莫娜·麦克莱恩说：“那个我们以为是杰拉尔德·图伊兹的人来到这里找文宁先生。他不在。当那个人说他叫杰拉尔德·图伊兹时，我把他叫进来，告诉他我知道真相。我建议他把证据放在一个安全的地方，然后去找你充当中间人。我知道如果文宁——那个假文宁——发现他的兄弟在这里，就会发生谋杀。然后警察就会被叫来，一切都会暴露——你明白吗？但我想如果把你牵扯进这件事，你就能处理任何出现的情况。”
Mona McClane said, “The man we knew as Gerald Tuesday came here asking for Mr. Venning. He was out. When the man said his name was Gerald Tuesday, I called him in and told him that I knew the truth. I advised him to put his proof in a safe place and go to you to act as intermediary. I knew that if Venning—the false Venning—discovered that his brother were here, there would be murder done. Then the police would be called in, everything would e out—you see? But I thought that if you had been drawn into the affair, you could handle anything that came up.”
“谢谢。”马龙说。他的耳垂有点红。
“Thanks,” Malone said. The tips of his ears were pink.
“另一个图伊兹——第一个被杀的那个——出去找你。顺便说一下，我说我以前从没见过他是实话。我只见过那个我们以为是杰拉尔德的人。新年前夜，文宁——我想不出别的称呼——看到了他的兄弟，然后跟踪他。”
“The other Tuesday—the one who was killed first—went out looking for you. By the way, I was telling the truth when I said I never saw him before. I only saw the one we knew as Gerald. New Year’s Eve, Venning—I can’t think to call him anything else—saw his brother and trailed him.”
“是的，一定是这样。”马龙说，“他跟踪第一个图伊兹到一个小巷里的偏僻地方，然后刺了他。然后图伊兹活了足够长的时间找到我，把钥匙给了我。第二个图伊兹临死前的举动是试图给我打电话。他们想让我找到那个储物柜和里面的东西，为他们的死报仇。那些家伙很顽强。”
“Yes, it must have been that way,” Malone said. “He trailed the first Tuesday to some lonely spot in an alley and stabbed him. Then Tuesday lived just long enough to find me and give me that key. The second Tuesday’s dying act was to try to telephone me. They wanted me to find that locker and its contents, and avenge their deaths. They were a hardy bunch, those boys.”
“新年前夜之后，”莫娜·麦克莱恩接着说，“那个我以为是杰拉尔德·图伊兹的人来找我，想通过勒索的方式进入我家。那时他知道我在试图保护伊迪莎，他威胁要把整个故事告诉警察。我警告他那个假文宁已经犯了一起谋杀罪，不会对再犯一起有丝毫犹豫——但他说他愿意冒这个险。好吧，他冒了这个险。”
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