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马龙探案卷四 之 正确的凶案 二十一

海伦觉得在莫娜?麦克莱恩家快速喝上一两杯鸡尾酒是个好主意，不过她补充说她、杰克和马龙很快就得离开。他们有重要的事情要处理。

helene agreed that a ick cktail or o at ona ne’s would be a good idea, though she added that she, jake, and alone would have to rh away before long they had iportant bess to attend to

一路上没人说话。当莫娜?麦克莱恩那辆黑色的大轿车在房子前停下时，莫娜倾身靠近律师，轻声说：“你确定她会没事吗？”

no one spoke on the way as ona ne’s big bck town car drew up before the hoe, ona leaned over toward the wyer and said ftly, “you’re sure she’ll be all right?”

“没什么可担心的。” 马龙向她保证，“我从没让一个客户失望过。”

“not a thg to worry about,” alone assured her “i’ve never lost a client”

她微微露出笑容。站在车外，她又转向他说：“还有一件事 —— 关于你的费用……”

she siled fatly standg outside the car she turned to hi aga and said, “another thg—as far as your fee is ncerned—”

“别提了。” 马龙赶紧粗声粗气地说，说完立刻在自己脚踝上踢了一脚。

“fet it,” alone said ickly and gruffly, and idiately kicked hiself on the ankle

巨大的麦克莱恩家客厅里，黑色大理石壁炉里的火烧得正旺，令人愉快。大家都围在壁炉旁，凝视着明亮的火焰，仿佛在寻求安慰。一个女仆端着一个托盘走了进来，上面放着几大杯热气腾腾、味道浓烈的饮料。

a fire was roarg cheerfully the bck arble firepce the inse ne livg roo everyone gathered around it, gazg to the brilliant bze as though for fort a aid appeared with a tray, with big gsses of scaldg-hot and punnt drk

莫娜?麦克莱恩在黑色外套里面穿了一条鲜艳的紫色连衣裙。她用手指梳理着自己的黑色短发，把额前厚厚的黑色刘海抚平。有那么一瞬间，当她坐在高背锦缎椅子上时，她看起来就像一个精致的日本玩偶。

ona ne had on a dress of vivid violet beneath her bck at she ran her frs through her short bck hair, soothed out the heavy bck bang over