Dead Mans Island AUDIOBOOK Short Story by John Escott Learn English Through Story

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dead man’s island by john scott

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chapter one

coming to england

my name is carol sanders

i live in england now

but when i was younger

i lived in hong kong

my father was a businessman there

and my mother

worked as a secretary

we lived in hong kong for seven years

i was happy at school

with lots of friends

and we had a good time

i liked pop music

the rolling stones

david bowie and jake rosso were my

favorites

jake rosso was my favorite singer

he died in a car accident the year i

left school

but i listened to his pop records all

the time

i had hundreds of pictures and photos of

him on my bedroom wall

then one day in winter

when i was seventeen

things began to go wrong for me

my father went to australia on business

i loved him very much

and didn’t like him going away

home quickly

i always said to him

he was in australia for two weeks

then on the day of his journey home

an airplane from sydney crashed into the

sea

just south of hong kong

everybody on the plane died

i heard about the plane crash

on television

first

i did not think about my father

then i remembered

he was flying back from sydney

on that day

oh no

i cried

i telephoned the airport

but they did not know the names of all

the passengers then

perhaps my father didn’t get that plane

i thought

oh please

please

my mother was at work

and i called her on the telephone

she came home quickly and we went to the

airport and waited for news

later

we learned my father was on the plane

it’s not true

i shouted

but it was true

and i began to cry

i cried for weeks and weeks

i spent many days alone in my room

i was lonely and sad

and i wanted to die too

i stopped going out with my friends

i didn’t want to see other people

i stopped listening to jake rosso’s

records

and took his pictures off my bedroom

wall

i didn’t listen to music

or watch television

nothing mattered anymore

then

i stopped crying

i stopped feeling sad

and began to feel angry

why did it happen to him

i asked my mother

why do the best people die

jake rosso

my father

i

i don’t know carol

my mother said

she was unhappy too

at the time of the plane crash

i was a student at college

i enjoyed the work and college life very

much

but after my father’s death

i stopped doing my work at the college

i began to go out with some new friends

they were different from my other

friends

and my mother didn’t like them

they’re bad people carol

she told me

they do dangerous things

they’re exciting

i said

and i like them

i knew she was angry but i didn’t care

but then

i learned my new friends took drugs

and i began to take drugs too

it was wrong and stupid

i know that now

but i was unhappy and angry

the police came to the college

to arrest some of the students

they didn’t arrest me

but i had to leave the college

it was a bad time

my mother was very unhappy with me

what am i going to do with you carol

she said

i’m sorry

i told her

we’ll go back to england

she said

you can find a college there

perhaps you can be happier in england

all right

i said

i want to forget what’s happened

i want to forget what i’ve done

and begin a new life

be a new person

a month later

we came back to england

we lived in london

in a hotel

it was strange at first

with all the red buses and everybody

speaking english

it was the beginning of the summer

three months before college began in the

autumn

london was full of tourists

we looked at all the famous buildings

buckingham palace

the tower of london

and we went to restaurants and theaters

in the evenings

it was interesting and exciting

and i began to forget the bad times in

hong kong

i’m pleased we came to london

i told my mother

but after a few weeks she said

you need to find a college carol

you must go on studying

and i need a job

that evening

we looked in the newspapers

what about this

i said

i showed my mother a job in the

newspaper

secretary

for the summer months

on a small private island in scotland

live with the family in a big house

interesting work

and good pay for the right person

phone greta ross

telephone number

071

well that sounds interesting

said my mother

i’d like to work as a secretary on an

island in scotland

it’s a beautiful country carol

and you can go to college there in the

autumn

and it’s a place to live for the summer

i said

hotels are expensive

my mother telephoned greta ross

come and see me tomorrow

greta ross told her

come to the savoy hotel at 11 o’clock

i went to the savoy hotel with my mother

it was big and expensive

bigger than our hotel

and in the center of london

mum needs this job i thought

and a private island in scotland is a

nice place to live

perhaps i can forget what’s happened if

i go there

room 22

said the woman at the hotel desk

go on up

mrs ross will see you now

greta ross was waiting for us

she was about 30 years old and very

beautiful

she wore an expensive red dress

and her hair was very long and dark

this is my daughter carol

said my mother

hello carol

said greta ross

hello

i said

carol is 18 years old

said my mother

can she come with me if i get the job

perhaps she can help in the house or in

the gardens

she likes gardening

she’s studying farming at college

perhaps

said greta ross

there’s a small farm on the island

i’d like to work on the farm

i said

greta ross looked at my mother

how long did you live in hong kong mrs

sanders

seven years

answered my mother

my husband died in a plane crash last

year

so we’ve come back to live in england

where did you live before hong kong

we lived in india for three years

then greta ross took my mother into a

room and asked her more questions

i waited outside

greta ross is nice

i thought

i hope my mother gets the job

soon after the door opened and my mother

came out

she was smiling

greta ross said

please wait here for a minute mrs

sanders i want to make a phone call

she went back into the room

and closed the door

i was sitting on a chair near the door

and i could just hear greta ross’s voice

speaking on the phone

i think i’ve found someone

she was saying

she has a daughter

but the girl can work in the garden or

on the farm

don’t worry

they’ve been away from england for 10

years

it’ll be all right i tell you

don’t worry

after a few minutes

greta ross put down the phone and came

out of the room

