095 追踪线索

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" Nora?" Henry called." Wait! What are you talking about?"

“诺拉？”亨利喊道。“等等！你在说什么？”

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" Who cares?" Maggie said

“谁在乎呢？”麦琪说。

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" We care," Henry said." What if Nora took that painting?"

“我们在乎，”亨利说。“万一是诺拉拿走了那幅画呢？”

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Cole gasped." That actually makes sense!

科尔倒吸一口气。“那倒真说得通！

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Well, as much sense as anything Nora ever does, anyway

好吧，反正就像诺拉做的其他事一样，多少有点道理。”

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Nora seemed really upset when she heard Nathan's painting might end up in the museum."

“诺拉听说内森的画可能会被放进博物馆时，好像真的很难过。”

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" Exactly," Henry agreed

“没错，”亨利赞同道。

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" And the stuff she was saying a minute ago made her sound guilty."

“而且她刚才说的那些话，听起来像是她心里有鬼。”

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" So are we adding her to the suspect list?" asked Maggie

“那我们把她加进嫌疑人名单吗？”麦琪问。

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" Definitely," Cole said

“绝对要加，”科尔说。

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" She's sneaky enough to snatch that painting and hide it somewhere."

“她够狡猾，能偷走那幅画并藏起来。”

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" Luckily, we already know she's not very good at covering her tracks," Henry said, smiling

“幸运的是，我们已经知道她不擅长掩盖行踪。”亨利笑着说。

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He was talking about an earlier case involving Nora, which had led to her adopting Patches

他指的是之前一桩涉及诺拉的案件，那件事让她收养了帕奇斯。

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" Let's go look for clues at the scene of the crime."

“我们去犯罪现场找线索吧。”

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" Okay." Maggie put out the Closed sign again

“好。”麦琪又挂出了“休息中”的牌子。

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" How much time do we have before judging starts?"

“评审开始前我们还有多久？”

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Henry glanced at his phone." Almost an hour."

亨利瞥了一眼手机。“差不多一小时。”

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They hurried over to the art show

他们匆匆赶往艺术展。

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When they arrived at the empty spot where Nathan's painting had been, Nathan wasn't there

他们来到内森那幅画原先摆放的空位时，内森不在那里。

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But someone else was

但另有其人在。

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" Hi, Mr. Collins," Henry said." What are you doing?"

"嗨，柯林斯先生，"亨利说。"你在做什么？"

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Mr. Collins spun around and laughed sheepishly." Oh! You startled me."

柯林斯先生转过身来，不好意思地笑了。"哦！你们吓了我一跳。"

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" Were you looking for Nathan's painting?" Maggie asked

"你是在找内森的画吗？"麦琪问。

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" Yes, I admit it." Mr. Collins tugged on his flowered tie

"是的，我承认。"柯林斯先生拽了拽他的花领带。

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" It's been on my mind ever since I saw it this morning

"自从今天早上看到它，我就一直想着这事。

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Can you believe two artists found such similar inspiration?

你能相信两个画家找到了这么相似的灵感吗？

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Young Nathan's subject could be the twin of mine!"

小内森的画主题简直和我的一模一样！"

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" Um, okay." Cole sounded doubtful. Henry knew what his friend was thinking

"嗯，好吧。"科尔的语气透着怀疑。亨利知道朋友在想什么。

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Mr. Collins' crazy cat painting looked nothing like Nathan's!

柯林斯先生那幅疯狂的猫画看起来和内森的一点也不像！

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" What if the judges think your paintings are too similar?" Maggie asked

"要是评委觉得你们的画太像了怎么办？"麦琪问。

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" Are you worried they might not pick yours for the museum?"

“你担心他们不会选中你的作品进博物馆吗？”

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" I suppose not." Mr. Collins winked and smiled

“我想不会吧。”柯林斯先生眨眨眼，微微一笑。

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" Nathan and I are not even in the same age category, in case you couldn't tell

“内森和我连年龄组都不一样，难道你们看不出来吗？

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I'm just worrying over nothing, as usual!

我又在瞎操心了，和往常一样！

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It's the curse of being a sensitive artist."

这就是敏感的艺术家逃不开的诅咒啊。”

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He glanced at the empty spot." So where is your friend's masterpiece?"

他瞥了一眼空着的位置。“那么，你们朋友的杰作去哪儿了？”

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" We're not sure," Henry said." It disappeared about forty minutes ago."

“我们也不确定，”亨利说，“大概四十分钟前它就不见了。”

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" Oh dear!" Mr. Collins looked alarmed." Is there an art thief at the show?"

“哦，天哪！”柯林斯先生看起来很惊慌。“展览上不会是进了艺术大盗吧？”

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" Maybe," Cole said." Have you seen anything suspicious?"

“有可能，”科尔说，“你有没有看到什么可疑的事情？”

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" Where have you been for the past hour?"

