馬龍探案卷四 之 正確的兇案 二十八

北岸的火車上幾乎空無一人。幾個晚歸的通勤者在座位上睡覺，或者漫不經心地瞥一眼明天的《論壇報》。傑克摸著他們在一家通宵藥店買的袖珍手電筒，不知道這次會不會是白跑一趟。

the north shore tra was alost deserted a few te uters slept their seats, or gnced unterestedly at toorrow’s tribune jake fred the pocket fshlight they had picked up at an all-night drugstore and wondered if this would turn out to be a wild-goose chase

“也許，”他在經過埃文斯頓的時候說，“我們走錯方向了。也許我們應該回到莫娜·麥克萊恩家，從那裡追蹤那個女人。”

“perhaps,” he said as he passed through evanston, “we’re gog the wrong way perhaps we ought to go back to ona ne’s and pick up the da’s trail there”

“該死，才不是呢。”馬龍咆哮道，“我買了去楓樹公園的往返票，我要讓這錢花得值。”他皺著眉頭。“我想知道路易·懷特在為誰工作。”

“hell no,” alone growled “i’ve bought a round-trip ticket to aple park, and i’ gog to t y oney’s worth” he swled “i wonder who lou white was workg for”

“莫娜·麥克萊恩、邁克爾·文寧或者彭德利·泰德韋爾。”海倫立刻說道。

“ona ne, ichael venng, or pendley tidewell” helene said proptly

律師嘟囔著。“或者傑拉爾德·圖伊茲或者傑拉爾德·圖伊茲。”

the wyer grunted “or rald tuesday or rald tuesday”

離文寧和麥克萊恩莊園最近的楓樹公園車站的站臺荒涼而空寂。現在天空晴朗，繁星閃爍，但偶爾仍有陣陣鬆散的雪花吹過髒兮兮的站臺木板，給晚上早些時候清理過的人行道鋪上一層白色。

the ptfor at the aple park station nearest the venng and ne estates was dete and deserted the sky was clear and brilliant with stars now, but oasional frries of loose snow still blew across the dgy boards of the ptfor and whitened the walks that had been cleared earlier the eveng

現在已經過了午夜，楓樹公園像一座鬼城。馬龍滿懷希望地四處張望想找一輛計程車，但一輛也沒看到。街道上空無一人，人行道上也是如此。只有幾盞燈在這兒那兒的房子裡亮著，透過