好，只是顯然在他睡覺的時候，某個愛開玩笑的人進來把他的舌頭粘在了上顎上。

he oved experintally one ar and part of one leg were paralyzed, probably for life outside of that, he felt fe, except that apparently while he slept practical joker had e and ged his tongue to the roof of his outh

也許只要有點耐心，他就能再次入睡，或者更好的是，就這麼平靜地死去。

aybe with a little patience he uld go back to sleep aga, or better yet, jt die peacefully

，！

五分鐘後，他決定放棄。

five utes ter he decided to give it up

海倫在哪兒？傑克在哪兒？從早上開始肯定發生了什麼事情。他伸手去拿電話，撥打了麥克萊恩家的號碼。女僕告訴他，自從海倫早飯後離開家後就沒有她的訊息了。他打電話到傑克住的公寓酒店，被告知賈斯特先生還沒回來。樓下的服務檯也沒有給他的留言。

where was helene? where was jake? thg should have happened sce orng he reached for the telephone and called the ne nuber the aid told hi that helene had not been heard fro sce she left the hoe after breakfast he called jake’s apartnt hotel and was told that r jt had not e there were no ssas for hi at the desk downstairs

他慢慢地、不舒服地從椅子上站起來，檢視了一下羅斯?麥克勞林。這個年輕人還在睡覺，像個孩子一樣平靜而滿足。

he rose slowly and unfortably fro his chair and exaed ross cur the young an still slept, peacefully and ntentedly as a child

換身衣服可能會有幫助。在安樂椅上睡覺可沒讓這些衣服變好。他最後看了一眼羅斯，踮著腳尖走出了房間。

a chan of clothes ight help sleepg the easy chair hadn’t iproved these any he took one st gnce at ross and tiptoed out of the roo

回到自己的房間，他正在扣一件乾淨襯衫的扣子，這時電話響了。是傑克打來的。

back his own roo, he was jt buttong a clean shirt, when the telephone rang it was jake

“馬龍，我真不知道該怎麼感謝你給我那個去布萊克縣的線索。”

“alon