“过去这一个小时你都在哪里？”

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Maggie demanded before Mr. Collins could respond

在柯林斯先生还没回答之前，梅吉就质问起来。

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Henry winced. Sometimes Maggie could sound rude when she questioned people!

亨利缩了一下。有时梅吉质问别人时听起来很粗鲁！

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Mr. Collins looked surprised." Am I a suspect? Luckily I have an alibi."

柯林斯先生看起来很惊讶。“我是嫌疑人吗？幸好我有不在场证明。”

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" You do?" Henry was glad the man didn't seem insulted

“你有不在场证明？”亨利很高兴这位先生似乎没有生气。

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Mr. Collins nodded." I've been at Mrs. Sweet's booth for the past hour or so, learning how to make candy

柯林斯先生点点头。“我过去大约一小时都在斯威特太太的摊位，学做糖果。”

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She could tell you that too."

她也可以告诉你们。”

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" Okay," Henry said." Well, we'd better get back to investigating."

“好吧，”亨利说。“嗯，我们最好回去继续调查了。”

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The Lemonade Detectives hurried away

柠檬汁侦探们匆匆离开了。

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" Are we going to check his alibi?" Maggie asked

“我们要去核实他的不在场证明吗？”梅吉问道。

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Henry shrugged." I suppose we should, just to be sure

亨利耸耸肩。“我想我们得去核实一下，确保万无一失。”

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But I bet he's telling the truth."

“不过我敢打赌他说的是实话。”

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" Yeah," Cole agreed." His alibi explains why we couldn't find him earlier."

“是啊，”科尔表示赞同。“他的不在场证明解释了为什么我们之前找不到他。”

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They walked toward the crafts fair

他们朝手工艺品集市走去。

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As they passed the bandstand, Henry spotted Owen

他们路过露天舞台时，亨利发现了欧文。

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" Hi," Henry greeted him." Have you seen Patrick?"

“嗨，”亨利向他打招呼。“你见到帕特里克了吗？”

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Owen frowned." Not since I saw you guys earlier," he said

欧文皱起了眉头。“从之前见到你们之后就没见过，”他说。

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" We were supposed to meet at the crafts fair ten minutes ago

“我们本应十分钟前在手工艺品集市碰头的。

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When he didn't show up, I came here to see if he was at the burger stand. But he wasn't."

他没出现，我就来这里看看他是不是在汉堡摊。但他也不在。”

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Just then Henry noticed a tall, thin figure moving through the crowd

就在这时，亨利注意到人群中有一个高高瘦瘦的身影在移动。

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" Look," he said." It's that strange woman!"

“看啊，”他说。“是那个奇怪的女人！”

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" Quick! We have to catch her!"

“快！我们必须抓住她！”

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Cole took off, with Henry and Maggie right behind him

科尔冲了出去，亨利和玛姬紧随其后。

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The woman was walking quickly toward the museum at the edge of the park

那个女人正快步走向公园边上的博物馆。

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" Excuse me!" Henry yelled." Wait up!"

“等一下！”亨利喊道，“请等等！”

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The woman glanced back

女人回头看了一眼。

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When she saw Henry and the others coming, she gasped and dashed toward the museum

她看到亨利和其他人追来，倒吸一口气，冲向博物馆。

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She ran up the steps, disappearing inside

她跑上台阶，消失在博物馆里。

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" Stop!" Maggie yelled

“站住！”玛姬喊道。

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The Lemonade Detectives ran into the museum. It was cool and dim inside

柠檬汁侦探们跑进博物馆。里面凉爽又昏暗。

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The sound of footsteps echoed off the walls, but Henry couldn't tell which direction they were coming from

脚步声在墙壁间回荡，但亨利分辨不出声音是从哪个方向传来的。

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" This way!" Cole cried, pointing

“这边！”科尔指着方向喊道。

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Henry turned just in time to see the woman disappear around a corner

亨利转身时，正好看见那个女人消失在拐角处。

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He ran after her and burst into a large room filled with sculptures

他追上去，冲进一个满是雕塑的大房间。

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" Where'd she go?" Maggie exclaimed

“她去哪儿了？”玛姬惊呼。

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" There!" Henry cried

“在那儿！”亨利喊道。

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The Lemonade Detectives followed the woman through the next room, which was filled with paintings

柠檬汁侦探们跟着那个女人穿过下一个房间，里面挂满了画作。

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Then she escaped into a hallway with lots of doors

然后她逃进了一条有很多门的走廊。

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Cole glanced at all the doors." Which way did she go?" he asked breathlessly

科尔扫视着所有的门。“她往哪边走了？”他气喘吁吁地问。

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A door leading outside was swinging shut

一扇通向外面的门正在缓缓关上。

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Henry hurried over and looked out into the Belltown Arts Day crowd

亨利急忙跑过去，向外望去，外面是贝尔镇艺术节的人群。

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He sighed." I think we lost her."

他叹了口气。“我想我们跟丢她了。”