馬龍探案卷四 之 正確的兇案 三十四

大房間裡死一般的寂靜。外面夜幕已經降臨，但只有壁爐和一盞柔和的燈照亮了圍坐在壁爐旁的這群人的臉。

the big roo was deathly still darkness had fallen outside, but only the firepce and the one ft p lighted the faces of the little group around the firepce

伊迪莎·文寧現在非常平靜。她的眼睛和聲音裡都沒有一絲淚水的痕跡。

editha venng was very cal now there was no trace of tears either her eyes or her voice

“你知道多少真相？”她輕聲問道。

“how uch of the truth do you know?” she asked ftly

“全部，”馬龍說，“從傑拉爾德·圖伊茲謀殺邁克爾·文寧開始。”

“all of it,” alone said “begng with the urder of ichael venng by rald tuesday”

“聽著，該死的，”傑克氣憤地說，“你瘋了。是文寧謀殺了圖伊茲。”

“listen, dan you,” jake said dignantly “you’re losg your d it was venng who urdered tuesday”

律師搖了搖頭。“邁克爾·文寧幾年前就被謀殺了。今晚在房間裡的那個人是傑拉爾德·圖伊茲。”

the wyer shook his head “ichael venng was urdered years ago the an the roo tonight was rald tuesday”

那個紅頭髮的男人不安地動了動。“我會相信有一個傑拉爾德·圖伊茲，”他說，“我可以勉強相信有兩個。但如果有三個，那我絕對不信。”

the red-haired an stirred uneasily “i’ll believe one rald tuesday,” he said “i’ll stretch a pot and believe o but i’ triple-daned if i’ll believe three”

“有三個圖伊茲，”馬龍告訴他，“只有一個叫傑拉爾德。另外兩個是戈登和喬治。”他轉向伊迪莎·文寧。“如果我有任何錯誤，請糾正我。我得趕緊挖出很多事實。”

“there were three tuesdays,” alone told hi, “only one rald the other o were gordon and e” he turned to editha venng “rrect if i ake any istakes i had to dig up a lot of facts a hurry”

他點燃一支雪茄，坐著看著煙霧嫋嫋升向燈。“這三個圖伊茲來自印第安納州的埃爾克哈特。他們大膽、有進取心，都是偉大的機會主義者。大約在 1919 年，他們去了東方，在那裡從事各種商業活動，並非所有活動都完