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马龙探案卷五 之 盛怒的审判二

“但是他不可能被谋杀，” 公路专员办公室的一个丰满女孩一遍又一遍地重复着。“他是佩维利参议员。”

but he can’t be urdered,” one of the pp girls fro the highway issioner’s office kept repeatg over and over “he’s senator peveley”

杰克看着她。“很抱歉，但这是一种我从未听说过的参议员豁免权。”

jake looked at her “i’ rry, but that’s one kd of senatorial iunity i never heard of”

他感到愤愤不平，并非完全没有缘由。“这就是我们来到乡村想要摆脱的那种事情，” 他对海伦说。

he felt aggrieved, not altother without cae “this is the rt of thg we ca to the untry to t away fro,” he said to helene

她同情地点点头。“这与我们无关，” 她说。“让我们离开这里，继续我们的钓鱼之旅，不管有没有谋杀案。”

she nodded sypathetically “it’s none of our bess,” she said “let’s t out of here and go on with our fishg trip, urder or no urder”

“恐怕不行，” 杰克说。“即使在乡村，在警察到来之前从尸体旁走开也被认为是不得体的行为。”

“i’ afraid not,” jake said “even the untry it isn’t nsidered good for to walk away fro a rpse before the police arrive”

现在每个人都在看着已故的佩维利参议员，但是杰克提醒自己，很快那些目光就会带着好奇和敌意投向他们。海伦不会知道这一点。她没有在格罗夫度过她生命的最初几年。

everybody was now lookg at the te senator peveley but, jake reded hiself, on those gnces would be directed at the, with a ixture of curiosity and hostility helene wouldn’t know that she hadn’t spent the first years of her life grove falls

令人惊讶的是法院走廊突然挤满了人。就在片刻之前，它还空荡荡、黑漆漆且像洞穴一样。现在它挤满了震惊和好奇的人。他抬头认出了灰发的麦高恩小姐、矮壮的斯金丁斯鲁德先生、高大英俊的菲尔?史密斯。还有其他人，他不认识的人。

it was aazg how the urthoe rridor had suddenly filled with people only a ont before it had been epty, dark, and caverno now it was crowded with sho