马龙探案卷三 之 错误的凶案 三十四
杰克感觉自己就像一个圣诞节早上的小男孩，第一次看到自己的新溜冰鞋，知道这正是他想要的，却不明白为什么自己会非常失望。
JAKE FELT LIKE A SMALL BOY on Christmas morning who sees his new skates for the first time, knows they are exactly what he wanted, and can’t understand why he is terribly disappointed.
天知道他有多想赢得那个赌注。他愿意不惜一切代价，冒几乎任何风险，去揭开莫娜?麦克莱恩谋杀约书亚?冈布里尔的动机。
Heaven only knew how he’d wanted to win that bet. He’d been willing to go to almost any lengths, take almost any risks, to uncover Mona McClane’s motive for the murder of Joshua Gumbril.
现在找到了这个动机，现在他把它拿在手里，他却没有感到兴奋、得意或者胜利的喜悦。他甚至没有感到惊讶。出于某种无法解释的原因，他只是感到失望。
Now that it had been found, now that he held it in his hand, he didn’t feel excited or elated or triumphant. He didn’t even feel surprised. For some inexplicable reason, he only felt disappointed.
突然他意识到马龙一直在打电话。
Suddenly he realized that Malone had been talking on the telephone all that time.
“…… 第二个人这么问，嗯？” 小个子律师用一种奇怪的平淡声音说道，“你不记得另一个人了，是吗？是这样吗？好吧，谢谢。很高兴我没给你带来什么特别的麻烦。如果我在芝加哥能为你做点什么，你可以在电话簿里找到我。对，没错。马-龙-”
“… second person who asked that, eh?” the little lawyer was saying in a curiously flat voice. “You don’t recall the other person, do you? Is that so? Well, thanks. Glad I didn’t put you to any special trouble. If I can ever do anything for you here in Chicago, you’ll find me in the phone book. Yes, that’s right. M-A-L-O-N-E.”
他放下听筒，坐在那儿盯着电话。“我没想到会在盒子里找到这个。” 他用一种奇怪、茫然的声音说道，“我没想到会在盒子里找到任何和莫娜?麦克莱恩有关的东西。” 他停顿了一下，看着他们，仿佛他们的脸能给出一些解释，最后说道，“那是不该在那里的东西。”
He put the receiver down and sat staring at the telephone. “I didn’t expect to find that in the box,” he said in a strange, dazed voice. “I didn’t expect to find anything about Mona McClane in the box.” He paused, looked at them as though their faces might offer some explanation, said at last, “That was what wasn’t supposed to be there.”
突然他站起来，走到窗前，站在那儿望着窗外的屋顶看了很久，双手插在口袋里，肩膀缩着，头低着。杰克握住海伦柔软的手，紧紧地握着。
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