“You can go if you want to,” she said gloomily, “but I’m going to stay right here and win that bet. How do you like this one? Mrs. Venning gets her husband’s estate when he dies, and Pendley Tidewell is her heir. Pendley plans to murder them both, and Mrs. Venning, suspecting it, hires herself a bodyguard.”
“非常好，但那两个图伊兹呢？”
“Very pretty, but how about the Tuesdays?”
“那完全是另一码事，和文宁夫妇毫无关系。”
“That’s a different affair entirely and has nothing to do with the Vennings.”
“我不喜欢。再试试。”
“I don’t like it,” Jake said. “Try again.”
“迈克尔·文宁计划谋杀他的妻子，这样他就可以娶另一个女孩——不，这留下了太多无法解释的地方。伊迪莎·文宁计划谋杀她的丈夫，这样她就可以得到他的钱。这是个更好的起点。”
“Michael Venning plans to murder his wife so he can marry another girl—no, that leaves too much unaccounted for. Editha Venning plans to murder her husband so she can have his dough. That’s a better starting point.”
“那两个图伊兹又怎么说呢？”
“How about the Tuesdays again?”
“他们是他的保镖，而她杀了他们。”
“They were his bodyguards and she did them in.”
“那坟墓呢？”
“How about the grave?”
海伦叹了口气。“嗯，她为他准备好了坟墓。”
“Well, she has it ready for him.”
“你忘了，”杰克指出，“那个坟墓已经有很长时间了。”
“You forget,” Jake pointed out, “that grave has been dug for a long time.”
“也许她只是一直在等待一个好机会，并且相信有备无患。但是他的五十岁生日和这有什么关系呢？”
“Maybe she’s just been waiting for a good opportunity and believes in preparedness. But what does his fiftieth birthday have to do with it?”
“事实是，”杰克慢慢地说，“在马龙和文宁的律师谈完之前，我们做不了太多事情。我们知道的还不够多。”
“The fact is,” Jake said slowly, “we can’t do a great deal until Malone gets through talking with the Venning lawyer. We just don't know enough.”
海伦看了看表。“同时，我要回莫娜·麦克莱恩家换衣服，看看我能不能弄清楚那里发生了什么事。我稍后在马龙的办公室见你。”
“Helene looked at her watch. “Meantime, I'm going back to Mona McClane's and change my clothes, and see if I can find out what's been going on there. I'll meet you at Malone's office later.”
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