you got the job

she told my mother

my mother was pleased

thank you

she replied

i was pleased too

but

now i was worried about that phone call

i didn’t understand it

chapter 2

the island

we went to scotland the next day

first by plane

then by train

greta ross traveled with us

i looked out of the train window

and saw fields and villages

and mountains

mom is right

i thought

scotland is a very beautiful place

you’re going to be my husband’s

secretary

greta ross told my mother

he’s a businessman

but he never leaves the island

he does all his work by telephone and

letter

and computer

he invests money in companies

all over the world

do many people live on the island

i asked

not many

said greta ross

you’ll meet them soon

greta ross is young

i thought

is her husband young too

how can a young man buy an island

is he very rich

after the train

we went on mr ross’s boat which took us

out to the island

the boatman

was a young man

he had dark hair

and was brown from the sun

this is tony

said greta ross

he works for mr ross

hi

said tony

soon we were near the island

i could see the beaches and the cliffs

the boat slowed down

there are dangerous rocks around the

island

explain tony

a lot of them are under the water and

you can’t see them

i have to be careful

but the rocks keep other boats away

and that pleases mr ross

why

i asked

tony looked at greta ross

but she wasn’t listening

mr ross doesn’t like visitors to the

island

tony said in a quiet voice

then greta ross looked at us and tony

said no more

why doesn’t mr ross like visitors

i thought

has he something to hide

when we arrived on the island

my mother and i followed greta up to the

house

it was very big and there were trees all

around it

a woman was waiting inside the house

this is mrs duncan tony’s mother

said greta

she’s the housekeeper and her husband is

the gardener

mrs duncan will take you up to your

rooms

i’m going to tell mr ross you’ve arrived

the housekeeper was a little woman with

short hair

she went up the stairs and my mother and

i went after her

my room was next to my mother’s

i looked out of the window

and saw the gardens at the back of the

house

a man was working in the garden near

some trees

is that mr duncan

i thought

i looked between the trees and saw the

sea

it’s a beautiful house

and a beautiful

island that evening

we had dinner with mr and mrs duncan and

tony

we ate in the big kitchen

what happened to mr ross’s last

secretary

ask my mother

she’s in hospital

replied mrs duncan

she’s going to be away all summer

isn’t mrs ross lonely here

i said

no

said mrs duncan

she likes painting a lot

she has a room upstairs and goes there

to paint

she’s very good

sometimes she goes to different places

on the island to paint pictures

we finished eating our meal

soon after

greta ross came into the kitchen

mr ross wants to see you and your

daughter now mrs saunders

she said

follow me please

we followed her through the house and

into a big room

this was mr ross’s office

and he was sitting behind a desk

i was surprised

he was a young man

about

he had a moustache

short dark hair

and he wore glasses

mr ross was speaking into the telephone

who does he look like

i thought

is it tony duncan

mr ross is talking to a business friend

in new york

said greta

please sit down

while we waited i looked around the

office

there were three telephones a computer

and lots of books and papers

there was another door

and i could see a smaller room

next to the office

there was a smaller desk and another

computer in there

mr ross finished speaking on the phone

then looked carefully at my mother and

me

for a few seconds he didn’t speak

and just watched us

then he said

i’m pleased to meet you

mrs saunders

i need some help with my work

my secretary is in hospital

and there’s a lot of work to do

sometimes you’ll have to work late at

night because of time differences in new

york and tokyo

is that all right

yes that’s all right

said my mother

can you use a computer

yes

good

he looked at me

is this your daughter

yes this is carol said my mother

hello

i said

greta says you like gardening

there’s a big garden here so you can

help mr duncan

and there’s a farm

dan and stella parks live in the

farmhouse and work on the farm

you can help them too

we have some animals

some sheep

a few cows and chickens

and there’s a horse called smoke

he’s gray

like his name

can you ride

yes

i said

i can ride a horse

you can ride smoke around the island if

you like

i’d like that

i said

thank you

and we grow vegetables and fruit he said

i work on the farm sometimes

i enjoy it

i smiled at him

but he didn’t smile back

carol will enjoy working on the farm

said my mother won’t you carol

yes

i said

mr ross looks sad

i thought

but how did he get all his money

and why does he hide away on an island

chapter 3

the photograph

i worked in the garden for the first two

days

the weather was hot and sunny

i liked working with mr duncan

and he was pleased with my work

you’re a good gardener

he said

i’ve always liked gardening

i said

but i’m studying at college to be a

farmer

sometimes

i saw greta ross

she likes to be alone

i thought

once or twice

i saw greta go out with her painting

things

she went up on the hills or down to the

beach

mr duncan took me to the farm and i met

dan and stella parks

they were very friendly

you can work on the farm for the next

three days

said dan parks

mr duncan says you’re a good gardener

are you a good farmer too

i smiled at him

i am

i said

he smiled back

so i worked on the farm with mr and mrs

parks

they were nice people

i helped with the cows and the chickens

and went up on the hills with mr parks

and his dog to look at the sheep

one afternoon

i went out riding

smoke was a big

lazy friendly horse

i enjoyed riding

and smoke knew his way around the island

very well

i learned new places to go to

i rode along the cliff top and then in

between some trees

when we came out of the trees

i saw the house from the other side

i tried to find the window of my room

which one was it

suddenly

i saw a face at one of the windows

the face was looking at me

it was there for just a second or two

then it moved away quickly

who was that

i thought

was it mr ross

and which room was it

i didn’t see my mother very much that

first week

she worked all day

and in the evenings

she wrote letters to south america

japan

canada and australia

sometimes she worked after i was in bed

