“不，不，不。”海伦说，“在那边。”她指了指罗斯·麦克劳林。
“No, no, no,” Helene said. “Over there.” She indicated Ross McLaurin.
“啊，是的。”亨尼西医生泰然自若地说，“麦克劳林先生。的确如此。现在，如果你能直接到这边来……”
“Ah yes.” Dr. Hennessey said, with magnificent aplomb. “Mr. McLaurin. Yes indeed. Now if you’ll just e right over here—”
病人要坐的椅子似乎是房间里所有电器设备的焦点。罗斯·麦克劳林顺从地坐了下来，虽然有点犹豫，并按照指示将手放在每只扶手末端的橡胶垫上。
The chair in which the patient was to sit seemed to be the focal point of all the electrical gadgets in the room. Ross McLaurin sat down in it obediently, though a bit hesitantly, and rested his hands, as directed, on the rubber pads at the end of each arm.
当医生在他的上臂绑上一个电极时，他抗议地抬头看着海伦。
It was when the doctor was strapping an electrode on the upper part of his arm that he looked up protestingly at Helene.
“你答应过我，如果我和马龙先生谈话，他们就不会这样对我。”
“You promised me if I’d talk to Mr. Malone, they wouldn’t do this to me.”
“这不是电椅。”海伦说，“只是看起来像而已。”
“It’s not the electric chair,” Helene said. “It only looks like one.”
“哈，哈，哈。”医生毫无幽默感地说，“我所有的病人都对这种相似之处发表过评论。现在，年轻人，没有什么会伤害你。一点都没有。就舒服地往后靠。对，就这样。”
“Ha, ha, ha,” the doctor said humorlessly. “All my patients ment on that similarity. Now there’s nothing to hurt you, young man. Nothing at all. Just sit back, quite fortably. That’s right.”
在椅子上方，病人看不到的地方，有一个红蓝相间的表盘，蓝色那面标着“真实”，红色那面标着“虚假”。
Over the chair, placed where the patient couldn’t see it, was a red and blue dial, marked “True” on the blue side and “False” on the red.
“首先我要让病人保持平衡。”亨尼西医生解释道，“安静。现在安静。很好。”他指着表盘补充道，“看到指针是如何平衡的了吧，正好在中间？病人很放松。”
“First I balance the patient,” explained Dr. Hennessey. “Quiet. Quiet, now. That’s fine.” He added, pointing to the dial, “See how the needle is balanced, right in the center? The patient is at ease.”
“放松。”杰克小声嘀咕道，“他可能都吓呆了。”
“At ease,” Jake muttered under his breath. “He’s probably petrified.”
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