“It was like this,” Jake explained. “There’s this little flight of stairs leading up to the courtroom and the offices on the west side of the courthouse. The shooting took place right at the head of the stairs. Everybody was milling around, picking up papers, or getting hats, or talking, when suddenly there was a shot, Senator Peveley let out a yell, and rolled down the stairs.”
“但是，” 律师说，“肯定有人看到了凶手。一个拿着枪的男人或女人不会凭空消失。”
“But,” the lawyer said, “somebody must have seen the murderer. A man or woman with a gun doesn’t vanish into thin air.”
“大家都在看参议员，” 杰克说。“所有人都一窝蜂地冲下那段楼梯，没有人注意其他人。结果就是那六个目击者中没有一个人能发誓在枪响的时候其他人在哪里，或者枪响后他们立刻在哪里。”
“Everybody was looking at the Senator,” Jake said. “Everybody started down that flight of stairs in a rush, nobody paid any attention to anyone else. With the result that none of those six witnesses can swear where any of the others were at the time the shot was fired, or where any of them were immediately after it was fired.”
“但是那把枪，” 马龙恼怒地说。“那把枪到底去哪儿了？”
“But the gun,” Malone said irritably. “Where the hell did the gun get to?”
“那，” 海伦平静地说，“我希望这就是让马文?克林治安官夜不能寐的原因。”
“That,” Helene said smoothly, “is what’s giving Sheriff Marvin Kling a sleepless night, I hope.”
“他们搜查了法院吗？”
“Did they search the courthouse?”
“他们什么都做了，就差把法院拆了。” 杰克说。“他们还搜查了法院里的每一个人。”
“They did everything but tear it down,” Jake said. “And they searched everyone in the courthouse.”
“好吧，” 马龙说，“如果参议员被枪击的时候只有六个人在楼上，那他们其中之一肯定是凶手。无论如何，如果杰克当时在另一个楼梯上，他就不是嫌疑人。”
“Well,” Malone said, “if only six people were upstairs at the time the Senator was shot, one of them must be his murderer. In any case, Jake is no suspect, if he was going down the other staircase at the time.”
“克林治安官说他就是杰克逊县的法律。” 杰克平静地说。“而且他不是在开玩笑。你想看到我在杰克逊县的陪审团面前受审吗？而年轻的地方检察官和治安官都在今年秋天竞选连任。”
“Sheriff Kling says he’s the law in Jackson County,” Jake said quietly. “And he’s not trying to be funny. Do you want to see me on trial before a Jackson County jury, with the young D. A. and the sheriff ing up for reelection in the fall?”
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