mr ross works hard

she told me

he invests money in many companies and

countries but it’s not his money

it’s not

i was surprised by this

no

it’s his wife’s money

and she bought the island

it’s her island her house her farm

everything belongs to her

how strange

but why does mr ross always look sad

and why does he never leave the island

i asked

i don’t know

said my mother

he says he likes it here and likes

working on his farm

it’s strange

i know

sometimes

when i finished work

i walked along the beaches or the cliffs

or i went swimming in the sea

i liked swimming

greta ross often came to the beach to

swim

but mr ross never came

stay away from the rocks carol greta

ross told me

they’re very dangerous

i will

i said

sometimes i took my camera to the beach

and took photographs of some of the

boats that went by

i took photographs of the birds on the

cliffs

there were other small islands near our

island

and boats with tourists stopped at them

but no boat stopped at our island

they kept away from the dangerous rocks

tony was right

the island did not have visitors

one day

i was walking back to the house

and had my camera with me

i stopped and looked at the big house

mr duncan was working in the garden in

front of it

at first he didn’t see me

i’m going to take a photograph of the

house

i thought

the sun is in just the right place and

it will make a good picture

i looked at the building through my

camera and took the photograph

mr ross was coming out of a door

he was in my picture too

and he looked angry

that’s all right

i thought

it’s still a good photograph

but mr duncan was running across the

grass

he came quickly up to me

and said

give me your camera

he looked very worried

what’s wrong i asked in surprise

i gave him the camera

never take photographs of mr ross

he said

and then he opened the back of my camera

and took out the film

hey

what are you doing

i said you spoil my film

but he didn’t stop

sorry he said

and he put the film into his pocket

but no pictures of mr ross

he doesn’t like people to take pictures

of him

mr ross was watching us

he saw the camera

and he saw mr duncan take out the film

but he said nothing

then he turned and went back into the

house

later

i told my mother about mr duncan and the

camera

he spoiled my film

i said

i don’t understand she said

why did he do that

i don’t know

i said

but there’s something strange about mr

ross

about a week later

i finished work early one day and came

back to the house

my mother was working in her small room

next to mr ross’s office

mrs duncan was in the kitchen greta ross

was painting in her room upstairs

i went to my room

and began reading a book

i was sitting beside the window

after half an hour

i got tired of reading

i looked out at the rain

and the gray sea

and the rocks between the trees

my book isn’t very interesting

i thought

i got up

and went out of my room

i walked along the passage and turned a

corner

then i saw the door at the end of the

passage

there was a large plant in a plant pot

outside the door

where does that door go

i thought

i haven’t seen it before

i remembered the face at the window in

my first week on the island

perhaps it’s the door to that room

i thought

i walked along to the door and turned

the handle

the door didn’t move

it was locked

what are you doing

said a voice behind me

i turned round quickly

and saw greta ross

she looked angry

that room is private

she said

i’m sorry

i said

that i didn’t

stay away from there

she told me

i told my mother about the locked door

what’s behind it

i said

is it a secret

i don’t know

said my mother

it doesn’t matter

mr ross can have locked rooms if he

wants them

i think he does have secrets

i said

there’s something strange about him

something strange about this island

somebody isn’t telling us something

something important

my mother laughed

stop playing detective carol

she said

chapter 4

the locked room

two days later

there was a storm in the middle of the

night

i was hot and i couldn’t sleep

i got out of bed went across to the

window

and looked out at the night

black clouds hurried across the sky

and the trees moved wildly in the wind

the rain made a loud noise on the window

i opened my window and put my head out

into the wind and the rain

i looked at the other windows in the

house

most of them were dark

but one window

had a light in it

somebody isn’t sleeping

i thought

which room is that

there were six windows between my window

and the room with the light

and there are six doors between my room

and the locked door

i

thought that light is in the locked room

somebody’s in there

i put on my dressing gown and went out

of my room

the house was dark

and at first i couldn’t see very well

i walked along the passage and turned

the corner

there it was

the locked room

and there was a light under the door

i went nearer

and heard noises

somebody’s moving about in the locked

room

i thought

who is it

then the light went off

and the door opened

i was afraid to move

somebody came out of the room

and into the dark passage

lightning suddenly lit up the house

and i saw who it was

it’s mr ross

i thought

what was he doing in that room in the

middle of the night

i didn’t move

and he didn’t see me

he locked the door of the room carefully

he didn’t put the key in his pocket

but hid it in the plant pot next to the

door

he’s coming along here

i thought

i must get back to my room

and i ran back along the passage

mr ross heard me

who’s that

he called

i didn’t answer but ran into my room and

closed the door

he came along the passage and stopped

outside my door

then he walked past

and went on down the stairs

i took off my dressing gown and went

back to bed

i was shaking because i was afraid

now i know how to get into the locked

room i thought

but what’s in there

there was no storm in the morning

but it was still raining

i got up early and worked on the farm

there were eggs from the chickens and i

put them in boxes

i helped to milk the cows and then took

them out to the field

later i went back into the house for

breakfast

did you sleep all right last night

asked mrs duncan

or did the storm wake you up

i

slept all right

i said

i didn’t want to tell her about the

light in the locked room

or about mr ross

after breakfast

i went back upstairs

mr ross was talking on the telephone in

his office

my mother was working at her desk

i knew that mrs duncan was in the

kitchen

and that mr duncan was working in the

