马龙探案卷三 之 错误的凶案 三十一
他们刚走出大楼，杰克就愤怒地转向那个小个子律师。
THEY WERE BARELY OUT of the building before Jake turned furiously on the little lawyer.
“什么意思？冯?弗拉纳根可能会成功追查到那把枪的所有者。”
“What’s the idea? Von Flanagan may succeed in tracing the ownership of that gun.”
“这并不会让我感到意外，” 马龙说。
“I wouldn’t be surprised,” Malone said.
“但如果他追查到了，而那把枪属于莫娜?麦克莱恩……”
“But if he does, and if the gun belongs to Mona McClane-”
“那他就会发现枪属于莫娜?麦克莱恩，” 马龙冷静地说，“这有什么大不了的吗？”
“Then he’ll find out that it belongs to Mona McClane,” Malone said calmly. “What the hell of it?”
“假设弹道测试的结果显示，这把枪就是杀死约书亚?冈布里尔和弗雷特?桑德斯的枪……”
“Suppose the ballistics tests show it’s the gun that was used in shooting Joshua Gumbril and Fleurette Sanders.”
“就算是这样，” 律师自满地回答。
“Suppose it does,” the lawyer said placently.
“该死的，马龙。如果我要赢下那个赌约……”
“Damn you, Malone. If I’m going to win that bet-”
马龙恼火地说：“我知道我在做什么。”
Malone said crossly, “I know what I’m doing.”
杰克低声嘟囔了几句愤慨的话。
Jake muttered something indignant under his breath.
“而且，” 马龙指出，“就算冯?弗拉纳根能做到这些，我想他会做的，他也不会知道谋杀的动机，跟我们一样不清楚。而且，就像我之前指出的，这是一起出于动机的犯罪，而不是出于方法的犯罪。”
“Besides,” Malone pointed out, “even if Von Flanagan does all that-and I imagine he will-he won’t know anything about the motive for the murders. No more than we do. And as I’ve pointed out before, this is a crime of motive, not method.”
“说得好听，” 杰克咆哮道，“但他会认为自己有足够的证据采取行动，并且很可能在午夜之前就能拿到。除非在此期间我能揭开那个动机，否则我就要失去一家很不错的夜总会的所有权了。”
“Very pretty,” Jake growled, “but he’ll think he has enough to make a pinch. Probably he’ll have it before midnight. Unless I can uncover that motive in the meantime, I’m out of the ownership of a very nice night club.”
海伦发动了大车，沿着街道行驶。“说到赌场，我想去找一个前赌场老板聊聊。你们愿意一起去吗？”
Helene started the big car moving down the street. “Speaking of night clubs, I want to call on the ex-owner of one. Do you boys care to go along?”
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