“The number of the room the first Gerald Tuesday got at the LeGrand Hotel. It wasn’t 114.”
“哦。” 海伦说，“只是一个‘哦’。”
“Oh,” Helene said. “Just plain oh.”
在出租车在马龙的酒店前停下之前，没有人再说话。
It was the last anybody said until the taxi pulled up before Malone’s hotel.
“要是我们能让这个男孩开口就好了。” 海伦低声说。
“If we can only get this boy to talk,” Helene murmured.
“要是我们能再把他灌醉，他就会说了。” 马龙咕哝着。他在前台停了一下，得知没有留言，然后把他们领进了电梯。
“If we could only get him plastered again, he would,” Malone grunted. He paused at the desk, learned there were no messages, and ushered them into the elevator.
“我打赌嫁给迈克尔?文宁一定很不容易。” 海伦在电梯上升的时候说道。
“I bet it’s tough being married to Michael Venning,” Helene observed on the way up.
“我打赌取这样的妻子更不容易。” 杰克说，“在我看来，她就像哭泣的威利和《东林恩》最后一幕的结合体。”
“I bet it’s tougher being married to his wife,” Jake said. “She looks like a bination of Willie the Weeper and the last act of East Lynne, to me.”
马龙说：“我不知道。我觉得她比表面上看起来更有耐力。这些高大、像马一样的女人总是比你想象的要坚强。我知道。”
Malone said, “I don’t know. I suspect she has more stamina than shows on the surface. These tall, horsy-looking women are always tougher than you think they’re going to be. I know.”
在他为罗斯?麦克劳林预订的房间门口，他正要伸手去拿钥匙。海伦抓住了他的胳膊。
At the door of the room he had taken for Ross McLaurin, he started to reach for the key. Helene clutched at his arm.
“马龙！你要怎么告诉他…… 关于洛特斯的事？”
“Malone! How are you going to tell him about—Lotus?”
“用我的声带、舌头、嘴唇和牙齿。” 他生气地说，“怎么了？你怕他会尖叫吗？”
“With my vocal cords, tongue, lips, and teeth,” he said crossly. “What’s the matter? Are you afraid he’ll scream?”
“不，但是……” 她皱起眉头，“这会很糟糕，马龙。他那么无助。她因谋杀罪被捕入狱了，而他却无能为力。”
“No, but—” She frowned. “It’s going to be awful, Malone. He’s so helpless. She’s arrested for murder and in jail, and there won't be anything he can do about it.”
“也许这个打击会让他的记忆恢复。” 马龙严肃地说，“天知道，必须得有什么办法才行。”
“Maybe the shock will jolt his memory back to work,” Malone said grimly. “God knows, something has got to.”
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