whole show will blow up”

他們在客廳裡找到了莫娜·麥克萊恩，她蜷縮在壁爐邊的座位上，尖尖的小下巴擱在拳頭上，凝視著爐火中的煤塊。海倫突然想起一隻黑色的小貓蹲在爐火旁，伸展著爪子，彎曲著爪子，對著火焰眨著眼睛，一半被火焰催眠了。房間裡半明半暗，長長的窗戶依然透進芝加哥黃昏微弱的灰色光線，只有壁爐和一盞柔和的燈光在房間裡閃耀。

they found ona ne the livg roo, curled up on the chiney seat, her sall, poted ch restg on her fist, starg to the als helene was reded suddenly of a bck kitten crouched by the fire, stretchg and curvg its paws and blkg at the fs, half hypnotized by the the roo was seidarkness, the long dows still aditted the fat gray of a chicago ilight, and only the firepce and one ft light glowed the roo

小主，這個章節後面還有哦，，後面更精彩！

莫娜·麥克萊恩從壁爐邊的座位上站起來迎接他們。她小小的三角形臉非常蒼白。

ona ne rose fro her seat by the firepce to greet the her sall, triangur face was very pale

“我就料到你們今天下午會來。洛特斯一直渴望有機會感謝你們。”

“i rather expected you to drop this afternoon lot has been anxio for a chance to thank you”

這時他們看到洛特斯·艾倫一直站在窗簾的半陰影處，凝視著其中一扇長窗外面。她轉過身，朝壁爐走來。她的沉著並沒有被打亂，但她的舉止，甚至她的走路姿勢和手勢，都不再是洛特斯·艾倫，而是洛特斯·安傑洛，那個來自波士頓貧民窟的葡萄牙女孩，自學成才。然而，是海倫而不是馬龍理解了她膚色的變化。洛特斯·艾倫用了化妝品和厚厚的粉底來掩蓋她臉頰上的紅潤色澤和溫暖的棕色面板。她曾經是個漂亮、打扮得體的女孩。現在，臉頰緋紅、嘴唇鮮豔的洛特斯·安傑洛是個光彩照人的美女。

then they saw that lot allen had been standg half the shadow of the curtas, gazg out one of the long dows she turned around and ca over to the firepce her aplob had not been shaken, but her anner, even her walk and sture, was not lot allen but lot anlo, the portuguese girl fro a boston s, self-educated and self-taught it was helene, though, not alone, who understood