garden

where’s mrs ross

i thought

then i looked out of the window and saw

her with tony duncan

they were walking to the boat

he’s taking her out in the boat

i thought

perhaps she’s going to

edinburgh the boat moved away from the

island

and i waited until it was out at sea

then i opened the door of my room

there was nobody in the passage

and i ran along to the locked room

the key was still in the plant pot and i

took it out

my hand was shaking

then i unlocked the door

chapter 5

a dead man

i went into the room

and i was very surprised

the room was full of strange things

colored shirts and suits

three guitars

and there were posters and photographs

on the wall

i looked at the posters

jake rosso’s face

looked down at me

i looked at the dead jake rosso’s

picture

and i remembered all the photographs on

the walls of my room in hong kong

i could never forget that face

the face of my favorite singer

then

while i looked at his face

something strange happened

i began to see another face in the

posters

an older face

and with a mustache

but the same face

i saw the face of mr ross

no

i said it’s not true

but it was

i knew it was

mr ross is

jake rosso

no

said a voice behind me

i turned round and saw mr

he was standing in the doorway

he looked

afraid

i don’t believe you

i said

you have to believe me

i looked at the posters

who is that if it’s not you

it’s jake rosso

he was

my

brother that’s not true

i shouted

i don’t believe you

listen jake rosso was my favorite singer

i had hundreds of photos of him

i still have all his records

i loved him

do you understand

thousands of people loved him

he’s dead

mr ross said quietly

no

i shouted

you’re jake rosso

you look different now yes

you’ve got short hair

you’ve got a moustache now and you wear

glasses

but you’re

jake rosso

you were my favorite pop star

so i know

mr ross said nothing

and watched my face

he doesn’t know what to do

i thought

he knows i don’t believe him

and he’s afraid

then he said

it was you in the passage last night

wasn’t it

yes

i answered

he looked angry

i was wrong to give your mother a job

he said

i thought it was okay because you came

from hong kong

and i needed help with my work

i needed a good secretary

does your other secretary know who you

are

i asked

do the other people on the island know

mr ross didn’t answer

but walked across to the window he was

thinking

what’s he going to do

i thought

then he turned around

okay you’re right i

i am jake rosso

i knew it

he looked worried and unhappy

can you keep a secret

a very important secret

i thought for a minute then i said

yes

i can keep a secret

then he told me

the other people on this island are my

family

your family

i said

yes

my real name is james duncan

and mr and mrs duncan are my father and

mother

tony is my younger brother

and his wife lisa is my secretary

it’s she who’s in hospital

and dan and stella parks

i asked

my mother’s sister and her husband he

said

but

what are you doing here on this island

i don’t understand

i’ll tell you

he said

he sat down on a chair and took a guitar

in his hands

but he didn’t play it

you were right

i was a famous pop star

i was very rich

and i had a beautiful wife but things

went wrong

how

i took drugs

he said

i drank a lot of alcohol

i got drunk and crushed cars

i did stupid terrible things

i knew it was wrong

but i couldn’t stop doing it

i was

crazy for a time

i can understand that

i told him

i’ve taken drugs too

he looks surprised

you have

yes

i said

after my father died

i was very unhappy

and things went wrong for me too

but go on with your story

he went on

one night

i was driving my car

i was drunk

and

and i hit somebody

a young girl

she died

i killed her

oh no

yes

he said

she was 15 years old

i wanted to die too

the money didn’t matter anymore

nothing mattered anymore

what did you do after the accident

i asked

i drove on in the car

i didn’t stop and i didn’t tell the

police

i had killed someone

and i was afraid

he looked afraid now

he put the guitar down and went on with

his story

so i made a plan

jake rosso had to die too

it was the best thing to do

and so i

killed him

you’re still alive

my family know i’m alive

but no other people know

he looked at me

but now you know

how did you do it

i asked

i told my family about my plan

and i told greto my wife

at first they didn’t like it

but after a long time

they said okay

then i faked the car crash

faked it

yes he said

i put some of my things in the car a

guitar and some clothes

then i pushed my car over a cliff and

burned it

the police found the burn car and

thought i was dead

everybody thought i was killed in the

car crash

but you faked the crash

i said

yes

what did you do then

my family hid me away for months

i tried to change into a different

person

shorter hair

a moustache

quiet suits

all my money went to greta

and she changed her name to ross

i told her to buy this island

now i invest her money

in the money that was mine

and now i’m james ross

what about jake russo

i asked

jake rosso took drugs he said

jake rosso got drunk and crashed cars

he killed a young girl

so he had to die

i can never forget the girl

i think about her every day

and that’s why you always look so sad

i thought

i looked around the room

why’d you keep a room like this

why’d you keep the guitars the posters

and photographs

james ross did not speak for a minute

then he said

i need to remember my old life

and what jake rosso was like

i’m never going to sing again

and i’m never going to take drugs

but i need this room

to remember

i looked at the posters and the

photographs

and i looked at his sad face

i’m not going to say anything

i won’t tell my mother

i won’t tell anybody

james ross looked at me

i think you understand

he

said i do

i said

i’ve done bad things

i want to forget them too

i needed to get away to hide too

that’s why we came to england to begin a

new life

yes

i understand

he took my hand

and we walked out of the room and closed

the

door i never went into the room again

and i didn’t tell anybody

my mother and i left the island at the

end of the summer

soon after i went to college

my life is better now

i work on a farm in england

and my mother works in an office

my mother doesn’t worry about me because

i’m happier

now i haven’t been back to the island

but i know there’s a

dead man living there

[Music]

you

早上好哦，如果我没有看到

你，下午好，晚上好，

晚安，

死人岛约翰·斯科特

[音乐]

