“我在乎。” 杰克说，“如果他们要因为这个绞死我的话。”
“I care,” Jake said, “if they’re going to hang me for it.”
“在威斯康星州，他们不会因为谋杀绞死人。” 律师说。“他们会把你终身监禁。我查过了以确保这一点。” 他又长时间地、惬意地喝了一大口瓶子里的酒。“你把我一路叫到这里是因为你打了一个副警长。好吧，那件事都解决了。所以让我们忘掉这一切，开心起来吧。”
“They don’t hang people for murder in Wisconsin,” the lawyer said. “They put you in jail for life. I checked up on it to make sure.” He took another long, forting pull at the bottle. “You got me all the way up here because you’d socked a deputy sheriff. All right, that’s all fixed up. So let’s forget the whole thing and be merry.”
“那只是一部分原因。” 杰克说。“最小的一部分原因。你到底是不是我的律师？”
“That’s only part of it,” Jake said. “The smallest part of it. Are you my lawyer, or aren’t you?”
“有时候，” 马龙悲哀地说，“我开始觉得我是你的监护人。” 他点燃一支雪茄，在黑暗中盯着雪茄的烟头。“他们不能把你留在这里。这是违法的。”
“Sometimes,” Malone said mournfully, “I begin to think I’m your guardian.” He lighted a cigar and stared at the end of it through the darkness. “They can’t keep you here. It’s against the law.”
“杰克也是这么说的。” 海伦告诉他。“但是治安官有更广泛的看法。”
“That’s what Jake said,” Helene told him. “But the sheriff takes a larger view.”
马龙叹了口气。“好吧。从头开始说，不要遗漏任何你能记得的事情。”
Malone sighed. “All right. Begin at the beginning and don’t leave out anything you can remember.”
他静静地听着，直到杰克说到治安官说 “我就是杰克逊县的法律” 这句话的时候，他大声地哼了一声。
He listened in silence until Jake reached the point where the sheriff had said, “I’m the law in Jackson County” Then he snorted loudly.
“你在编故事。”
“You’re making it all up.”
“他没有编故事。” 海伦说。“没人会故意编出一个那样的治安官。”
“He is not making it up,” Helene said. “Nobody would deliberately make up a sheriff like that one.”
“我还是不相信。” 他用力地抽着雪茄。“他们没有任何针对你的证据。”
“I still don’t believe it.” He puffed hard at the cigar. “They’ve got nothing against you.”
“我们在这个镇上是陌生人。” 杰克这天第二次这么说。马龙愤慨地哼了一声，杰克又补充道，“你和海伦对小镇一无所知。我在一个小镇上生活到长大成人。任何陌生人都会引起好奇和怀疑，即使他不是在发生一起重大谋杀案的时候出现。”
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