马龙肯定以为会看到鲍里斯·卡洛夫（1931年出演弗兰肯斯坦的演员）从黑色窗帘后走出来。然而，出现的是亨尼西医生。他是一位头发灰白、身着灰色西装的绅士，看起来很像《时代》杂志科学版面上的肖像，有着令人安心的医生风范，除了眼中闪烁的探寻光芒，没有任何东西能让人联想到他那奇特的职业。这有点像门上画的那只眼睛。
Malone definitely expected Boris Karloff to appear through the black curtains. Instead, it was Dr. Hennessey. He was a gray-haired, gray-suited gentleman, looking not unlike the portraits in the science sector of Time magazine, with a reassuringly medical manner, and nothing to suggest his strange profession save a searching gleam in his eye. It was a little like the eye painted on the door.
“很高兴再次见到你，布兰德小姐。”医生愉快地说，“你父亲从那个年轻女人那里拿回他的手表了吗？”
“How nice to see you again, Miss Brand,” the doctor said cheerfully. “Did your father ever get his watch back from that young woman?”
海伦说：“没有。”然后微微脸红了。“医生，这是贾斯特先生，我的……”
Helene said, “No,” and blushed faintly. “Doctor, this is Mr. Justus, my—”
“我还活着而且还在呼吸，杰克·贾斯特！”亨尼西医生高兴地叫道，“我猜你还在《观察家报》工作吧。会有摄影师来吗？”
“Jake Justus, as I live and breathe!” exclaimed Dr. Hennessey happily. “Still with the Examiner, I presume. Will there be a photographer ing?”
杰克本想解释他不再是记者了，但觉得还是不提为好，于是只说：“不，这次没有摄影师。”
Jake started to explain he was no longer a reporter, decided it would be more tactful not to mention it, and just said, “No, no photographer this time.”
“太可惜了。”亨尼西医生说。
“Too bad,” said Dr. Hennessey.
“这是罗斯·麦克劳林。”海伦接着说。
“This is Ross McLaurin,” Helene went on.
年轻人用一种机械而礼貌的声音说：“你好，医生。”
The young man said, “How do you do, doctor,” in an automatic and polite voice.
“这是马龙先生。”她又补充道。
“And this is Mr. Malone,” she added.
“啊，是的。”医生愉快地说。他清了清嗓子。“我通常晚上不会来我的实验室，但从你在电话里的谈话中，我觉得这肯定是紧急情况。有些失忆的病例非常令人难过。”他同情地笑了笑，把手放在马龙的肩膀上。“我猜这位就是我们的病人吧。”
“Ah yes,” the doctor said pleasantly. He cleared his throat. “I usually don’t e down to my laboratory in the evening, but I gathered from your conversation on the phone that this was definitely urgent. Some of these loss-of-memory cases are very sad.” He smiled sympathetically and laid a hand on Malone’s shoulder. “This would be our patient, I presume.”
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