第一章

来到英国，

我的名字是卡罗尔·桑德斯，

我现在住在英国，

但我年轻的时候

住在 在香港，

我父亲是一名商人

，我母亲

是一名秘书，

我们在香港生活了七年，

我在学校很开心，

有很多朋友

，我们玩得很开心

我喜欢流行音乐滚石乐队

大卫鲍伊和杰克 罗索是我的

最爱

杰克罗索是我最喜欢的歌手

他在我离开学校的那一年死于车祸

但我一直在听他的流行唱片

我的卧室墙上贴着他的数百张照片和照片

然后在冬天的

一天 我 17 岁的时候，

事情开始不对劲了

我父亲去澳大利亚出差

我非常爱他

，不喜欢他

很快回家

我总是对他说

他在澳大利亚待了两个星期，

然后在他出生的那天 日记 尼回家

一架从悉尼起飞的飞机在香港南部坠海 飞机

上的每个人都死了

我首先

在电视上听说飞机失事

我没有想到我的父亲

然后我记得

他那天从悉尼飞回来

哦不

我哭了

我给机场打了电话

但他们不知道所有乘客的名字

然后

也许我父亲没有得到那架飞机

我想

哦拜托

我妈妈在

工作我打电话给她

她很快就回家了我们 去

机场等待消息

后来

我们得知我父亲在飞机上

这不是真的

我也想死

我不再和我的朋友出去

我不想见其他人

我不再听杰克罗索的

唱片 把他的照片从我卧室的墙上拿下来

我不听音乐

也不看电视

什么都没有 g 不再重要

然后

我停止哭泣

我不再感到

悲伤 开始感到愤怒

为什么会发生在他身上

我问我妈妈

为什么最优秀的人会死

我父亲 jake

rosso 我不知道 carol

我妈妈

说她

在 飞机失事的那段时间，

我还是一名大学生，

我非常享受工作和大学生活

，

但是在我父亲去世后，

我停止了在大学里的工作，

我开始和一些新朋友出去，

他们和我的其他朋友不同

我妈妈不喜欢他们

他们是坏人 carol

她告诉我

他们会做危险的事情

他们很兴奋

我

说我喜欢他们

我知道她很生气但我不在乎

但后来

我了解到我的新朋友 毒品

，我也开始吸毒，

这是错误和愚蠢的，

我现在知道了，

但我很不高兴和

愤怒警察来

学院逮捕了一些学生，

他们没有逮捕我，

但我不得不离开

学院 糟糕的时光，

我妈妈很高兴 和我在一起

，我要对你做什么卡罗尔

她说

我很抱歉

我告诉她

我们会回英国

她说

你可以在那里找到一所大学

也许你可以在英国更快乐

好吧

我说

我想 忘记发生了

什么我想忘记我所做的一切

并开始新的生活

成为一个新人

一个月后

我们回到英国

我们住在伦敦

的一家酒店

起初很奇怪

所有的红色公共汽车和每个人

都说英语

大学开学前三个月是夏天的开始

秋天

伦敦到处都是游客

我们看了所有著名的建筑

白金汉宫 伦敦塔

我们晚上去餐馆和剧院

很有趣也很

刺激 我 开始忘记

香港

的糟糕时光我

很高兴

我们来到伦敦 报纸 rs

我说这个怎么样

我给妈妈看了一份

报

务秘书

的工作，暑假

在苏格兰的一个私人小岛上

和家人一起住在一个大房子里

有趣的工作

和合适的人的

高薪电话 greta ross

电话号码

071

听起来很有趣

我妈妈说

我想在苏格兰的一个岛上做秘书

这是一首美丽的乡村

颂歌 你可以在

秋天

去那里上大学 这是一个夏天住的地方

我说

酒店很贵

我妈妈打电话给葛丽泰罗斯

明天来看我

葛丽泰罗斯告诉她

11点

来萨沃伊酒店我和妈妈一起去了萨沃伊酒店

它

比我们的酒店大而且贵

而且在伦敦市中心

妈妈需要 我认为这份工作

和苏格兰的一个私人岛屿是一个

不错的居住地

如果我去那里也许我可以忘记发生了什么事

22 号

房间说酒店服务台的女人

继续上去

罗斯夫人现在会见你

greta 罗斯在等我们

她大约 30 岁，非常

漂亮

她穿着昂贵的红色连衣裙

，头发又长又黑

这是我女儿 carol

说我妈妈

你好 carol

说 greta ross

你好

我说

carol 18 岁

说

如果我得到这份工作，我妈妈可以和我一起去

或者她可以在家里

或花园里帮忙

她喜欢园艺

她在大学里学农

或者

说 greta ross

岛上有一个小农场

我想去工作 农场

我说

葛丽塔罗斯看着我妈妈

你在香港住了多久桑德斯夫人

七年

回答我妈妈

我丈夫去年死于飞机失事

所以我们回到英国

住在香港之前你住在哪里

我们在印度住了三年，

然后 greta ross 带我妈妈进了一个

房间，问了她更多问题，

我在外面等着

greta ross 很好，

我想

我希望我妈妈

在门打开后很快就能得到这份工作，我妈妈

出来了，

她 w 正如微笑的

格丽塔·罗斯所说，

请等一下

桑德斯夫人我想打个电话

她回到

房间关上了门

我坐在靠近门的椅子上

，我能听到格丽塔·罗斯的声音

在 电话

我想我找到了

她说

她有一个女儿的人，

但这个女孩可以在花园

或农场

工作，别担心，

