马龙探案卷五 之 盛怒的审判五
约翰?J?马龙
79 西华盛顿街
芝加哥，伊利诺伊州
杰克在威斯康星州杰克逊卷入谋杀案，你能来吗？
海伦
JOHN J MALONE
79 WEST WASHINGTON STREET
CHICAGO ILLINOIS
JAKE INVOLVED IN MURDER IN JACKSON WISCONSIN CAN YOU COME
HELENE
约翰?约瑟夫?马龙，芝加哥最聒噪也最有名的刑事律师，不悦地盯着桌上的电报。这可能是个恶作剧，也可能是真事。不管是哪种情况，他都不想参与。
JOHN JOSEPH MALONE, Chicago’s noisiest and most noted criminal lawyer, stared sourly at the telegram on his desk. It might be a gag, or it might be serious. Whichever it was, he wanted no part of it.
他是个矮胖、红脸的男人，一头浓密的黑色乱发总是需要梳理。他那天早上刚穿上的芬奇利套装，已经看起来像是他在高架桥下睡了六周一样。他那条鲜艳的花格子三美元领带上有个小污点，潮湿的衬衫前襟上有一堆雪茄烟灰。
He was a short, pudgy, red-faced man, with a thick shock of damp black hair perpetually in need of bing. His Finchley suit, freshly donned that morning, already looked as though he had been sleeping under the El for six weeks. There was a small spot on his bright plaid three-dollar cravat, and a cascade of cigar ashes on his damp shirt front.
从他的外表看不出他在职业上的成功，但他的声誉和客户群都令人羡慕 —— 或者说不令人羡慕，这取决于从哪个角度看。他最关心的是确保他的客户都不会进监狱，而每当这无法在不出庭的情况下实现时，他在陪审团面前的表现与其说是技术性的，不如说是戏剧性的。
There was nothing about his appearance to indicate his success in his profession, but both his reputation and his clientele were enviable-or unenviable, depending on how one looked at it. His greatest concern was in seeing that none of his clients landed behind the bars, and whenever this couldn’t be achieved without actually appearing in court, his manner before a jury was not so much technical as pyrotechnical.
他对着电报做了个厌恶的表情。“杰克和海伦上次卷入谋杀案差点毁了我。” 他嘟囔道。
He made a disgusted face at the telegram. “The last time Jake and Helene got mixed up in a murder damned near ruined me,” he muttered.
他在桌上一堆上周的报纸下面找到铅笔和纸，开始写一封回电：
He found pencil and paper under a litter of last week’s newspapers on his desk, and began posing a telegram to send in return:
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