马龙探案卷四 之 正确的凶案 十一
“…… 据着名律师约翰?J?马龙称，悲剧发生时他恰好在那所房子里。人们认为图伊兹是入室盗窃的受害者。丹尼尔?冯?弗拉纳根队长承诺会尽早将凶手捉拿归案……”
“… according to John J. Malone, prominent attorney, who happened to be in the house at the time of the tragedy. It is believed that Tuesday was the victim of a burglar. Captain Daniel von Flanagan promises an early arrest.…”
杰克?贾斯特斯把报纸揉成一团扔在地上。“这么多年了，他们还总是轻信那个老掉牙的入室盗窃的借口，真是令人难以置信。”
Jake Justus crumpled up the paper and threw it on the floor. “It’s unbelievable how they go on falling for that old burglary gag after all these years.”
马龙往自己杯子里倒了一英寸黑麦威士忌。“见鬼，冯?弗拉纳根总得跟报纸说点什么。他总不能说，‘这个叫图伊兹的家伙被杀的时候房子里有一群人，但我不知道该抓哪一个。’”
Malone poured an inch of rye into his glass. “Hell, von Flanagan had to tell the papers something. He could hardly say, ‘There were a bunch of people in the house when this Tuesday guy got knocked off, but I’m damned if I know which one to pick.’”
他抿了一口黑麦威士忌，在脑海中回顾麦克莱恩大厦的平面图。有一个大楼梯从中央大厅向上延伸。杰拉尔德?图伊兹的房间在楼梯顶端的一个小角落里，门朝着楼梯。海伦?布兰德?贾斯特的房间在走廊往右侧。罗特斯?艾伦的房间在它对面，卢埃拉?怀特的房间紧挨着。罗斯?麦克劳林的房间在走廊尽头，就在那个通向侧门的小楼梯旁边。彭德利?泰德韦尔的暗房在走廊的最末端。当杰拉尔德?图伊兹被杀的时候，这五个人在楼上。
He sipped his rye and reviewed in his mind the floor plans of the McClane mansion. There was the big staircase that went up from the central hall. Gerald Tuesday’s room had been at the head of it, in a little ell, with its door toward the stairs. Helene’s room was down the hall to the right. Lotus Allen’s room was across from it, and Louella White’s next door. Ross McLaurin’s was down at the end of the hall, just past the little staircase that ended near the side door. Pendley Tidewell’s darkroom was at the very end of the hall, toward the rear. Those five had been upstairs when Gerald Tuesday was killed.
楼下 —— 他叹了口气，又把杯子倒满。还有时间因素要考虑。海伦在他们到达后不久看到图伊兹还活着，坐在他的书桌前。那是四点过五分的时候。她刚下楼，女仆就被派去图伊兹的房间，发现他死了。那是四点二十五分的时候。在图伊兹被杀的这二十分钟里，莫娜?麦克莱恩在楼下，他和她在同一个房间，海伦、罗特斯?艾伦、年轻的麦克劳林、泰德韦尔和卢埃拉?怀特在楼上。迈克尔?文宁和伊迪丝?文宁夫妇在那段时间的大部分时间里都在外面的大道上散步。他们进来的时候，他自己也听到了，他们直接走进了客厅，没有上楼。
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