他们已经离开英国 10

年了

，没关系，我告诉你

几分钟后别担心

greta ross 放下电话

走出房间

你得到了工作

她告诉我妈妈

我妈妈很高兴

谢谢

她回答

我也很高兴

但

现在我很担心那个电话

我 不明白

第2章

第二天我们去苏格兰的小岛

首先乘飞机

然后

乘火车greta ross和我们一起旅行

我从火车窗外望去

，看到田野，村庄

和山脉

妈妈是对的，

我认为

苏格兰是一个非常

你要去的美丽地方 e 我丈夫的

秘书

greta ross 告诉我妈妈

他是个商人，

但他从不离开这个岛

他通过电话、信件和计算机完成所有工作

他在世界各地的公司中投资

岛上有很多人吗

我问过

很多人

说 greta ross

你很快就会见到他们

greta ross 很年轻

我

认为她的丈夫

也很年轻 一个年轻人怎么能买一个

岛 他是不是很有钱

在

我们乘坐 ross 先生的船

之后他非常富有 一个年轻人，

他有一头深色的头发

，被太阳晒成棕色，

这是托尼

说，葛丽塔罗斯，

他为罗斯先生

工作 岛上

解释

托尼很多都在水下，

你看不到他们

我必须小心，

但岩石让其他船远离

，这让罗斯先生高兴

为什么

我问

托尼看着格丽塔罗斯，

但她不听 宁

罗斯先生不喜欢

岛上的游客

托尼小声说

然后葛丽塔·罗斯看着我们 托尼

不再说

为什么 罗斯先生 不喜欢游客

我想

我们到达岛上时他有什么要隐藏的

妈妈和我跟着格丽塔到了

房子，房子

很大，周围都是树

一个女人在屋里等着

这是

邓肯托尼太太的妈妈说格丽塔

她是管家，她丈夫

是园丁 邓肯太太

会带你上去 到你的

房间

我要告诉罗斯先生你已经到

了管家是一个短发的小女人

她上楼梯我和我妈妈

跟着她

我的房间在我妈妈的旁边

我看着窗外

看到房子后面的花园

一个人在花园

里干活 和先生 邓肯和

托尼

我们在大厨

房里吃饭 罗斯先生的最后一位秘书发生了什么事

问我妈妈

她住院了 很多

她在楼上有个房间 去

那里画画

她很好

有时她会去岛上不同的地方

画画

我们吃完饭

greta ross 进厨房后不久 ross

先生想见你和你的

女儿 现在 夫人 桑德斯

她说

请跟我来

眼镜

罗斯先生正在对着电话讲话

他看起来像谁

我想

是托尼·邓肯 罗斯

先生正在和纽约的一位商业朋友通话 格丽塔

请

坐下 我们等着 我环顾四周 办公室

有三部电话 一台

电脑 大量书籍和文件

还有另一

扇门 我可以看到

办公室旁边

有一个小房间 有一张小桌子和另一

台电脑

罗斯先生讲完电话

然后仔细看了看 我妈妈和

我有几秒钟他没有说话

，只是看着我们，

然后他说

我很高兴见到你，

桑德斯夫人

，我的工作需要一些帮助，

我的秘书在医院

，有时有很多工作要做

由于

纽约和东京

的时差，你必须在深夜工作，没关系，

是的，没关系，

我妈妈

你能用电脑吗，

是的，

很好，

他看着

我，这是你的女儿，

是的，这是卡罗尔说我的 妈妈

你好

我说

格丽塔说你喜欢园艺

这里有一个大花园所以你可以

帮助邓肯先生

还有一个农场

丹和斯特拉公园住在

农舍里在农场工作

你也可以帮助他们

我们有一些

动物 羊

，几头牛和几只鸡

，还有一匹叫烟的马，

他

和他的名字一样

是

灰色

的 种蔬菜和水果 他说

我有时在农场工作

我很享受

我对他笑了

但他没有笑

但是他是怎么弄到

这么多钱的，为什么要躲在一个岛上

第 3 章

我头两天在花园里工作的照片

天气又热又晴朗

我喜欢和邓肯先生

一起工作，他对我的工作很满意

你是个好园丁

他说

我一直很喜欢园艺

她在山上或下到

海滩上的东西

先生 邓肯带我去了农场，我遇到了

丹和斯特拉帕克斯，

他们非常友好

，接下来的三天你可以在农场工作

我是，

我说

他回以微笑，

所以我和帕克斯先生和夫人在农场工作，

他们是好人，

我帮助养牛和养鸡

，一天下午，我和帕克斯先生

和他的狗一起去山上看羊

出去骑

烟是

一匹懒惰友好的大马

我喜欢骑马

而且烟非常了解他在岛上的路

我学会了新的去处

我沿着悬崖顶骑然后

当我们从树上出来时在一些树之间

我 从另一边看到房子

我试图找到我房间的窗户

突然间

我在其中一个窗户上看到了一张脸

那张脸正在看着我

它在那儿只有一两秒钟

然后它很快就离开了

我以为

是罗斯先生

和惠先生是谁 ch room 是

不是我妈妈第一周没怎么见到

她，她整天工作

，晚上

她写信给南美洲

日本

加拿大和澳大利亚

有时她在我睡觉后工作

罗斯先生努力工作

她告诉我

他 在许多公司和国家投资，

但不是他的钱

，不是

我对此感到惊讶，

不是

，是他妻子的钱

，她买了这个岛，

这是她的岛，她的房子，她的农场，

一切都属于她，

多么奇怪，

但为什么罗斯先生总是看起来很悲伤

为什么他从来没有离开过这个岛

