第112章 卷8 (第2/7页)

她摇了摇头。“我必须先找到她的动机，才能找到谋杀案。警察可能还不知道任何关于谋杀的事情呢。” 看到马龙扬起询问的眉毛，她接着说，“据我们所知，也许尸体还没有被发现。她可能把它藏在了某个地方。或者也许她把它伪装成了自然死亡。” 海伦叹了口气。

she shook her head “i’ve got to fd her otive before i can fd the urder the police ay not know anythg about the urder yet” as alone raised an irg eyebrow, she went on, “for all we know, aybe the body hasn’t been disvered she ight have hidden it where or aybe it was ade to look like a death fro natural caes” helene sighed

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“你忘了那个赌注的条款了。” 马龙说。“她自己规定的条款。记得吗？‘一个我有谋杀动机的人 —— 在公共街道上被枪杀 —— 有很多目击者。’”

“you’re fettg the ters of the bet,” alone said “the ters that she id down herself reber? ‘one i have a otive for urderg—shot down the public streets—with plenty of witnesses’”

她沉默了一会儿。“没错。我忘了。不过 —— 也许我把一切都弄反了，但该死，整个事情都是颠倒的。我们知道莫娜?麦克莱恩杀了人，但我们不知道是谁、什么时候、为什么。通常情况下，人们被谋杀时情况正好相反。”

she was silent for a ont “that’s right i had fotten still—i ay be gog at everythg backward, but dait, the whole thg’s backward we know ona ne urdered body, but we don’t know who, or when, or why ually it’s jt the other way when people t urdered”

“为反常的人准备的反常谋杀。”

“backward urders for backward people”

她没理他。“这就是为什么，我不从谋杀案开始查起，而是从莫娜开始。我不会去找出她可能谋杀的人。我要像一个八卦作家一样回顾她的人生经历，找出她可能有谋杀动机的人，看看他们中有没有最近去世的。”

she paid no attention to hi “that’s why, stead of begng with the urder, i’ begng with ona i’ not gog to fd people she ight have urdered i’ gog over her life history like a gossip writer and fd people she ight have had a otive for urderg,