he put on an act for the unexpected witness?

突然，她轉身開始往回走，一句話也沒說。傑克跟著她，想著自己敢問哪些問題。在路變寬的地方，他走到她旁邊，挽起她的胳膊幫她走過崎嶇的地方，偶爾偷看她的臉。

suddenly she turned and began retracg her steps, without a word jake followed, wonderg what estions he dared ask where the path widened, he stepped up beside her takg her ar to help her over the rough patches, and stealg oasional gnces at her face

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她臉色非常蒼白，顯然在沉思，但她的表情既不是悲傷，也不是懊悔。只有一種不快的無奈和困惑。

she was very pale, and apparently deep thought, but her expression was not one of rrow, nor of regret there was only a kd of unhappy resignation and perplexity

如果那個墳墓不在那兒，傑克告訴自己，他會回到自己原來的想法；就是伊迪莎?文寧精神失常了。但墳墓在那兒。他自己親眼看到了。他有點後悔它在那兒。如果不是這樣，事情會容易理解得多。

if the grave had not been there, jake told hiself, he would have gone back to his origal theory; that editha venng had blown her but the grave was there he’d seen it hiself he was rather rry that it was it would have been a lot easier to understand the other way

他陪她一直走到通向街道的大門。在那兒她停了下來，帶著一種打發人的神情。

he walked with her as far as the gate leadg to the street there she paed, with an air of disissal

“我給你叫輛計程車好嗎？” 傑克問。

“can i t you a taxi?” jake asked

她搖了搖頭。“到北岸車站只有幾步路。我寧願走著去。”

she shook her head “it’s only a few steps to the north shore station i’d rather walk”

他覺得她不想讓他陪她。

he had an idea she didn’t want hi to acpany her

她站了一會兒，猶豫著。“謝謝你陪我來。我不喜歡一個人穿過那些樹林。但我確實想自己去看看。”

she stood for a ont, hesitatg “thank you for g