After their discovery of the strange dressing room the in attic, the spies and detectives resolved to investigate into this case further by inquiring the restaurant staff about the particulars of the case.
嬌娃及神探們發現了閣樓裏的更衣室後，他們便決定去詢問餐廳的服務生，試圖得知一些其他的線索。
Firstly, they went to inquire a waitress at the door leading into the main building, as the actress would have to pass this door in order to enter or leave the restaurant. After their inquiry of whether the waitress saw the actress leave from this door, the reply they received was in the negative. "I saw her walk in about an hour ago, and I didn't see her leave. Surely, she's still in there?" the puzzled waitress responded.
首先，他們先詢問了一位站在餐廳主建築物唯一的出入口處的女服務生，看她有沒有看見大明星從那裡離開。疑惑的女服務生答道：「大約一小時前，我有看見她走進去，但沒看見她出來。難道，她現在人不在餐廳裏嗎？」
After some inquiries here and there, the group found nothing that could improve their current understanding of the case so far. As the exhausted spies and detectives reentered the waiting room, where they greeted the other guests before the tragedy happened, they heard a small, weeping sound. As they proceeded deeper into the room, they perceived that sitting on the Victorian coach and weeping, was Saunders' star broker- Ms Smith!
經過了一番徹底的詢問後，似乎沒有人知道明星的下落。累壞了的嬌娃及神探們回到接待室時，突然聽到了有人在哭的聲音。他們走近一看，赫然發現坐在維多利亞長沙發上哭泣的竟是桑德斯的經紀人～史密斯！
"Ms Smith! Are you alright? Poor creature- why are you weeping?" the good-hearted Claire inquired.
「史密斯小姐！妳還好吧？妳怎麼在哭呢？」好心腸的 Claire 問道。
"Sob...sob....it was all my fault!....Sob...sob....miscounted the chairs......accidentally counted myself...thought it was thirteen....shouldn't have done.....very clumsy of me......the unlucky number...summoned the phantom...I'm of no significance to them anyways...." Ms Smith replied in an incoherent manner with sobs here and there, but was sufficient for the group to comprehend her message.
「嗚嗚...這都是我的錯....嗚嗚.....算錯了......算到我自己......以為是十三張......不應該....很笨拙...不吉利的數字....召喚了鬼魂...反正我也不重要....」史密斯邊啜泣邊用不完整的句子回答道。
"Please, do not think like this Ms Smith." Eliza comforted the poor creature, "It was of no one's fault! Indeed, we even think that this case is...." As she was about to utter the word 'kidnap', Jeffrey checked her by nudging gently.
「請別這麼想呀，史密斯小姐！」Eliza 安慰地說。「這不是任何人的錯！事實上，我們還推斷這件案子是.....」正當她準備要說『綁架』時，傑佛瑞推了推她，提醒她別洩漏案情。
"This case is what?" the suddenly interested Ms Smith inquired eagerly.
「這件案子是怎樣？」史密斯突然間非常有興趣的問道。
"Oh, um, I was gonna say, that, um, it is, um, completely unavoidable," Eliza, who was quite taken aback by the sudden change of attitude of the star broker, quickly made up something to finish her previous sentence.
「噢！嗯，我是說，嗯，這件案子是，嗯，不能被避免的！」被經紀人的態度突然大轉變嚇了一跳的 Eliza 吞吞吐吐的趕緊想了一個說詞。
After they had gotten back to the hotel, and changed into a clean set of clothes, they gathered around a sofa and began to discuss the case.
他們一行人回到了旅館，並換了一套乾淨的衣服後，便開始圍著沙發討論案情。
"This case is really weird, no one that we know seemed to have kidnapped Saunders," Eliza said.
「這件案子的確詭異，竟然沒有人知道誰綁架了桑德斯。」Eliza 說。
"Yet, the ghost doesn't appear to be real after what we've found in the dressing room." Claire answered. "So it must be that whoever kidnapped Saunders dressed himself as a ghost so as to make everyone focus on it instead of the kidnap itself."
「但是，我們可以從那個秘密更衣室確定鬼魂不是真的。」Claire 答道。「所以是綁架桑德斯那個人為了轉移大家的注意力，用調虎離山計將桑德斯綁走，所以才假扮成鬼魂！」
"But, surely the ghost can't be fake! How did she float outside the window of our box!" Jeffrey responded, "Remember, we weren't on the ground floor, and she couldn't have used a ladder from downstairs as the restaurant is surrounded by water!"
「但是，鬼魂不可能是假的呀！不然，她是怎麼飄浮在窗外的半空中的呢？」傑佛瑞回答說。「你們忘記了，我們的包廂並不是在一樓耶！而且她也不可能是用梯子架在窗外從樓下爬上來的，因為那間餐廳四面環水呀！」
"I reckon it's that Ms Nagel!" Eliza reasoned, "Her haughty manner and her dislike to Saunders makes her a very possible suspect. She could've kidnapped Saunders cos she hates her."
「我覺得是奈揪小姐的嫌疑最大！」Eliza 推理道。「她的傲慢及似乎很討厭桑德斯表現讓她非常可疑。她可能因為很討厭桑德斯所以才綁架她的。」
"I think it's Made-somthing-sell Laverte!" Claire responded, "How could a normal human being be so superstitious and started counting the chairs immediately after she entered the room? And such a coincidence it is that the phantom appeared right after she told Saunders about the chairs. What's more! She was the one that discovered Saunders was missing! If I have not mistaken, even if she didn't act as the ghost herself, she must have ordered someone else to do it."
「我覺得是那個什麼拉維特小姐！」Claire 回應道。「正常人會迷信到一進包廂就開始數椅子的數量嗎？更何況她一跟桑德斯講完『椅子事件』鬼魂就出現了～世間上有這麼巧合的事情嗎？還有，也是她第一時間發現桑德不見的。如果我沒推理錯的話，不是她自己假扮成鬼魂的就是她找人去做的！」
Just when the conversation was reaching its peak and Jeffrey was about to mention something about the ghost being real again, Shaun said. "Guys, take a look at this!"
正當討論進入高潮，傑佛瑞又要開始辯解鬼魂是真的時，孝恩說：「你們看我找到了什麼！」
As the others started to read the webpage shown on Shaun's laptop, their face grew paler and paler by the second.
他們讀著顯示在孝恩筆電螢幕上的網頁，臉色漸漸變得慘白。
~To be Continued~
～待續～
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