“人们犯下谋杀罪，给我带来很多麻烦，这已经够糟糕的了。”他沮丧地说，“但当他们还在这件事上对我撒谎的时候，我就生气了。”
“It’s bad enough when people mit murders and cause me a lot of trouble,” he said gloomily. “But then when they lie to me about it, I get sore.”
“我不怪你。”海伦和蔼地说，“现在是谁在对你撒谎呢？”
“I don’t blame you,” Helene said amiably. “Who’s been lying to you now?”
“我不确定，但我觉得每个人都有。”他皱着眉头，“一个干净利落的枪击或刺杀，我还能理解。人都是冲动的。这种事情肯定会发生。但这种事情让我很生气。”
“I’m not sure, but I think everybody has.” He scowled heavily. “A nice, clean, straightforward shooting or knifing, I can understand. People are impetuous. Those things are bound to happen. But this sort of thing makes me mad.”
“哪种事情？”杰克问。
“What sort of thing?” Jake asked.
“就是这种事情。”警察重复道，用力敲着桌子，“就像在停尸房里，那些人昨天都说不认识那个家伙，而至少麦克莱恩夫人肯定认识他。当警察已经够糟糕的了。但当人们故意这么做来给我找麻烦的时候……”他停顿了一下，看着海伦，“现在你明白我为什么想辞掉这份工作，在某个地方买一份小乡村报纸，然后安定下来了吧？”
“This sort of thing,” the police officer repeated, pounding on his desk. “Like none of those people saying they knew that guy yesterday over in the morgue, when Mrs. McClane at least must have known him. It’s bad enough to have to be a cop. But when people go and do these things just to make it tough for me—” He paused and looked at Helene. “Now do you see why I want to quit this job and buy a little country newspaper some place and settle down?”
“我一直都理解。”她同情地说，“你选好报纸了吗？”
“I’ve always understood,” she said sympathetically. “Have you picked out a paper yet?”
他感激地对她笑了笑。“我看中了几家。有一家在爱荷华州的一个小镇上，人口一千二。报纸的名字是《企业报》。那个名字有点吸引我。”他深吸一口气，引用了一段对这家报纸在当地的地位和潜在利润的热情描述。
He smiled at her gratefully. “I’ve got my eye on a couple. One’s in a little town in Iowa, population twelve hundred Name of the paper’s The Enterprise. Something about that name appeals to me.” He drew a long breath and quoted a glowing description of the newspaper’s standing in the munity and its potential profits.
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