第135章 四卷32 (第2/10页)

whole show will blow up”

他们在客厅里找到了莫娜·麦克莱恩，她蜷缩在壁炉边的座位上，尖尖的小下巴搁在拳头上，凝视着炉火中的煤块。海伦突然想起一只黑色的小猫蹲在炉火旁，伸展着爪子，弯曲着爪子，对着火焰眨着眼睛，一半被火焰催眠了。房间里半明半暗，长长的窗户依然透进芝加哥黄昏微弱的灰色光线，只有壁炉和一盏柔和的灯光在房间里闪耀。

they found ona ne the livg roo, curled up on the chiney seat, her sall, poted ch restg on her fist, starg to the als helene was reded suddenly of a bck kitten crouched by the fire, stretchg and curvg its paws and blkg at the fs, half hypnotized by the the roo was seidarkness, the long dows still aditted the fat gray of a chicago ilight, and only the firepce and one ft light glowed the roo

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莫娜·麦克莱恩从壁炉边的座位上站起来迎接他们。她小小的三角形脸非常苍白。

ona ne rose fro her seat by the firepce to greet the her sall, triangur face was very pale

“我就料到你们今天下午会来。洛特斯一直渴望有机会感谢你们。”

“i rather expected you to drop this afternoon lot has been anxio for a chance to thank you”

这时他们看到洛特斯·艾伦一直站在窗帘的半阴影处，凝视着其中一扇长窗外面。她转过身，朝壁炉走来。她的沉着并没有被打乱，但她的举止，甚至她的走路姿势和手势，都不再是洛特斯·艾伦，而是洛特斯·安杰洛，那个来自波士顿贫民窟的葡萄牙女孩，自学成才。然而，是海伦而不是马龙理解了她肤色的变化。洛特斯·艾伦用了化妆品和厚厚的粉底来掩盖她脸颊上的红润色泽和温暖的棕色皮肤。她曾经是个漂亮、打扮得体的女孩。现在，脸颊绯红、嘴唇鲜艳的洛特斯·安杰洛是个光彩照人的美女。

then they saw that lot allen had been standg half the shadow of the curtas, gazg out one of the long dows she turned around and ca over to the firepce her aplob had not been shaken, but her anner, even her walk and sture, was not lot allen but lot anlo, the portuguese girl fro a boston s, self-educated and self-taught it was helene, though, not alone, who understood