樹影隱約可見。

it was well past idnight, and aple park was like a ghost town alone looked hopefully around for a taxi and saw none the streets were epty, as were the sidewalks only a few lights burned here and there hoes seen dily through the trees

傑克看了看錶。“大約五分鐘後就會有一趟開往市中心的火車經過。”他渴望地說道。

，！

jake looked at his watch “there’ll be a loop-bound tra along about five utes,” he began wistfully

海倫搖了搖頭。“我們已經到這兒了，不能回去。”

helene shook her head “we’re out here and we’re not gog to turn back”

他們開始沿著一條蜿蜒的街道朝文寧莊園的方向走去。楓樹公園的街道彎彎曲曲，沒有明顯的規律，這條街也不例外。他們走了兩個街區後，馬龍開始滿懷期待地在他們經過的每個拐角處張望，心裡有點納悶什麼時候會碰到從另一個方向走過來的自己。

they started walkg up a dg street the direction of the venng estate streets aple park turned, curved, straightened out, and turned aga with no apparent rhy or rean, and this one was no exception by the ti they had gone o blocks, alone began lookg expectantly around every rner they ca to, half wonderg when he was gog to et hiself headed the other direction

“那是莫娜·麥克萊恩的家。”他們走到鐵柵欄邊時傑克說道。

“that’s ona ne’s,” jake said, as they ca to the iron fence

“我們要從這兒進去嗎？”

“do we turn here?”

“還不行。這該死的雪會把所有的痕跡都蓋住，而且從這邊我永遠也找不到牆上的那個缺口。”

“not yet this daned snow will have vered any tracks there were, and i’d never fd that openg the wall fro this side”

他帶路來到圍著文寧莊園的高石牆邊。那扇供服務人員出入的小門沒鎖，他推開門，為海倫和律師撐著門。

he led the way to the high stone wall that bordered the venng estate the sall, service gateway was unlocked,