“I had planned it then,” Mona McClane said. “I learned the whole story from Editha very soon after her arrival—Michael wasn’t afraid to let Editha talk alone with me. He didn’t think she would dare tell the truth to anyone. After all—she couldn’t expose him without incriminating herself. After she’d told me the story, I could think of only one thing to do.”
她对杰克和海伦微笑。“我们进行那场疯狂的谈话，赌注出现的那天，我就下定了决心。这个想法让我觉得好笑。我这辈子几乎在所有事情上都赌过，为什么不在谋杀上赌一把呢？我也不是真的想打扰你们的蜜月。你们预计在迈克尔·文宁的生日前回到芝加哥，而他的冒名顶替者必须活到那时。”
She smiled at Jake and Helene. “I’d made up my mind the day we got into that insane conversation and the bet came up. The idea amused me. I’d gambled on almost everything else in my life, so why not murder? I didn’t really mean to interfere with your honeymoon, either. You were expected back in Chicago by Michael Venning’s birthday, and his impersonator had to remain alive until then.”
她优雅地耸了耸肩。“如果不是另外两个图伊兹把事情搞得这么复杂，一切都会按计划进行。”
She lifted her shoulders delicately. “It would all have gone off according to schedule, if only the other two Tuesdays hadn’t plicated everything.”
海伦突然抬起头。“对。在他们的兄弟冒充迈克尔·文宁的这段时间里，他们在哪里呢？”
Helene looked up suddenly. “That’s right. Where were they, all this time their brother was impersonating Michael Venning?”
“环游世界，过着奢华的生活，”马龙说，“杰拉尔德和他们分道扬镳了，因为他们知道真相。但当他回到这里时，他决定把他们排除在外。罗斯代尔公墓里已经有一个坟墓，上面有一块石头，刻着‘杰拉尔德·图伊兹’和日期。坟墓是空的——可能是因为他没有机会把迈克尔·文宁的尸体放进去。这些年来，尸体一直留在枫树公园的那个坟墓里。但他回来后的第一件事就是转移尸体。”
“Traveling around the world, living on the fat of the land,” Malone said. “Gerald split with them, because they knew the truth. But when he came back here he decided to cut them out. There already was a grave in Rosedale cemetery with a stone marked ‘Gerald Tuesday’ and the dates. The grave was empty—probably because he didn’t have a chance to put Michael Venning’s body in it. The body stayed in that grave out in Maple Park all those years. But his first act when he came back was to transfer it.”
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