在他们右边，他看到了这个城市赌博集团的一位高层人物，穿着无可挑剔的晚礼服。马龙认为他可能是这个地方唯一一个和自己妻子一起来的人。
To their right he saw one of the higher-ups of the city’s gambling syndicate, in impeccable evening clothes. Malone thought he was probably the only man in the place who was there with his own wife.
卢·西尔弗走过来喝了一杯，问杰克乐队听起来是不是很棒。杰克说是的，这是一个很棒的乐队。卢·西尔弗说很高兴杰克这么认为，又买了一杯酒，然后又走了。
Lou Silver came over for a drink and asked Jake if the band didn’t sound swell. Jake said yes, it was a swell band. Lou Silver said it was swell Jake thought so, bought another drink, and went away again.
卖香烟的女孩，一个微胖的黑发女孩，认出了马龙，以一美元的价格卖给他两包十五美分的香烟，并试探性地和他约周四的约会。
The cigarette girl, a plumpish brunette, recognized Malone, sold him two packages of fifteen-cent cigarettes for a dollar, and made a tentative date with him for Thursday.
然后莫娜·麦克莱恩的一行人到了。有一阵短暂的混乱，人们搬动椅子，等混乱结束后，杰克发现海伦坐在离他最远的桌子尽头。不过，他还是能看到她。她穿着那件闪亮的黑色连衣裙，戴着那顶有弯弯羽毛的小黑帽子，即使不是世界上最漂亮的女孩，也是这个地方最漂亮的。
Then Mona McClane’s party arrived. There was a brief confusion of chairs being moved, and when it was over Jake found that Helene was at the end of the table farthest from him. Still, he could look at her. She was easily the best-looking girl in the place if not in the world, in that shiny black dress and the tiny black hat with its curving feather.
罗斯·麦克劳林不在。“他又不见了。”莫娜回答马龙的问题时说，“从今天早上开始。别担心，他会出现的。”
Ross McLaurin was not present. “He’s vanished again,” Mona said, in answer to Malone’s question. “Since this morning. Don’t worry, he’ll turn up.”
因为是周日晚上，开场的歌舞表演比较低调，但一位国际知名的方言喜剧演员的出现让表演增色不少。马龙自认为是个不错的歌舞女郎评判者，他对卡西诺赌场的表演阵容非常赞赏。
The early floor show, toned down for Sunday night, was brightened considerably by the presence of an internationally famous dialect edian. Malone, who considered himself a fair judge of chorus girls, approved highly of the Casino line-up.
表演结束后，更多的情侣涌上舞池。周日晚上穿着鲍威尔服装店衣服的年轻姑娘们，和看起来像大学生的年轻人跳舞，和老板的朋友一起出来的职业女孩们，两位着名的电影女演员，她们吸引的注意力还不如一个相貌平平的棕发女孩多，据说这个女孩是一个有势力的工会头目的女朋友。
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