“After New Year’s Eve,” Mona McClane went on, “the man I knew as Gerald Tuesday came to me, to blackmail his way into my house. He knew, then, that I was trying to protect Editha, and he threatened to tell the whole story to the police. I warned him that the false Venning had done one murder and wouldn’t hesitate at a second—but he said he’d take his chance on that. Well, he took it.”
马龙说：“你还有别的原因。你不能告诉我你这么容易就被勒索了。”
Malone said, “You had some other reason, too. You can’t tell me you can be blackmailed that easy.”
她微微一笑。“我想如果图伊兹实施他的计划来到这里，他的兄弟会杀了他。那可能会给我实现我的计划的机会，就像今天发生的一样。”
She smiled faintly. “I thought that if Tuesday carried out his plan and came here, his brother would murder him. That might give me the opportunity to carry out my plans that it did give me—today.”
“不管怎么说，最后结果还不错。”马龙温柔地说，“好了，事情就这样了。第一个和第二个图伊兹的谋杀案——对年轻的麦克劳林的谋杀未遂，因为凶手担心他知道真相——那个敞开的坟墓。”他重新点着雪茄。“那个假文宁来到这里后的第一个举动可能就是挖出真正的迈克尔·文宁的遗体并处理掉。”他对伊迪莎·文宁微笑。“你出现找坟墓的时候让杰克吓了一跳。”
“It turned out all right in the end, anyway,” Malone said gently. “Well, that does it up. The murders of the first and second Tuesdays—the attempted murder of young McLaurin because the murderer feared he knew the truth—the open grave.” He relit his cigar. “The false Venning’s first move when he arrived here was probably to dig up the remains of the real Michael Venning and dispose of them.” He smiled at Editha Venning. “You gave Jake a bad moment when you turned up looking for the grave.”
“还有人让我更害怕。”杰克说，“那一定是第二个迈克尔·文宁在树林里向我开枪。或者他只是在安静地进行一点射击练习？”
“Somebody else gave me a much worse moment,” said Jake. “That must have been Michael Venning the Second shooting at me out in the woods. Or was he just having a little quiet target practice?”
伊迪莎淡淡地笑了笑。“在那里看到你我真的松了一口气。我确定迈克尔跟踪了我。你是一种保护。我没意识到他有多绝望。他一定认为那个敞开的坟墓会是一个明显的线索。”
Editha smiled wanly. “I was so relieved to see you out there. I was sure Michael had followed me. You were protection. I hadn’t realized how desperate he was. He must have thought the open grave would be a dead giveaway.”
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