第136章 卷33 (第2/9页)

rubled “what did this venng guy want to go urderg people for, with all the dough he had?”

“钱不是谋杀的唯一理由。”马龙说。

“oney isn’t the only rean for urder,” alone said

“不，但这是我知道的最好的理由。”警察说，“该死——对不起，麦克莱恩夫人——不管怎么说，这到底是怎么回事，马龙？”

“no, but it’s the best one i know,” the police officer said “what the hell—pardon , rs ne—what’s it all about, anyway, alone?”

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“文宁在东方卷入了一些麻烦事。”律师快速地说，“是这样吧，文宁夫人？是的，我想是这样。你知道的，冯·弗拉纳根。热带地区对一些人的影响。图伊兹兄弟发现了这件事，然后就勒索他。”

“venng got to shenanigans the orient,” the wyer said rapidly “that’s right, isn’t it, rs venng? yes, i thought you know, von fnagan the effect the tropics have on people the tuesday brothers got onto it, and were bckailg hi”

海伦偷偷看了一眼伊迪莎·文宁。她脸色苍白，但非常镇定。她眼睛里闪烁的光芒消失了。

helene stole a gnce at editha venng she was pale, but perfectly posed the glitterg light had gone fro her eyes

“在新年前夜，”马龙继续说，“文宁在谢尔曼酒店的圆顶餐厅看到了两兄弟中的弟弟。他觉得新年的时候，反正每个人都有点晕乎乎的，会是个杀人的好时机。所以他离开了派对一小会儿——我说得对吗，麦克莱恩夫人？”

“on new year’s eve,” alone went on, “venng spotted the younr of the o the do at the sheran hotel he figured that new year’s, with everybody a little hazy anyway, would be a swell ti for a hoicide he left the party for a short ti—a i rrect about that, rs ne?”

莫娜·麦克莱恩点点头说：“是的。大概有半个小时左右。当然，在那样的派对上，你不会太留意——人们随意地离开又回来。但他确实离开了那么久。他在十二点的哨声响起的时候刚好回来。”

ona ne nodded and said, “yes for half an hour or of urse, a party like that, you don’t pay uch attention—people wander away and e back pretty uch