马龙赶紧忍住吹口哨的冲动，说道：“这非常有趣。”
Malone hastily smothered a whistle, and said, “This is extremely interesting.”
“弗朗西斯卡画了很多画，但她从来没有完成过任何一幅。她就像一个任性的孩子。她过去常对我说，‘罗斯，我仍然像一个任性的孩子。在我看来，你更像一个父亲而不是儿子。’当然，她从来没有完成过任何作品也没关系，因为我们有很多钱，而且她无论如何也不需要卖掉任何画。弗朗西斯卡是一个非常迷人的女人。我希望你能认识她。”
“Francesca painted a great deal, but she never finished anything. She was like a willful child. She used to say to me, ‘Ross, I’m still like a willful child. You seem more to me like a father than a son.’ Of course it didn’t matter that she never finished anything, because we had a lot of money and she didn’t need to sell any pictures anyway. Francesca was a very fascinating woman. I wish you might have known her.”
“我也希望如此。” 杰克热情地说。
“I wish so, too,” Jake said warmly.
“我们从来都不认识很多人，因为她非常孤独。但我们确实认识莫娜?麦克莱恩。她来看过我们很多次。”
“We never knew very many people, because she was very solitary. But we did know Mona McClane. She visited us a number of times.”
海伦说：“那你当时认识莫娜?麦克莱恩现在的任何一位客人吗？”
Helene said, “Did you know any of Mona McClane’s present house guests then?”
“不，一个都不认识。我在来这里之前见过洛特斯，但那是在弗朗西斯卡……” 他停顿了一下，然后说，“她上吊自杀了。那是战争爆发的那天，1939 年 9 月 3 日。在她的工作室里，在美第奇的维纳斯雕像前。当然，那是一尊石膏像，但非常精美。”
“No, none of them. I’d met Lotus before I came here, but that was after Francesca—” He paused, and said, “She hanged herself. It was the day that war broke out, September third, 1939. In her studio, before the statue of the Venus de’ Medici. It was a plaster cast of the statue, of course, but it was a very good one.”
“告诉我，” 马龙随意地问道，“你住在马略卡岛的时候经常喝酒吗？”
“Tell me,” Malone asked casually, “did you do much drinking when you lived on Majorca?”
“不。一点也不喝。弗朗西斯卡不喝酒，她还是个素食主义者。她主要靠坚果为生。当然，我做她想让我做的事。我是她在这个世界上仅有的亲人。” 他急促地吸了口气，说，“我希望她现在在这儿。她会知道该怎么做。”
“No. None at all. Francesca didn’t drink, and she was a vegetarian. She lived mostly on nuts. And, of course, I did what she wanted me to do. I was all she had left in the world.” He drew a quick breath and said, “I wish she were here now. She’d know what to do.”
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