Chapter 5

ChAPTER FIVE Everything was in place. It was three o'clock in the afternoon and the corridors were clear. Kate and Roo walked as casually as they could through the dining car, the conservatory, the yards and yards of long wooden hallways, and past the luggage car- until they arrived. The doors to Suite No. 7 was dark wood, and looked shinier than the regular ones everywhere else. Roo hopped out

第五章 一切都准备就绪了。 现在是下午三点，走廊里空荡荡的。 凯特和鲁尽可能装作若无其事的样子，穿过餐车、温室、一段又一段长长的木质走廊，经过行李车厢——终于到了目的地。 七号套房的门是深色木头做的，看起来比其他地方普通的门要亮得多。 鲁跳了出来

of Kate's pocket and into her palm. She kissed him on the nose, then set him down on the floor, where he did a few quick star jumps, took one deep breath and slipped

从凯特的口袋跳到了她的掌心里。 她亲了亲他的鼻子，然后把他放到地板上，他在原地快速做了几个开合跳，深吸一口气，溜了

under the gap and into Madame Maude's private quarters. Kate looked at the door, feeling a sudden pang of fear for tiny, brave Rupert and what was waiting for him on the other side. She squeezed into her hiding spot, behind a giant decorative urn, and not a moment too soon. The door burst open, and a ball of fur shot out like a firework. Kate saw a flash of sharp teeth as it whipped past- Rupert's plan had better work! Kate waited for Madame Maude to come sprinting after him... but no one appeared. And then it dawned on her. Of course! Madame Maude

钻过门缝，进了莫德夫人的私人包房。 凯特看着房门，突然一阵后怕，担心个头小小却勇敢的鲁珀特，还有门后等着他的未知状况。 她赶紧躲进自己的藏身处，就在一个巨大的装饰瓮后面，时间卡得刚刚好。 门猛地被撞开，一团毛球像烟花似的冲了出来。 它嗖地跑过去的时候，凯特瞥见了一口尖牙——鲁珀特的计划可千万要奏效啊！ 凯特等着莫德夫人追在他后面冲出来……可没有人出现。 她这才恍然大悟。 对啊！ 莫德夫人

wouldn't sprint! Even a brisk jog was completely beneath her. Kate's heart beat faster- she had to do something! But what? She peered into Madame Maude's huge compartment and saw her lying on the bed with slices of pickled gherkins on her eyes. That is categorically yuck, thought Kate. And hadn't she noticed that Master Mimkins was gone?

才不会 sprint（快跑）呢！ 就连快走都完全不符合她的身份。 凯特的心跳得更快了——她得做点什么！ 可做什么呢？ 她朝莫德夫人的超大包房里瞅了瞅，看见她正躺在床上，眼睛上敷着腌黄瓜片。 这也太恶心了吧，凯特想。 难道她都没发现明金斯少爷不见了吗？

Kate thought fast- what would Catherine Rodríguez do? Kate pinched her cheeks till they were pink and then burst into the carriage. "M-Madame Maude," she panted, as if she had run the whole length of the train. "Is that you, Simon? Fetch me my slippers, will you? And not the white ones- you know how they irritate my bunions." "N-no, it's me, Kate!" Silence. "Master Mimkins has gone totally bananas- he's chasing my mouse!"

凯特脑子转得飞快——凯瑟琳·罗德里格斯会怎么做？ 凯特把自己的脸颊掐得粉红，然后猛地冲进了包房。 “莫、莫德夫人，”她喘着气说，就好像她刚刚跑过了整列火车似的。 “是你吗，西蒙？ 去把我的拖鞋拿来，好吗？ 别拿白色的那双——你知道那双磨我的拇囊炎，疼得慌。” “不、不是，是我，凯特！” 一片沉默。 “明金斯少爷彻底疯了——他在追我的老鼠！”