馬龍探案卷四 之 正確的兇案 十

圖伊茲先生 —— 馬龍後來得知是傑拉爾德?圖伊茲先生 —— 剛死不久。

r tuesday—r rald tuesday, alone learned ter—had not been dead very long

馬龍先他們三步衝進房間，發現他癱倒在一張小寫字檯上。他一隻手的手指蜷曲著搭在電話上，電話歪歪斜斜地掛在聽筒架上，好像是被人漫不經心地放回去的。他的身體彆扭地半掛在椅子上，另一隻手的手指鬆散地握著一張揉皺的紙。

the little wyer, ountg the steps three leaps ahead of everyone else, found hi sped over a sall writg desk the frs of one of his hands were curled around the telephone, which y crookedly its hook as though it had been carelessly repced there his body was awkwardly the chair, half fallg the frs of the other hand loosely held a crupled bit of paper

他的後背，右肩胛骨下方，有一處刀傷。

there was a knife wound his back, jt below the right shoulder bde

馬龍突然意識到其他客人都聚集在了門口，只有莫娜?麥克萊恩走進來房間幾步的距離。

alone suddenly realized that the other guests had llected jt side the door ona ne took a few steps to the roo

“真是遺憾。” 她的聲音裡似乎只有禮貌的遺憾，沒有別的感情。

“what a sha” there was no eotion her voice save polite regret

“我本來還想讓你見見圖伊茲先生的。”

“i had wanted you to et r tuesday”

馬龍瞥了一眼她的臉，希望能在她的聲音裡找到那奇怪地缺失的感情。她現在雖然臉色蒼白，但很平靜。這時海倫擠進了房間，抓住律師的胳膊。

alone gnced at her face, hopg to fd the eotion curioly absent fro her voice she was pale, but serene helene phed her way to the roo and caught at the wyer’s ar

“馬龍，他是被謀殺的！”

“alone, he’s been urdered!”

“我注意到了。” 馬龍冷淡地說。他直起身來，快速檢查了一下屍體，然後面對著門口的那群人說道：“在我們報警之前，這裡有人想請我以專業律師的身份提供服務嗎？我被認為是芝加哥市最好的辯護律師。”

“i noticed it,” alone said ldly he straight