马龙探案卷四 之 正确的凶案 十
图伊兹先生 —— 马龙后来得知是杰拉尔德?图伊兹先生 —— 刚死不久。
Mr. Tuesday—Mr. Gerald Tuesday, Malone learned later—had not been dead very long.
马龙先他们三步冲进房间，发现他瘫倒在一张小写字台上。他一只手的手指蜷曲着搭在电话上，电话歪歪斜斜地挂在听筒架上，好像是被人漫不经心地放回去的。他的身体别扭地半挂在椅子上，另一只手的手指松散地握着一张揉皱的纸。
The little lawyer, mounting the steps three leaps ahead of everyone else, found him slumped over a small writing desk. The fingers of one of his hands were curled around the telephone, which lay crookedly in its hook as though it had been carelessly replaced there. His body was awkwardly in the chair, half falling. The fingers of the other hand loosely held a crumpled bit of paper.
他的后背，右肩胛骨下方，有一处刀伤。
There was a knife wound in his back, just below the right shoulder blade.
马龙突然意识到其他客人都聚集在了门口，只有莫娜?麦克莱恩走进来房间几步的距离。
Malone suddenly realized that the other guests had collected just inside the door. Mona McClane took a few steps into the room.
“真是遗憾。” 她的声音里似乎只有礼貌的遗憾，没有别的感情。
“What a shame.” There was no emotion in her voice save polite regret.
“我本来还想让你见见图伊兹先生的。”
“I had so wanted you to meet Mr. Tuesday.”
马龙瞥了一眼她的脸，希望能在她的声音里找到那奇怪地缺失的感情。她现在虽然脸色苍白，但很平静。这时海伦挤进了房间，抓住律师的胳膊。
Malone glanced at her face, hoping to find the emotion so curiously absent from her voice. She was pale, but serene. Helene pushed her way into the room and caught at the lawyer’s arm.
“马龙，他是被谋杀的！”
“Malone, he’s been murdered!”
“我注意到了。” 马龙冷淡地说。他直起身来，快速检查了一下尸体，然后面对着门口的那群人说道：“在我们报警之前，这里有人想请我以专业律师的身份提供服务吗？我被认为是芝加哥市最好的辩护律师。”
“I noticed it,” Malone said coldly. He straightened up from a brief examination of the body and faced the group by the door. “Before we call the police, does anyone here want to consult me professionally? I’m considered the best defense attorney in the city of Chicago.”
有一个小小的喘息声，他分辨不出是从哪里发出的，随后是一片寂静。
There was a tiny gasp—he couldn’t tell where it came from—and then silence.
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