馬龍探案卷四 之 正確的兇案 二十一

海倫覺得在莫娜?麥克萊恩家快速喝上一兩杯雞尾酒是個好主意，不過她補充說她、傑克和馬龍很快就得離開。他們有重要的事情要處理。

helene agreed that a ick cktail or o at ona ne’s would be a good idea, though she added that she, jake, and alone would have to rh away before long they had iportant bess to attend to

一路上沒人說話。當莫娜?麥克萊恩那輛黑色的大轎車在房子前停下時，莫娜傾身靠近律師，輕聲說：“你確定她會沒事嗎？”

no one spoke on the way as ona ne’s big bck town car drew up before the hoe, ona leaned over toward the wyer and said ftly, “you’re sure she’ll be all right?”

“沒什麼可擔心的。” 馬龍向她保證，“我從沒讓一個客戶失望過。”

“not a thg to worry about,” alone assured her “i’ve never lost a client”

她微微露出笑容。站在車外，她又轉向他說：“還有一件事 —— 關於你的費用……”

she siled fatly standg outside the car she turned to hi aga and said, “another thg—as far as your fee is ncerned—”

“別提了。” 馬龍趕緊粗聲粗氣地說，說完立刻在自己腳踝上踢了一腳。

“fet it,” alone said ickly and gruffly, and idiately kicked hiself on the ankle

巨大的麥克萊恩家客廳裡，黑色大理石壁爐裡的火燒得正旺，令人愉快。大家都圍在壁爐旁，凝視著明亮的火焰，彷彿在尋求安慰。一個女僕端著一個托盤走了進來，上面放著幾大杯熱氣騰騰、味道濃烈的飲料。

a fire was roarg cheerfully the bck arble firepce the inse ne livg roo everyone gathered around it, gazg to the brilliant bze as though for fort a aid appeared with a tray, with big gsses of scaldg-hot and punnt drk

莫娜?麥克萊恩在黑色外套裡面穿了一條鮮豔的紫色連衣裙。她用手指梳理著自己的黑色短髮，把額前厚厚的黑色劉海撫平。有那麼一瞬間，當她坐在高背錦緞椅子上時，她看起來就像一個精緻的日本玩偶。

ona ne had on a dress of vivid violet beneath her bck at she ran her frs through her short bck hair, soothed out the heavy bck bang over