roat “all urder—” he began aga

傑克說：“嘿，你有錢嗎？”

jake said, “say, have you got any oney?”

小律師在口袋裡摸了摸，拿出兩張皺巴巴的一美元鈔票和一把零錢。海倫從手提包裡倒出九十美分的五分鎳幣和十分鎳幣。傑克找出三美元五十美分。

the little wyer felt his pockets, produced o crupled one-dolr bills and a handful of sall chan helene duped nety cents nickels and dis out of her handbag jake dug up three dolrs and a half

“該死，”馬龍說，“我們很富有。而且，我在天使喬這裡信譽良好，從現在起我有錢了。”

“hell,” alone said, “we’re rich besides, y credit is good with joe the anl, and fro now on i’ the bucks”

小主，這個章節後面還有哦，，後面更精彩！

“你說你有錢了是什麼意思？”

“what do you an, you’re the bucks?”

“等你看到我給莫娜·麥克萊恩和伊迪莎·文寧開的法律服務賬單就知道了。”

“wait till you see the bills i’ sendg ona ne and editha venng for legal services”

傑克低聲嘟囔了些什麼。

jake uttered thg under his breath

“勒索是個難聽的詞，”馬龍氣憤地說，“而且，我掙的每一分錢都是應得的。”

“bckail is a nasty word,” alone said dignantly “besides, i earned every nickel of it”

“她們也會同意你的，”海倫說。

“they’ll agree with you, too,” helene said”

馬龍的眼睛裡又露出夢幻般的神情。“如果有人是正當的，那她就是，”他開始說，“莫娜·麥克萊恩殺了他的時候，不僅是在自衛免受子彈傷害，而且是在抵禦無法忍受的狀況……”他停頓了一下，發現他的聽眾又不理他了。

the dreay look ca to alone’s eyes aga “she was jtified, if anyone ever was,” he began “ona ne was not only defendg herself agast bullets when she killed hi, but agast the tolerable ndition of—” he paed and saw that his audience had tuned hi out aga

他又嘆了口氣。他能準確地預見到這個晚上將會如何結束。傑克和海倫會回家，留下他一個人。他會被酒吧裡的一些人拉進談話中。人們會開始互相買酒喝。他會從天使喬那裡借二十美元。他會協助臨時組成一個四重唱來演