我问

我不知道

我妈妈

说他喜欢这里并且喜欢

在他的农场工作

这很奇怪

我知道

有时

当我完成工作时

我会沿着海滩或悬崖走

或者我去了 在海里

游泳 我喜欢游泳

greta ross 经常来海滩

游泳，

但 ross 先生从来没有来过

远离岩石 carol greta

ross 告诉我

它们很危险

我会

说

有时我会带着相机去海边 海滩

，拍了一些

经过的船的

照片 我拍了悬崖上的鸟的照片

我们岛附近还有其他小岛

，有游客的

船停在他们那里，但没有船停在我们的岛上，

他们远离危险的岩石

托尼是对

的 有一天岛上没有游客

我正走回房子

，带着我的相机

我停下来看着

邓肯先生在它前面的花园里工作的大房子

起初他没有看到

我要给房子拍张照片

我

认为太阳正好在正确的位置，

它会拍出很好的照片

也在我的照片里

，他看起来很生气

，那没关系

令我惊讶的是

我给了他相机

从不拍罗斯先生的照片

他说

然后他打开我的相机后盖

拿出胶卷

嘿

你在做什么

我说你破坏了我的胶卷

但他没有停止

抱歉他说

和 他把胶卷放在口袋里，

但没有罗斯先生的照片

他不喜欢人们给

他拍照

罗斯先生在看着我们

他看到了

相机 他看到邓肯先生拿出胶卷

但他什么也没说

然后他转身 后来我回到

屋子里，

告诉我妈妈关于邓肯先生和

他毁坏我的胶卷的相机

我说

我不明白她说

他为什么这样做

我不知道

我说

但是罗斯先生有一些奇怪的

事情 一周后，

有一天我早早完成了工作，

回到了

我母亲在

罗斯先生办公室旁边的小房间里工作的房子

里，邓肯夫人在厨房里，葛丽塔·罗斯

在她楼上的房间里画画，

我回到我的房间

，开始读一本

我坐在窗边的书

半小时后，

我厌倦了阅读

我看着外面的雨

和灰色的大海

和树木之间的岩石

我的书不是很有趣

我以为

我

起身走出了我的房间

我沿着过道走来转身 一个

拐角

然后我看到了通道尽头

的门 门外的花盆里有一株大植物

那扇门在哪里

在岛上

也许是那个房间的门

我以为

我走到门边转动

把手 门没有动

它被锁上

了 你在做

什么 一个声音在我身后说

我快速

转身看到 greta ross

她看着

生气房间是私人的

她说

我很抱歉

我

说我没有

离开那里

她告诉我

我告诉我妈妈关于锁着的门

后面是什么

我说这

是一个秘密

我不知道

我说我妈妈

如果罗斯先生想要，他可以锁上房间也

没关系 咳咳，

我想他确实有秘密

我

说他有

什么奇怪的地方 这个岛有什么奇怪的地方

有人没有告诉我们

什么重要的事情

我妈妈笑了

别再扮演侦探卡罗尔

她说

第

4 章 两天后上锁的房间

有一场暴风雨

半夜热

得睡不着从床上爬到

窗边望着

夜黑的乌云匆匆划过

天空树木随风乱动

雨声很大 在窗户上

我打开窗户，把头

伸进风和雨中

我看着房子里的其他窗户

大多数都是黑暗的，

但有一扇窗户里

有一盏灯

有人没有睡觉

我想

哪个房间是

我的窗户

和有灯的房间

之间有六扇窗户，我的房间

和锁着的门

之间有六

扇门 wn 然后

走出我的

房间 房子很

黑 起初我看不太清楚

我沿着过道

走到拐角处

那里

是锁着的

房间 门下有一盏灯

我走近

并听到噪音

有人在上锁的

房间里走来走去

我想

是谁

然后灯

熄灭了门打开了

我害怕移动

有人走出

房间进入黑暗的通道

闪电突然照亮了

房子我看到了那

是谁 罗斯先生

我以为

他半夜在那个房间

里做

什么 在门旁边的花盆里

他来了

我想

我必须回到我的

房间 我沿着过道跑回去

罗斯先生听到了我 他打电话给我的

人

我没有回答而是跑进了我的房间并

关上了门

他沿着过道来到

我的门外停

了下来 我走过去

然后走下楼梯

我脱下睡袍

回到床上

我颤抖着因为我害怕

现在我知道如何进入上锁的

房间我想

但是里面

有什么早上没有暴风雨

但是仍然在下雨

我起得很早 在农场工作

有鸡的鸡蛋 我

把它们放在盒子里

我帮牛奶挤奶 然后把

它们带到田里

稍后我回到房子里吃

早餐 昨晚你睡得还好吗

问邓肯太太

还是暴风雨把你吵醒了

我

睡得很好

我说

我不想告诉她

上锁的房间里的灯

或者早餐后罗斯先生的事

我回到楼上

罗斯先生 在

他的办公室里打电话

我妈妈在她的办公桌前工作

我知道邓肯夫人在

厨房

里 邓肯先生在

花园

里工作 我想罗斯夫人在那儿

然后我从窗外望去 看到

她和托尼·邓肯

他们在走路

他带她出去的船

我想

也许她会去

爱丁堡 船离开了

岛 我等到它在海上

然后我打开我房间的门

过道里没有

人 我跑了 沿着锁着的

房间，钥匙还在花盆里，我

把它拿出来

我的手在颤抖，

然后我打开门

第5章

一个死人

我走进房间

，我很

惊讶房间里到处都是奇怪的

东西 衬衫和西装

