“那不行。他是我的财产，我不会放他走。而且我们需要这辆车。我自己的车在杰克和我本来要住的公寓楼的车库里。” 她沉默了几分钟。“我知道我们该怎么办了。我们去取我的车，把这辆还回去，然后把这家伙带到那个公寓去。我还有那套公寓的钥匙。”
“That’s no good. He’s my property and I won’t let him go. And we need the car. My own is in the garage of the apartment building where Jake and I were going to live.” She was silent for a few minutes. “I know what we’ll do. We’ll get my car and return this one, and take this guy up to that apartment. I still have a key to it.”
“天哪，不行，” 马龙说。“你不能那么做。”
“Good God, no,” Malone said. “You can’t do that.”
“为什么不行？”
“Why not?”
“我知道那栋楼。他们对在那里藏绑架受害者这种事非常挑剔。”
“I know that building. They’re fussy as the devil about having kidnap victims kept there.”
她气愤地哼了一声。“该死，马龙，我们得把他带到某个地方去。”
She snorted indignantly. “Damn it, Malone, we’ve got to take him somewhere.”
“为什么？” 马龙哀怨地问。“也许我看到他的时候不会喜欢他。”
“Why?” Malone asked plaintively. “Maybe when I get a look at him I won’t like him.”
“他会撞到警察然后因为谋杀罪被捕。而且，我有种预感，这起谋杀案和莫娜?麦克莱恩有关。毕竟，事情发生在她家里，就算不是她干的。我想知道这家伙知道些什么。我觉得把他带到那个公寓的主意不错，我就要这么做。”
“He’ll stumble into a policeman and get arrested for murder. Besides, I have a hunch that murder had something to do with Mona McClane. After all, it happened in her house, even if she couldn’t have done it. I want to find out what this guy knows. I think my idea of taking him up to that apartment is a good one, and I’m going to do it.”
“不行！” 马龙说。几乎是一声吼叫。“太冒险了。”
“No!” Malone said. It was almost a roar. “It’s too risky.”
“那你想个办法。”
“Then you think of something.”
“先把车处理掉，” 马龙说。“你随时可能在任何一个街角被抓住。”
“Get rid of the car first,” Malone said. “You may get pinched at any street corner.”
“警察可能还不知道车被偷了呢。”
“The police probably don’t even know it’s been stolen yet.”
这位小律师叹了口气。“这很容易查清楚。把车停在你遇到的第一个巷子里，我去打电话。”
The little lawyer sighed. “That’s easy enough to find out. Park in the first alley you e to, and I’ll telephone.”
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