096 逃脱与借口

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The Lemonade Detectives hurried back outside

柠檬水侦探们急忙回到外面。

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Henry scanned the crowd, looking for the mysterious woman

亨利扫视着人群，寻找那位神秘女子。

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He spotted some shiny green fabric and stepped forward. Then he stopped

他看到一些闪亮的绿色布料，便向前走去。然后他停了下来。

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It was just a man wearing a green shirt

那只是一个穿着绿色衬衫的男人。

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" I don't see her," Cole said

“我没看到她，”科尔说。

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Henry sighed." Me neither. It's hard to see anything in this crowd."

亨利叹了口气。“我也是。人群里很难看清什么。”

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" We need to figure out where she went," Maggie declared

“我们需要弄清楚她去了哪里，”玛吉宣布。

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" Because she was definitely acting suspicious!"

“因为她确实表现得很可疑！”

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" You're right," Cole said." But why would a stranger steal Nathan's painting?"

“你说得对，”科尔说。“可是陌生人为什么要偷内森的画呢？”

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Henry was wondering the same thing." It doesn't make sense," he said

亨利也在想同样的事情。“这说不通，”他说。

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Maggie frowned." I told you, that woman is probably an international art thief

玛吉皱起眉头。“我告诉过你，那个女人很可能是个国际艺术品窃贼。

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Anyway, why would she run unless she's guilty?"

不管怎样，她要是不心虚，为什么要跑呢？”

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" I don't know." Henry checked his phone

“我不知道。”亨利查看了手机。

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" We only have thirty minutes until the judging starts

“距评判开始只有三十分钟了。

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We need to keep investigating all our suspects."

我们需要继续调查所有嫌疑人。”

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Cole nodded." We can watch for that woman along the way."

科尔点点头。“我们可以在路上留意那个女人。”

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" Let's ask Mrs. Sweet about Mr. Collins' alibi," Henry said

“我们去问问斯威特夫人关于柯林斯先生的不在场证明，”亨利说。

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" After talking with her, we might be able to cross one suspect off the list."

“跟她谈过之后，我们或许能排除一个嫌疑人。”

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They headed to the crafts fair

他们前往手工艺品集市。

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It was easy to spot Mrs. Sweet's booth by the long line near the free candy samples

很容易找到斯威特夫人的摊位，因为免费糖果样品那边排着长队。

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" Hi, kids. How's the lemonade business?" Mrs. Sweet asked

“嗨，孩子们。柠檬水生意怎么样？”斯威特夫人问。

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" Great," Maggie said

“很好，”玛吉说。

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" Good!" Mrs. Sweet beamed at them

“太好了！”斯威特夫人对他们笑容满面。

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" Did you come to sign up for my candy class?

“你们是来报名我的糖果课的吗？

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The next one starts right after the art show judging."

下一节课在艺术展评奖结束后马上开始。

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" Maybe," Henry said." Actually, we were wondering something

“也许吧，”亨利说，“其实，我们想知道一件事。

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Was Mr. Collins here for your last class?"

柯林斯先生来上过您上一节课吗？”

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" Oh yes." Mrs. Sweet chuckled." I think that man ate more candy than he made!

“哦，来过。”斯威特夫人轻声笑道，“我看那人吃的糖比做的还多！

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I had to chase him away after the class ended so I could clean up for the next class."

课结束后，我只好把他赶走，好为下一节课打扫。”

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" Okay, that's one suspect off the list," Cole said as The Lemonade Detectives left the candy booth." Who's left?"

“好，名单上少一个嫌疑人了，”柠檬水侦探们离开糖果摊位时，科尔说，“还剩下谁？”

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Maggie ticked them off on her fingers

玛吉掰着手指数了出来。

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" Sunglasses woman, Nora, Hannah, and Patrick."

“墨镜女人、诺拉、汉娜和帕特里克。”

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" Let's try to find Patrick first," Henry said

“我们先去找帕特里克吧。”亨利说。

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" It's kind of suspicious that he didn't meet Owen when he was supposed to."

“他该去见欧文却没去，这有点可疑。”

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" True," Cole agreed

“没错，”柯尔赞同道。

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" Maybe he was late because he was busy hiding Nathan's painting in the bushes somewhere."

“也许他迟到，是因为忙着把内森的画藏在哪里的灌木丛里。”

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They headed back toward the art show

他们转身朝艺术展的方向走回去。

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Halfway there they spotted Patrick and Owen standing in line at the burger stand

走到半路，他们发现帕特里克和欧文正排在汉堡摊的队伍里。

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" We've been looking for you," Henry told Patrick

“我们一直在找你，”亨利对帕特里克说。

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" Join the club." Owen laughed. He didn't seem annoyed anymore

“彼此彼此。”欧文笑了。他似乎已经不生气了。

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" You found me," Patrick said." What's up?"

