Chapter 20

ChAPTER TWENtY For the second time since last night, Kate felt her stomach drop and her feet begin to tingle as she tried not to look down. It was horribly high, but she had to focus on Figgy, who was unwinding the poster with determination. "Figgy!" Kate cried, her voice carrying in the wind. "Stop! You don't need to shut The Lookout Post any more!" Figgy jumped. "Kate...! Oh, darling,

第二十章 这是昨晚以来凯特第二次感觉心头一沉，脚开始发麻，她拼命忍着不去往下看。 这儿高得吓人，但她必须把注意力集中在菲吉身上，对方正咬着牙把海报往下展开。 “菲吉！” 凯特大喊，声音被风送了出去。 “住手！ 你不用再把瞭望岗报社关掉了！” 菲吉吓了一跳。 “凯特……！ 哦，天啊，

it's too late! I've already told everyone to pack their things and leave! We can't risk Catherine Rodríguez's big article getting sabotaged!" Kate edged her way closer, grateful for Frances's sash. It was time to tell Figgy exactly what she had discovered in her secret room. "I think you'd actually quite like that, though. Wouldn't you, Figgy?" she said. Figgy stopped cranking the handle and turned around, a hint of fear in her eyes. "Don't be ridiculous, Kate! I hold Catherine Rodriguez in very high esteem." "In too very high esteem," said Kate, narrowing her eyes. "I know you and

太晚了！ 我已经让所有人收拾东西走人了！ 我们不能冒凯瑟琳·罗德里格斯的重磅报道被搞砸的风险！” 凯特一点点挪得更近了，心里很感激弗朗西斯的那根饰带帮了大忙。 是时候把自己在菲吉密室里发现的一切都告诉她了。 “不过我觉得你其实还挺喜欢那篇报道的， 不是吗，菲吉？”她说道。 菲吉停下了转把手的动作转过身，眼里藏着一丝慌乱。 “别胡说八道，凯特！ 我非常尊重凯瑟琳·罗德里格斯。” “是尊重过头了，”凯特眯起眼睛说道。 “我知道你和

Catherine Rodríguez went to Newspaper School together!" "So what?" said Figgy. "You switched around the chute labels in Penny's Darkroom, and have been sending meddled-with newspapers from the very top!" continued Kate. "And it's all because you're jealous! You couldn't stand Catherine Rodríguez getting even more praise, so you had to destroy everything she's ever worked for." Kate dropped the latest copy of The Lookout Post at Figgy's feet. "You used your own initials to forge Penny's stamp!" Figgy bent down to swipe up the newspaper. "Now you just wait one minute-"

凯瑟琳·罗德里格斯以前一起上过新闻学校！” “那又怎么样？”菲吉说道。 “你把佩妮暗房里的滑槽标签都换了，还一直从顶楼往外送被篡改过的报纸！” 凯特继续说道。 “这全都是因为你嫉妒！ 你受不了凯瑟琳·罗德里格斯获得更多赞誉，所以就要毁掉她为之付出的一切。” 凯特把最新一期的《瞭望岗邮报》扔到菲吉脚边。 “你用自己名字的首字母伪造了佩妮的印章！” 菲吉弯腰一把抓起报纸。 “你给我等一下——

This was her chance. Kate lunged forward and grabbed the handle Figgy had been cranking, quickly securing the ribbon from her waist tightly around it. "PULL!" she yelled over her shoulder as Frances tugged on the sash from her hiding place. The giant roll began to wheel the opposite way, hitching the CLOSED sign back up the building by at least two letters. "How dare you!" Figgy cried, scrabbling to get a hold of the poster. But the roll of paper was turning faster and faster now and she couldn't stop it. "It's my newspaper!" she shouted over the roaring wind. "And I'll sabotage it if I want to!"

机会来了。 凯特猛地扑过去，一把抓住菲吉刚才一直在转的把手，飞快解下自己腰上的缎带，牢牢把把手捆住。 “拉！” 她扭头大喊，躲在一旁的弗朗西斯立刻用力拽那根饰带。 巨大的纸卷开始往反方向转，写着“关闭”的标牌被往楼上方拉回去，至少露出了两个字母。 “你好大的胆子！” 菲吉大叫着，手忙脚乱地想去抓海报。 可现在纸卷转得越来越快，她根本拦不住。 “这是我的报纸！” 她冲着呼啸的风大喊。 “我想毁了它就毁了它！”

She clawed her sparkly nails into the spinning poster, but the momentum was too strong for her to stop it. In a moment, Figgy was lifted off her feet and swept up into the poster, until she was trapped in the centre like the jam in a Swiss roll, just her head poking out. "We've got her!" squeaked Rupert. "You can let go now, Frances!" Kate shouted over her shoulder, as she felt the ribbon relax. Figgy blinked at Kate from the centre of the roll, tears running down her face.

她亮闪闪的指甲死死抠住转动的海报，可纸卷的冲劲太大，她根本停不下来。 一眨眼的工夫，菲吉脚就离了地，被卷进了海报里，最后像瑞士卷里的果酱似的被困在正中间，只有脑袋露在外面。 “我们抓住她了！” 鲁珀特尖声叫道。 “你可以松手了，弗朗西斯！” 凯特扭头大喊，同时感觉到手里的缎带松了下来。 菲吉在纸卷中间眨着眼睛看向凯特，眼泪顺着脸颊往下流。

"Do you have any idea what it was like to be constantly compared to her?" she sobbed. "Not being able to read a newspaper without seeing her face or read her painfully brilliant reveals? I've spent my whole life in her shadow! Inheriting The Lookout Post from my family when I should have been writing like her- instead of her! You know, we used to be a team? No one ever cares about who corrected her spelling or said "stop writing about the history of khakis"! I'm the reason she is where she is! It should have been me!" Despite everything, Kate felt sorry for her. "I know how you feel, Figgy," she said. "It's easy to compare yourself to other

“你知道总被人拿来和她比是什么感受吗？”她抽噎着说。 “随便拿起一份报纸都能看到她的脸，读到她那些厉害到气人的爆料，这谁受得了啊？ 我一辈子都活在她的阴影里！ 我从家里继承了《瞭望岗邮报》，我本该和她写得一样好——甚至比她更好啊！ 你知道吗，我们以前还是搭档？ 从来没人在意是谁帮她改了拼写错误，是谁提醒她“别再写卡其裤的历史了”！ 她能有今天全是我的功劳！ 本该是我拥有这些的！” 尽管发生了这么多事，凯特还是有点同情她。 “我懂你的感受，菲吉，”她说道。 “拿自己和别人比太容易了，