三把

吉他 墙上有海报和照片

我看着海报

jake rosso 的脸

低头看着我

我看着死去的 jake rosso 的

照片 我记得

我在香港房间墙上的所有照片

永远不会忘记那张

脸 我最喜欢的歌手的脸

然后

当我看着他的脸时，

发生了一些奇怪的事情

我开始在海报上看到另一张

脸 一张老脸，留着小胡子，

但我看到的是同一张

脸 关于 ross 先生

不

我说这不是真的

但

我知道是

ross 先生是

jake rosso

没有

在我身后说一个声音

我转身看到 Mrs

他站在门口

他看起来很

害怕

我不相信你

我说

你必须相信我

我看了海报

如果不是你

那是杰克罗索

他是

我的

兄弟那不是真的

我大喊

我不相信你

听杰克罗索是我最喜欢的歌手

我有数百张他的照片

我 还保留着他所有的唱片

我爱他

你明白

成千上万的人爱他

他死了

罗斯先生平静地说不

我喊

你是杰克罗索

你现在看起来不一样了是的

你留了短发

你现在留了胡子而你 戴

眼镜，

但你是

杰克罗索，

你是我最喜欢的流行歌星，

所以我知道

罗斯先生什么也没说

，看着我的脸，

他不知道该怎么办

我以为

他知道我不相信他

，他害怕

然后他说

了 昨晚你在过道里

是不是

我回答了

h 我看起来很生气

我给你妈妈一份工作是错误的

他说

我认为这没关系 因为你来自

香港 我需要帮助我的工作

我需要一个好

秘书 你的另一个秘书知道你是谁

我

问另一个 岛上的人都知道

ross 先生没有回答

但走到窗边他在

想

他要做

什么 保守秘密

一个非常重要的秘密

我想了一分钟然后我说

是的

我可以保守秘密

然后他告诉我

这个岛上的其他人是我的

家人

你的家人

我说

是的

我的真名是詹姆斯邓肯

和邓肯先生和夫人 是我的爸爸

妈妈

吗 托尼是我弟弟

和他的妻子 丽莎是我的

秘书 是她在

医院 丹和史黛拉帕克斯

我问

我妈妈的姐姐和她的丈夫 他

说

但

你在这个岛上

做什么 我不 明白

我 我会告诉你，

他说

他坐在椅子上，手里拿着一把吉他

，

但他没有弹

你是对的

我吸毒

他说

我喝了很多酒

我喝醉了，撞坏了车

我做了愚蠢可怕的事情

我知道这是错误的

但我无法停止这样做

我

疯了一段时间

我可以理解

我告诉他

我 我也吸毒了

他看起来很惊讶

你有

我说

我父亲去世后

我很不高兴

而且我也出了问题

但是继续你的故事

他继续说

一个晚上

我在开车

我喝醉了

然后我撞了 某人

一个年轻女孩

她死了

我杀了她

哦不

是的

他说

她 15 岁

我也想

死 钱不再

重要 不再重要

事故发生后你做了什么

我问

我开车继续

没有停下来，我没有告诉

警察

我杀了人

，我很害怕

他现在看起来很害怕

他放下吉他继续

讲他的故事

所以我制定了一个计划

杰克罗索也必须死

这是最好的

事情所以我

杀了他

你还活着

我的家人知道我还活着

但没有其他人知道

他看着我，

但现在你知道你是

怎么做到的

我问

我告诉我的家人我的计划

，我告诉格雷托我的妻子

一开始他们不喜欢，

但过了很长时间

他们说

好吧 我伪造了车祸

伪造了

是的 他说

我在车里放了一些东西

吉他和一些衣服

然后我把车推到悬崖上

把它烧

了 警察找到了烧毁的车

以为我死了

每个人都以为我死了 在

车祸中丧生

但你伪造了车祸

我说

是的

你做了什么然后

我的家人把我藏了几个月

我试图变成另一个

人

短

发胡子

安静的西装

我所有的钱都给了

格丽塔她改了名字 对罗斯

我告诉她买这个岛

现在我把她的钱投资

在 那是我的钱

，现在我是詹姆斯·罗斯

，杰克·罗索呢？

我问

杰克·罗索吸毒他说

杰克·罗索喝醉了，撞了车

他杀了一个年轻女孩，

所以他不得不死

我永远不会忘记

我想的那个女孩 她每天都这样

，这就是为什么你总是看起来那么难过

我以为

我环顾了房间

你为什么要保留这样的房间

为什么要保留吉他海报

和照片

詹姆斯·罗斯一分钟没说话

然后他说

我 需要记住我的旧生活

和杰克罗索的样子 面对

我不会说什么

我不会告诉我妈妈

我不会告诉任何人

詹姆斯·罗斯看着我

我想你明白

他

说我知道

我说

我做过坏事

我也想忘记

他们 也需要躲起来

这就是为什么我们来到英国开始

新的生活

是的

我 明白

他拉着我的手

，我们走出房间，关上

了

门，我再也没有进过房间

，我没有告诉任何人，

我妈妈和

我上大学后不久就在夏末离开了这个岛

现在生活更好了，

我在英国的一个农场工作

，我妈妈在办公室工作，

我妈妈不担心我，因为

我现在更开心

了我没有回到岛上，

但我知道那里

住着一个死人

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