Chapter 10

ChAPTER TEN The time to put their plan in motion arrived quickly. At ten to midnight the pair set off to the Newsroom, ready to intercept Smarty Jones as he sent the finished articles down the chute. It was strange being up so late and not having to sneak about, thought Kate, as she made her way along brightly lit corridors with Rupert tucked up her sleeve. She walked through the doors and

第十章 实施他们计划的日子很快就到了。 午夜差十分的时候，两人动身前往新闻编辑室，准备在斯马蒂·琼斯把定稿的稿子送下滑道时拦住他。 凯特一边沿着灯火通明的走廊往前走， Rupert 安安稳稳地藏在她的袖子里，一边心里想，熬到这么晚还不用偷偷摸摸的，感觉真奇怪。 她穿过几扇门，然后

was met by Smarty, who was carrying a bundle of papers towards the chutes. "Hi, Smarty," she called. "I'm here to check the newspaper before it goes down the chute." Smarty rolled his eyes. "I don't know what you're expecting to see— it's been under lock and key in my office for the last hour. He handed her the final copy. "See? No stupid headlines or outrageous mistakes." Kate skimmed through the articles written by Hilda, Frances, Gus and River. They all looked perfectly presentable, just as she'd expected. Whatever Frances was doing, it was sure to be far away from the Newsroom, and most likely under

迎面就碰到了斯马蒂，他正抱着一摞文件往滑槽那边走。 “嗨，斯马蒂。”她招呼道。 “我是来在报纸送下滑道之前检查一下的。” 斯马蒂翻了个白眼。 “我不知道你想查出什么来——过去一个小时它都锁在我办公室里呢。 他把终稿递给她。 “看到没？ 没有傻气的标题，也没有离谱的错误。” 凯特快速浏览了希尔达、弗朗西斯、格斯和里弗写的文章。 所有内容都看起来非常得体，和她预想的一模一样。 不管弗朗西斯现在在做什么，肯定离新闻编辑室远得很，而且十有八九是在

the cover of darkness. "Looks good to me," said Kate. Then, just as they had practised, at the exact moment she rolled the newspaper back up, Rupert slipped out from Kate's sleeve and tucked himself inside the tube. "Where's that mouse of yours? Ronald?" asked Smarty, out of the blue. "Rupert's in his sleeping sock," lied Kate quickly, while carefully sliding the paper tube containing the little mouse into the glass capsule. "Some Depiction Liquid got in his... eye." "A raw sausage compress is what he needs, said

夜幕的掩护之下。 “我看着没什么问题。”凯特说。 接着，就和他们之前练习的一样，就在她把报纸重新卷起来的那一刻，Rupert 从凯特的袖子里溜了出来，钻进了纸筒里。 “你的那只老鼠去哪了？ 叫罗纳德对吗？”斯马蒂突然开口问道。 “Rupert 在他的睡觉袜子里呢。”凯特飞快地撒了个谎，同时小心翼翼地把装着小老鼠的纸筒滑进玻璃舱里。 “有些显像液弄到他……眼睛里了。” “他需要的是生香肠敷一敷，”

Smarty, opening the chute's metal door and placing the capsule inside. "All the sports stars are doing it." Kate grimaced, but there was no time to interrogate Smarty's revolting suggestion, because at that moment he pulled the lever, sending Rupert and the newspaper shooting through the walls of The Lookout Post HQ and on their way to Penny Press. Without so much as a glance over her shoulder, Kate ran to the lift and punched the Print Room button. It was time to find out exactly how Frances was hoaxing these headlines.

斯马蒂一边说，一边打开滑槽的金属门，把玻璃舱放了进去。 “所有体育明星都这么做。” 凯特皱了皱眉，但她没时间去质疑斯马蒂这个恶心的建议了，因为就在这时他拉下了操作杆，Rupert 和报纸顺着瞭望哨总部的墙里的滑道飞速滑向便士报社。 凯特连头都没回，就跑向电梯，按下了印刷室的按钮。 是时候弄清楚弗朗西斯到底是怎么伪造这些头条新闻的了。