH THE DOOR." "Not that portal, sir. The n-new one." "OH! YES, I KNEW THAT!" bellowed White. "I WAS JUST CHECKING THAT YOU WERE PAYING ATTENTION. SO THEY MUST HAVE FOLLOWED ME THROUGH THE ORIGINAL PORTAL IN THE NORTH DRAW AND THEN ACROSS PARIS

“现在根本不是挑刺的时候！”怀特先生尖叫道 “你知道那支铅笔有多重要吗 整个计划全靠我拿到它！ 我还有一扇原本的传送门没擦掉呢！ 啊！我们 马上就能一劳永逸彻底解决掉整个克罗玛事件了！” “好的，先生 我明白——你知道那支铅笔落到外人手里对我们有多危险吗？ 我们打拼的一切都岌岌可危！” “是、是的，先生 当、当然了，先生 我只是——”“他们到底是怎么闯进任务控制中心的？” “他、他们肯定是跟着您进来的，先生 我们进房间的时候，我就发现巴黎传送门是开着的。” “胡说！”怀特先生尖叫道 “我像往常一样擦掉了，就在我把那幅画扔回传送门之后。” “不是那扇传送门，先生 是新的那扇。” “哦！ 对，我早就知道！” 怀特吼道 “我刚才就是考考你有没有认真听 所以他们肯定是跟着我穿过北储画室原来的传送门，再横穿巴黎过来的

The voices trailed off as Mr White and Alan continued down the corridor. "So the Markmakers were right," whispered Peanut. "Thank goodness you spotted the pencil, Rockwell. Now we at least have a chance of stopping him. Great job!" Rockwell felt his cheeks redden. Just as he was thinking how glad he was that the girls couldn't see him blush, light filled the room. He looked over at Peanut, who was holding a slightly wonky-looking pencil drawing of a lightbulb.

怀特先生和艾伦继续沿走廊往前走，说话声渐渐远了 “看来标记者们说的没错，”花生小声说 “幸好你发现了这支铅笔，罗克韦尔 我们现在至少还有机会阻止他 干得好！” 罗克韦尔的脸颊一下子红了 他正开心女孩们看不见他脸红，整间屋子突然亮了起来 他看向花生，她手里举着一幅歪歪扭扭的铅笔画，画的是电灯泡

"Yeah, it's not great, is it?" she said, smiling. "That's what happens when you draw in the dark. Right, let's get out of here before Mr White and Alan come back, shall we?" "Before we go, will you do me a favour?" said Rockwell. "Would you draw me another shoe?"

“哎呀，画得不太好，对吧？” 她笑着说道 “在黑暗里画画就是这样的 好了，我们趁怀特先生和艾伦回来之前赶紧离开这儿，好不好？” “走之前，你能帮我个忙吗？”罗克韦尔说 “你能再给我画一只鞋子吗？”