杰瑞?勒克斯通瞪大眼睛盯着他。“你究竟是谁？在这里做什么？” 他喘着气说。“你和佩维利参议员有什么仇怨？”
Jerry Luckstone stared at him, wild-eyed. “Who the hell are you and what are you doing here?” He gasped. “What did you have against Senator Peveley?”
“我这辈子从没见过佩维利参议员。” 杰克愤慨地说。“我们只是碰巧在这个该死的法院拿钓鱼许可证，这时有人杀了你们的参议员，这就是我所知道的全部。”
“I never saw Senator Peveley before in my life,” Jake said indignantly. “We just happened to be in this damned courthouse getting a fishing license when somebody bumped off your Senator, and that’s all I know about it.”
“但这里没人可能谋杀他。” 年轻的地方检察官说。他环顾四周的面孔，眼神惊愕。“为什么，我们都互相认识。”
“But nobody here could have murdered him,” the young district attorney said. He looked around at the circle of faces, his eyes startled. “Why, we all know each other.”
杰克看到海伦张嘴要说话，便紧紧抓住她的胳膊。这正是他一直在想的。这些人都互相认识。他和海伦是陌生人，是外来者。他知道走廊里的每个人都用冷漠、不友好的眼神盯着他们，他们俩被与其他人分开，独自站着，被怀疑地看着。甚至巴顿也怀疑地看着他们。
Jake saw Helene opening her mouth to speak, and tightened his hand on her arm. That was exactly what he’d been thinking. These people all knew each other. They, he and Helene, were the strangers, the outlanders. He knew that everyone in the corridor was staring at them, with cold, unfriendly eyes, that the two of them had been set apart from the others, standing alone and regarded with suspicion. Even Butttonholes was looking at them dubiously.
“听着。” 杰克坚定地开口。“我们和这个人从那边的楼梯下来时，听到了 ——” 他意识到没人在听。“该死。” 他说，“这里有人知道发生谋杀案时该怎么做吗？”
“Look here,” Jake began firmly. “We were ing down those stairs over there, with this man here, when we heard -” He realized that nobody was listening. “Damn it,” he said, “doesn’t anybody here know what to do when a murder’s been mitted?”
甚至在他问这个问题的时候，他就知道答案了。没人知道。杰克逊县已经三十二年没有发生过谋杀案了。
Even as he asked the question, he knew the answer. No one did know. Jackson County hadn’t had a murder for thirty-two years.
海伦的手指紧紧抓住他的胳膊。“我越看这个地方，” 她低声对他说，“就越觉得我们能去的任何其他地方都好。” 她的上唇有细小的汗珠。
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