第137章 卷34 (第4/15页)

ident, not urder, probably that day at the hoe, with venng lyg dead at the foot of the stairs, he thought it all over not only was it true that with venng dead his chance of the hundred grand to put to his bess was gone but this was a god-given chance to be a illionaire for the rest of his days no one knew venng had been this untry, save a very few and uniportant people he uld bury venng secretly, ipernate hi, and llect the onthly checks fro the trtees of the estate without any trouble all he had to do was stay away fro people who knew hi or knew venng”

他看着伊迪莎·文宁。“当然，他得考虑到文宁的遗孀。但老文宁的遗嘱对他很有利。”

he looked at editha venng “of urse he had venng’s widow to reckon with but old venng’s will was a powerful argunt his favor”

她凝视着炉火。“如果我自己有任何钱的话——但我没有。那份遗嘱规定，只要迈克尔的遗孀活着，每年就给她两千美元。如果现在让我重新选择一次……”

she stared at the fire “if i’d had any oney of y own—but i didn’t that will allowed o thoand a year to ichael’s widow as long as she lived if i had it to do all over aga now—”

她停顿了一下，用一只手遮住眼睛，抬起头来说：“我不知道，我可能也会做同样的事情。谁能说得清呢？我真的不知道。”

she paed, passed one hand over her eyes, looked up, and said, “i don’t know, i ight do the sa thg who is to say? i honestly don’t know”

“这是个艰难的决定。”海伦温柔地说，把目光移开。

“it was a hard decision,” helene said ntly, lookg away

伊迪莎·文宁轻轻地叹了口气。“其实非常简单。有几年我们会去一些我们完全陌生的地方——澳大利亚、爪哇、印度支那。杰拉尔德认为，随着时间的推移，会有足够多的人忘记迈克尔的长相，这样当杰拉尔德以他的身份出现时，人们只会觉得在东方的几年让他有点变化，仅此而已。他们身高、体型和肤色都差不多，长相也不是很不一样。”她停顿了一下，皱起眉头。“一旦我同意了，我就陷入其中了。从那以后，我也没有办法出