“你们找到我了，”帕特里克说，“有什么事吗？”

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" Did you hear about Nathan's painting?" Cole asked." It's missing."

“你听说内森那幅画的事了吗？”柯尔问，“它不见了。”

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" Yeah, I heard." Patrick didn't look very upset." So?"

“嗯，听说了。”帕特里克看起来并不怎么着急。“那又怎样？”

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" So where have you been for the past hour?" Maggie blurted out

“那你过去一小时去哪儿了？”玛吉脱口而出。

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Owen laughed again." Hey, dude," he told Patrick." They're detectives

欧文又笑了。“嘿，哥们儿，”他对帕特里克说，“他们是侦探。

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They must think you stole it!"

他们肯定以为是你偷的！”

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Patrick's eyes narrowed." It wasn't me," he said

帕特里克眯起眼睛。“不是我干的，”他说。

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" Why would I want a dumb cat painting?

“我为什么要一幅傻乎乎的猫咪画？

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Anyway, I was in the basket-weaving booth

再说了，我当时在编织篮子的摊位。

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You can ask Hannah if you don't believe me."

不信的话，你可以去问汉娜。”

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" Okay," Henry said." Thanks for talking to us." He led Cole and Maggie away

“好吧，”亨利说，“谢谢你跟我们谈。”他带着科尔和麦琪离开了。

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" Another alibi," Cole said." I guess we can cross Patrick off the list too."

“又一个不在场证明，”科尔说，“看来我们也能把帕特里克从名单上划掉了。”

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" I guess so." Henry shrugged

“我想是吧。”亨利耸耸肩。

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" We can double-check his alibi when we talk to Hannah."

“我们跟汉娜谈话的时候，可以再核实一下他的不在场证明。”

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Soon they reached the basket-weaving booth

很快，他们来到了编篮子摊位。

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Hannah was arranging baskets on a shelf

汉娜正在架子上整理篮子。

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" Hi," Henry said." We were just talking to Patrick

“嗨，”亨利说，“我们刚和帕特里克聊过。

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He said he was over here earlier."

他说他之前在这里。”

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" Yeah." Hannah straightened a large blue basket

“是的。”汉娜摆正了一个蓝色的大篮子。

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" He wanted me to teach him how to weave a basket."

“他想让我教他编篮子。”

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" Really?" Cole asked." You mean he actually wove one himself?"

“真的吗？”科尔问，“你是说，他自己真的编了一个？”

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Hannah nodded." He did a pretty good job for a beginner

汉娜点点头。“作为新手，他编得相当不错。

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You can see for yourself if you want."

如果你们想看，可以自己来看。”

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She gestured toward a large shopping bag in the back of the booth

她指了指摊位后面一个大购物袋。

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" His basket is in that bag

“他的篮子在那个袋子里。

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He wanted to leave it here so he wouldn't have to carry it around all day."

他想把篮子留在这里，这样就不用一整天都带着了。”

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" That's okay. We don't need to see it." Henry led the way out of the booth

“没关系。我们不用看了。”亨利带头走出了摊位。

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" I just realized something," Maggie said

“我刚刚想到一件事。”玛吉说。

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" Hannah is Patrick's alibi, right? That means Patrick is Hannah's alibi too

“汉娜是帕特里克的不在场证人，对吧？这意味着帕特里克也是汉娜的不在场证人。

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They were together when the painting disappeared."

画失踪的时候，他们俩在一起。”

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" So that's two names off the suspect list," Henry said

“那嫌疑人名单上又少了两个名字。”亨利说。

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" Wait, I just thought of something else." Maggie frowned

“等等，我又想到了一件事。”玛吉皱起了眉头。

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" What if Hannah and Patrick are covering for each other?

“要是汉娜和帕特里克在互相包庇呢？

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They could be in cahoots."

他们有可能是同谋。”

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" I doubt it," Cole said." They don't know each other that well

“我不太信，”科尔说，“他们彼此并不那么熟。

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They're not even in the same grade."

他们甚至都不在同一年级。”

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" You're probably right," Maggie said

“你可能说对了。”玛吉说。

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" I still think the weird woman with the sunglasses did it

“我还是觉得是那个戴墨镜的怪女人干的。

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Why else would she run away from us like that?"

不然她为什么要那样跑开躲着我们？”

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Henry bit his lip." I still don't know what her motive could be

亨利咬着嘴唇。“我还是不知道她的动机是什么。

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But I guess she's our only suspect left."

但我想，她是我们剩下的唯一嫌疑人了。”

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Suddenly he noticed Nora tiptoeing past them, looking rather guilty

突然，他注意到诺拉正踮着脚从他们身边走过，表情相当心虚。

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" Well, except for one."

“嗯，除了一个人。”