face bered, and he said, “pardon , rs venng,” a respectful tone

“嗯，一個勒索者通常罪有應得。勒索——如果你問我的意見——那是犯罪！”

“well, a bckailer ually deserves the worst he can t bckail—if you ask y opion—that’s crial!”

“謀殺也是，從某種程度上來說。”馬龍低聲說。

“ is urder,” alone urured, “ its way”

警察要麼沒聽見要麼沒理他。“還有一件事。文寧夫人。這些人勒索你的丈夫什麼呢？他做了什麼？”

the police officer either didn’t hear or ignored hi “one thg ore rs venng what were these n bckailg your hband about? what had he been up to?”

房間裡有一陣令人焦慮的沉默。

there was a ont’s anxio silence the roo

伊迪莎·文寧的大眼睛變得陰暗。她的嘴唇顫抖著。“這是——真的，只是通常那種事。東方——女人——”她咬著嘴唇。“鴉片——哦，求你了，能不能忘了這件事？文寧這個名字很——有名——真的沒有必要——把所有這些都公之於眾——”

editha venng’s inse eyes grew shadowy her lips ivered “it was—really, jt the ual rt of thg the orient—won—” she bit her lip “opiu—oh please, can’t it be fotten? the venng na is —well known—there really isn’t any e —draggg all that up for the public—”

馬龍感謝上天賜予一個思維敏捷的女人，然後說：“她說得對，馮·弗拉納根。這是一起謀殺案，不是勒索案。只要你知道是誰殺了那兩個圖伊茲，案子就結了。就讓睡著的狗繼續躺著吧。”在馮·弗拉納根說話之前，他又補充道：“文寧試圖保護他的妻子。他甚至僱了一個保鏢來讓這些人遠離她。對嗎，盧·懷特？”

alone thanked heaven for a woan who uld thk fast, and said, “she’s right, von fnagan this is a urder case, not bckail as long as you know who killed the o tuesdays, the case is closed let’s jt let lyg dogs sleep” before von fnagan uld say anythg, he added, “venng tried to protect his wife he even hired a bodyguard to keep these n away fro her that’s rrect isn’t it, lou white?”

那個穿著有點緊的灰色西裝的魁梧男人與馬龍對視了一會兒