“但我不可能杀了他们。” 罗斯?麦克劳林断言，“你不明白吗？人们不会四处去杀完全陌生的人。有教养的人不会这样。”
“But I couldn’t have,” Ross McLaurin declared. “Don’t you see? People don’t go around murdering perfect strangers. Not well-bred people.”
她又点了一支烟。“你心里有什么东西我们似乎撬不开。也许我们的方法不对。” 她转向杰克，“你怎么能指望一个清醒的人记得他喝醉时发生的事情呢？”
She lit another cigarette. “There’s something in your mind that we can’t seem to pry loose. Maybe we’re using the wrong approach.” She turned to Jake. “How can you expect a man when he’s sober to remember what happened when he was drunk?”
杰克摇了摇头。“他不可能记得。”
Jake shook his head. “He couldn’t.”
“那么唯一的办法就是让他像谋杀发生时那样醉得一塌糊涂。也许这样我们就能有所进展。”
“Then the only thing to do is to get him just as drunk as he was when these murders happened. Maybe we’ll get somewhere that way.”
马龙从窗户边转过身来。“你可能是对的。应该有一个特定的阶段，在这个阶段他会记得之前处于同一阶段时发生的所有事情。” 他从窗边的位置一跃而起，经过床边时拍了拍麦克劳林的肩膀，握了握杰克的手，在海伦的额头上响亮地亲了一下，然后消失在门外。
Malone wheeled around from the window. “You may be right. There should be a certain stage where he’ll remember everything that took place when he was at the same stage before.” He bounded from his place by the window, patted McLaurin’s shoulder as he passed the bed, shook Jake’s hand, kissed Helene noisily on the forehead, and vanished through the door.
罗斯?麦克劳林盯着他的背影。“告诉我一件事。在这个国家他们会对杀人犯做什么？”
Ross McLaurin stared after him. “Tell me something. What do they do to murderers in this country?”
“当他们有马龙做律师时，什么也不会做。” 海伦安慰道。
“Not a damned thing,” Helene said soothingly, “when they have Malone for a lawyer.”
他感激地对她笑了笑。“我似乎朋友很少。除了你们俩、马龙、洛特斯和莫娜?麦克莱恩。”
He smiled at her gratefully. “I seem to have so few friends. Except you two, and Malone, and Lotus, and Mona McClane.”
“对一个人来说这已经有很多朋友了。” 杰克说。
“That’s a lot of friends for one person,” Jake said.
五分钟后，马龙回来了，每只胳膊下都夹着一个用纸包着的瓶子。“现在也许我们能有点进展了。” 他得意地宣布，一边放下包裹，开始打开其中一个。“诀窍是不停地给他酒喝，直到他正好处于谋杀发生时的那种状态。然后他就能回答我们能想到的任何问题。”
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