“The Senator’s brother. He’s rather unusual.” Tom Burrows paused. “Oh well, you’ll probably meet him yourself. Henry’s a widower, no children. The Senator had one child, Florence. She’s engaged to the young D. A.”
“别给我讲年轻的爱情故事。” 马龙说。“我只想知道参议员被杀的时候法院二楼都有谁。” 他又说，“你可以把这叫做从几乎最底层卷入谋杀案。”
“Spare me the young love interest,” Malone said. “I just want to know who was on the second floor of the courthouse when the Senator got his.” He added, “You can call this getting in on murder on the next-to-the-ground floor.”
“别管我们是怎么卷入的。” 海伦说。“我们怎么脱身呢？”
“Never mind how you get in on it,” Helene said. “How do we get out of it?”
汤姆?伯罗斯再次开口时声音若有所思。“恐怕你得了解一下这个镇的历史。像这样的一个小镇全是暗流涌动。每个人都和其他人有亲戚关系，或者通过出生、教堂、商业关系、仇恨、爱情或者债务和其他人纠缠在一起。就拿今天在法院里的那群人来说吧。”
Tom Burrows’ voice was thoughtful when he spoke again. “You’ll have to take the town history, I’m afraid. A little town like this is all currents and crosscurrents. Everybody is related to everybody else, or entangled with everybody else through birth, church, or business affiliations, hatred, love affairs, or debts. Take that group up in the courthouse today.”
他停下来点了一支烟。“嗯，先从杰瑞?勒克斯通说起。他父亲是老勒克斯通法官，来自勒克斯通和阿普尔伯里事务所。大约十五年前曾是县法官。杰瑞的祖父也曾在这里当过勒克斯通法官。杰瑞是个聪明、讨人喜欢的年轻人，刚从法学院毕业不久。”
He paused to light a cigarette. “Well, starting out with Jerry Luckstone. His father is old Judge Luckstone, of Luckstone and Applebury. Was county judge about fifteen years ago. Jerry’s grandfather was a Judge Luckstone here, too. Jerry’s a bright, likable young man only recently out of law school.”
“他怎么当上地方检察官的？” 海伦问。“还是说你们在这里是从帽子里抽签选出来的？”
“How did he get to be district attorney?” Helene asked. “Or do you draw names out of a hat up here?”
“嗯，他被任命为助理是因为地方检察官是他家的朋友。然后老勒克斯通法官在县里有些权势，杰瑞是个聪明的年轻人，大家都喜欢他，所以几年后老地方检察官退出后他参加竞选并当选了。”
“Well, he was appointed assistant because the D. A. was a friend of the family. Then old Judge Luckstone is something of a power in county affairs, and Jerry’s a smart young boy and everybody likes him, so a couple of years later he ran for the office after the old D. O. dropped out, and got elected.”
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