011 玛德莫瓦的礼物

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The next morning the three children decided to walk to town

第二天早上，三个孩子决定步行进城。

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Soon they ran into Mabel

很快他们碰见了梅布尔。

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Gerald knew she was going to ask about the ring

杰拉尔德知道她会问起戒指的事。

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Luckily they'd gotten it back from Eliza the previous night

幸好他们前一天晚上已经从伊莱莎那里拿回了戒指。

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Every Friday a market was set up in the square

每周五广场上都会摆起集市。

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Vendors sold chickens, vegetables, toys, and all sorts of interesting things

摊贩们卖鸡、蔬菜、玩具和各种有趣的东西。

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" Let's buy some flowers for Mademoiselle," suggested Kathleen

“我们给马德莫瓦塞尔小姐买些花吧，”凯瑟琳建议道。

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" Yes," agreed Gerald

“好，”杰拉尔德同意道。

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" We haven't paid attention to her for the longest time."

“我们已经很久没有关心过她了。”

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The children chose three bunches of carnations

孩子们选了三束康乃馨。

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Then they went back to the school

然后他们回到了学校。

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Gerald knocked on the door of the sitting room, where Mademoiselle spent all her days

杰拉尔德敲了敲起居室的门，莫瓦桑小姐整天都待在那里。

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The other children gathered behind him

其他孩子聚在他身后。

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" With love from all of us."

“这是我们大家的一点心意。”

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Gerald gave the flowers to her

杰拉尔德把花送给了她。

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Mademoiselle kissed him on both cheeks

莫瓦桑小姐亲吻了他的双颊。

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" What are you painting?" asked Jimmy

“你在画什么？”吉米问道。

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" The castle."

“城堡。”

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" That's very good," said Mabel

“画得真好。”梅布尔说。

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" Are you a friend from town?" Mademoiselle asked her

“你是镇上的朋友吗？”莫瓦桑小姐问她。

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" Actually I live at Yalding Towers,"

“其实我住在亚尔丁塔楼，”

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said Mabel, using the castle's formal name

梅布尔说着，用的是城堡的正式名称。

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That name seemed to impress Mademoiselle

这个名字似乎让莫瓦桑小姐很感兴趣。

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" Are you part of Lord Yalding's family?"

“你是亚尔丁勋爵的家人吗？”

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" No, he doesn't have any family

“不，他没有任何家人。

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He's not married

他还没结婚。

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I'm his housekeeper's niece."

我是他管家的侄女。”

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" But you know him, don't you?" asked Mademoiselle

“但你认识他，对吗？”莫瓦桑小姐问。

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" No, I've never seen him

“不，我从没见过他。

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But he's supposed to be coming soon."

不过他应该快回来了。”

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" Why doesn't he live there?"

“他为什么不住在那儿？”

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Mademoiselle seemed very interested in this man

莫瓦桑小姐似乎对这个人很感兴趣。

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" My aunt says he's too poor," said Mabel

“我姑妈说他太穷了，”梅布尔说。

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She explained that the castle had originally belonged to Lord Yalding's uncle

她解释说，这座城堡原本属于亚尔丁勋爵的叔叔。

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Lord Yalding had wanted to marry a woman, but his uncle had not allowed it

亚尔丁勋爵曾想娶一位女子，但他叔叔不允许。

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" She was a ballerina or something," explained Mabel

“她是个芭蕾舞演员什么的，”梅布尔解释说。

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When the uncle died, he left his castle to Lord Yalding

叔叔去世后，把城堡留给了亚尔丁勋爵。

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But he left his money to a cousin

但他把钱留给了一个堂亲。

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So Lord Yalding didn't have enough money to live at the castle

所以亚尔丁勋爵没有足够的钱住在城堡里。

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Meanwhile the woman Lord Yalding loved was sent away to a convent

与此同时，亚尔丁勋爵所爱的女子被送去了修道院。

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" Did he ever try to find her?" asked Mademoiselle

“他有没有试着去找她？”莫瓦桑小姐问。

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" Oh yes," said Mabel." But there are so many convents."

“哦，有的，”梅布尔说。“可是修道院实在太多了。”

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Her eyes glowed brightly

她的眼睛闪闪发亮。

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" Still, I believe he will find her one day."

“不过，我相信他总有一天会找到她的。”

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Mademoiselle stared silently at Mabel

莫瓦桑小姐默默地注视着梅布尔。

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" My goodness!" she said finally

“我的天哪！”她终于开口说道。

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" You know a lot about Lord Yalding!

“你对亚尔丁勋爵了解得真多啊！

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You're a very nice girl

你真是个非常好的女孩。

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Why don't you stay for lunch?"

不如留下来吃午饭吧？”

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Mademoiselle went out to buy some special treats

莫瓦桑小姐出门去买些特别的点心来招待。

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Jimmy and Kathleen set the dining room table

吉米和凯瑟琳在布置餐桌。

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Gerald and Mabel were left in the sitting room

杰拉尔德和梅布尔留在了客厅里。

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" You know," Gerald suddenly said

“你知道吗，”杰拉尔德突然说道。

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" It's lucky those burglars didn't go after the jewels in the treasure room."

“幸好那些小偷没去打宝藏室里珠宝的主意。”

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" I don't think anyone knows about those jewels except the four of us," said Mabel

“我觉得除了我们四个，没人知道那些珠宝，”梅布尔说。

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" Anyway, if the burglars do know, it'll all come out at the trial."

“不管怎样，就算小偷们知道，审判时一切都会水落石出的。”

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" There won't be a trial," said Gerald

“不会有审判的，”杰拉尔德说。

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" What do you mean?"

“你这话是什么意思？”

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" After I told Officer Johnson where to find the silver, I started thinking

“在我告诉约翰逊警官去哪儿能找到银器之后，我就开始想了。

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I visited a prison once with my father

我有一次跟着父亲参观过监狱。

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It was awful!"

那地方太可怕了！”

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Gerald didn't want to be responsible for sending someone to prison

杰拉尔德不想为把人送进监狱负责。

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So he had left the burglars a note, warning them about the police

所以他给小偷们留了张字条，提醒他们小心警察。

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But he also said if they didn't stop stealing, he'd make sure they went to jail

但他也说了，如果他们不停止偷窃，他一定会让他们进监狱。

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" Speaking of stealing," said Mabel," did you get the ring back from Eliza?"

“说到偷，”梅布尔说，“你把戒指从伊丽莎那儿要回来了吗？”

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" Yes, but I don't know if it'll make you invisible again."

“要回来了，但我不知道它还能不能让你再隐身。”

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" Why not? Did you do something to it?" Mabel asked sharply

“为什么不能？你对它做了什么吗？”梅布尔尖声问道。

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" No, but it seems to be losing its powers

“没有，但它好像正在失去魔力。

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You were invisible for 21 hours

你隐身了21个小时。

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I was invisible for 14, and Eliza for 7

我隐身了14小时，伊丽莎是7小时。

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Next time it might not work at all."

下一次可能就完全不管用了。”

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Mabel shook her head

梅布尔摇了摇头。

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" We don't understand the mystery of that ring yet."

“我们还不明白那枚戒指的秘密呢。”