“你一点也没有让我气馁，” 她平静地说，“杰克，那个盒子是什么样的？”
“You don’t discourage me in the least,” she said placidly. “Jake, what was that box like?”
“它是一个普通的金属公文箱，” 他告诉她，“有一把很好的锁和一个在顶部的把手，是瓷釉的或是漆成的深绿色。”
“It was a regular metal dispatch box,” he told her, “with a very good lock and a handle on the top. It was enameled or painted dark green.”
她沉默了一会儿。“这附近有没有五金店？”
She was silent for a block or so. “Is there a hardware store anywhere near here?”
“有戈德布拉特的店，” 杰克说，“我想他们有五金部门。”
“There’s Goldblatt’s,” Jake said; “they have a hardware department, I imagine.”
“谢谢。我就想知道这个。” 她把车开到范布伦街，穿过州街，在拐角处停下车。“绕着街区开，然后在这个拐角接我。” 在他还没来得及说一句话之前，她已经跳下车，消失在了人行道上的人群中。
“Thanks. That’s all I wanted to know.” She drove to Van Buren Street, over to State, and stopped the car at the corner. “Drive around the block and pick me up here on the corner.” Before he could say a word she had hopped out and was lost in the sidewalk crowds.
杰克小心翼翼地驾驶着这辆大车在傍晚的交通中穿行。“马龙，你猜她现在又要干什么？”
Jake piloted the big car gingerly through the late-afternoon traffic. “Malone, what do you suppose she’s up to now?”
“我不知道，” 律师咆哮道，“而且不问可能更安全。别担心，我们会知道的。”
“I don’t know,” the lawyer growled, “and it’s probably safer not to ask. Don’t worry, we’ll find out.”
在街区转了几圈后，他们看到海伦站在拐角处，于是把车停在路边。
After a few turns around the block they saw Helene on the corner and stopped next to the curb.
“拿到你想要的东西了吗？” 杰克问。
“Get what you wanted?” Jake asked.
“拿到了。现在别用问题烦我。下车，你也一起来。”
“Yes. Don’t bother me with questions now. Get out, you’re ing too.”
“你不能把车停在这里，” 杰克抱怨道，“我们现在已经让两个街区的交通堵塞了。”
“You can’t leave the car here,” Jake plained. “We’ve tied up traffic for two blocks now.”
“我不会把车在停在这里。马龙，你就绕着街区开一会儿，每五分钟经过这个拐角一次。到时候你可以在这里接我们，连盒子一起。”
“I’m not going to leave it here. Malone, you just keep driving around for a while and every five minutes go past this corner. In due course of time you can pick us up here, plete with box.”
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