時候，那兩個傑拉爾德·圖伊茲是誰，是誰殺了他們，最後但同樣重要的是，莫娜·麥克萊恩殺了誰。”

“all right,” jake said dignantly, “if you’re thkg up estions, thk up a bunch of good ones and we’ll send ’e to iz kids while you’re about it, who were the o rald tuesdays and who urdered the, and, st but not least, who did ona ne urder”

她嘆了口氣。“你把這一切都說得太複雜了。”

she sighed “you ake it all und plicated”

“海倫，我們把這一切都忘了吧。盧·西爾弗下週要帶著他的樂隊巡迴演出，我可以作為新聞代理人一起去。我們會玩得很開心的。”

“helene, let’s fet the whole thg lou silver is takg his band out on the road next week, and i can go along as press ant we uld have a wonderful ti”

“如果你想去你就去吧。”她沮喪地說，“但我要留在這裡，贏下那個賭注。你覺得這個怎麼樣？文寧夫人在她丈夫死後會得到他的遺產，而彭德利·泰德韋爾是她的繼承人。彭德利計劃謀殺他們兩個，而文寧夫人有所懷疑，就僱了一個保鏢。”

，！

“you can go if you want to,” she said glooily, “but i’ gog to stay right here and that bet how do you like this one? rs venng ts her hband’s estate when he dies, and pendley tidewell is her heir pendley pns to urder the both, and rs venng, spectg it, hires herself a bodyguard”

“非常好，但那兩個圖伊茲呢？”

“very pretty, but how about the tuesdays?”

“那完全是另一碼事，和文寧夫婦毫無關係。”

“that’s a different affair entirely and has nothg to do with the venngs”

“我不喜歡。再試試。”

“i don’t like it,” jake said “try aga”

“邁克爾·文寧計劃謀殺他的妻子，這樣他就可以娶另一個女孩——不，這留下了太多無法解釋的地方。伊迪莎·文寧計劃謀殺她的丈夫，這樣她就可以得到他的錢。這是個更好的。”

“ichael venng pns to urder his wife he can arry another girl—no, that leaves too uch unaounted for editha venng pns to urder her hband she can have his