Mona McClane brushed absent-mindedly with her slender fingers at the black bang that covered her forehead. “This is all a stupid mistake, Lotus my dear, but it will be straightened out very quickly. In the meantime, you’ll have the best of legal counsel available.” She looked appealingly at Malone. “You will take the case, won’t you?”
“接，” 马龙说，“我已经在处理这个案子了。” 他转向冯?弗拉纳根。“艾伦小姐是我的当事人。在我有机会和她私下交谈之前，她一个字也不能说，我现在就要这个机会。”
“Take it,” Malone said, “I’m already working on it.” He turned to von Flanagan. “Miss Allen is my client. She isn’t to say one word until I’ve had a chance to talk with her in private, and I want that chance right now.”
“哼，我不在乎。” 冯?弗拉纳根说，“我逮捕他们之后，我的任务就完成了。我希望你能让她脱罪，她是个好女孩。如果你愿意，可以带她到隔壁房间去谈，谈到你累垮为止。”
“Hell, I don’t care,” von Flanagan said. “After I arrest ’em, I’m through. I hope you get her off, she’s a nice girl. You can take her in the next room and talk to her till you bust, if you want to.”
“谢谢。” 马龙说着，把雪茄换到嘴的另一边。“也许你们其他人可以等我一下。来吧，亲爱的。” 他伸手去拉她的胳膊。
“Thanks,” Malone said, shifting the cigar to the other corner of his mouth. “Maybe the rest of you will be good enough to wait for me. Come, my dear.” He reached for her arm.
洛特斯?艾伦突然像是活过来了。“不。你真是太好了，但是不。”
Lotus Allen seemed to e to life suddenly. “No. It’s very good of you, but no.”
“别和你的律师顶嘴。” 马龙愉快地说。
“Don’t argue with your lawyer,” Malone said pleasantly.
“但问题就在这儿。你不是我的律师。我…… 请不起律师。你看……” 她的脸色，如果可能的话，变得更白了一点。“我没有钱请律师。一点钱也没有。一分钱也没有。你明白吗？”
“But that’s it. You aren’t my lawyer. I—can’t have a lawyer. You see—” Her face turned, if anything, a shade whiter. “I haven’t any money to pay for a lawyer. Not any money at all. Not any. Do you understand?”
“谁说过钱的事了？” 马龙生气地说。他紧紧抓住她的胳膊。“是这扇门吗，冯?弗拉纳根？谢谢。” 他带着女孩走出房间，意识到每一双眼睛都在注视着他们，然后关上了门。
“Who the hell said anything about money?” Malone said crossly. He took her arm firmly. “This door, von Flanagan? Thanks.” He led the girl out of the room, conscious that every pair of eyes was following them, and closed the door.
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