她哼了一声。“你昨天也是这么跟她说的。你甚至都没在处理这件事。”
She sniffed. “That’s what you told her yesterday. You aren’t even working on it.”
“我在处理。” 他反对道。他指着桌上的一张纸。
“I am too,” he objected. He pointed to a paper on his desk.
“那是什么？” 她问道。
“What’s that?” she demanded.
“这是一份欠哈里钱的人的名单。我宁愿对他的指控被撤销，这样可以节省时间和麻烦。”
“It’s a list of the people who owe Harry money. I’d rather have the case against him dropped, it would save time and trouble.”
接下来的一个小时，他都在仔细研究那份名单。最后，他打了几个电话，通话对象从一个着名的劳工敲诈者到一位市法官都有。最后，他叫办公室的女孩。
He spent the next hour poring over the list. At last he made several telephone calls, to persons ranging from a prominent labor racketeer to a municipal judge. Finally he called to the office girl.
“给哈里的妻子打电话，告诉她一切都干好了，压力已经施加了。哈里午饭前就能回家。别忘了明早给他寄账单。”
“Call Harry’s wife and tell her everything’s O. K., the pressure’s on. Harry’ll be home in time for lunch. Don’t forget to send him a bill in the morning.”
他从台灯顶上拿起他那顶昂贵但有点破旧的巴拿马帽，戴上，又说：“我要出去一会儿。如果再有电报来，就用它们当卷烟纸吧。”
He picked his expensive, slightly battered Panama hat from the top of his desk lamp, put it on, and added, “I’m going out for a while. If any more telegrams e, use ‘em for cigarette paper.”
他漫步走到乔天使的市政厅酒吧，要了一份黑麦面包夹咸牛肉和两杯啤酒。在等的时候，他从一个路过的报童那里买了一份报纸。
He strolled down the street to Joe the Angel’s City Hall Bar, and called for a corned-beef on rye and two beers. While he waited, he bought a paper from a passing newsboy.
参议员佩维利被谋杀
在威斯康星州杰克逊县法院大楼内被枪杀
两名芝加哥人被作为重要证人扣押
SENATOR PEVELEY MURDERED
SHOT TO DEATH WHILE IN JACKSON, WISCONSIN, COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Two Chicagoans Held As Material Witnesses
马龙盯着标题看，直到吃了一半的咸牛肉三明治，“威斯康星州杰克逊” 这个名字才进入他的意识。然后他推开盘子，打翻了一杯啤酒，开始读这篇报道。
Malone looked at the headline until half the corned-beef sandwich was gone before the name “Jackson, Wisconsin” registered on his consciousness. Then he shoved away his plate, upsetting one of the glasses of beer, and began reading the story.
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