A cry from Helene interrupted him. She sprang to her feet and started for the hall. As Jake went after her, he heard the library window thrown open, and ran into the library just in time to see a car starting in the driveway. He realized then that its driver had gone quietly out of the room while Wells Ogletree was speaking. The drawer of the library table was wide open; it took only one quick glance to tell him the gun it had held was gone. As he raced back into the hall and down the steps he could hear Malone swearing close behind him.
就在他看到的那辆车驶出车道的同时，另一辆车开了进来。它在房子前停了下来，就在海伦发动她自己的车的时候。杰克滑进海伦旁边的座位，这时冯?弗拉纳根喊道：“谁开车走了？” 马龙喊道：“你要找的人！”
At the same moment that the car he had seen turned out of the driveway another passed it, ing in. It stopped before the house just as Helene, in her own car, started the motor. Jake slid into the seat beside Helene as Von Flanagan called, “Who drove away?” and Malone shouted back, “The person you want!”
然后马龙坐在他旁边的座位上，海伦把脚踩在油门上，他们转过街角驶上街道。在远处，他能看到一个小小的红色尾灯在黑暗中闪烁，有消失的危险。冯?弗拉纳根乘坐的警车紧跟在他们后面。
Then Malone was in the seat beside him, Helene was pressing her foot on the accelerator, and they were spinning around the corner into the street. Far ahead he could see a tiny red taillight flickering in the dark, threatening to disappear. The police car with Von Flanagan was right behind them.
前面的车，莫娜?麦克莱恩的车，是为速度而造的。海伦的车也是。
The car ahead, Mona McClane’s, was built for speed. So was Helene’s.
他们转上湖滨大道向北行驶，完全不顾红灯、停车标志和结冰的路面。车辆急忙让道。那辆又大又重的车不时地侧滑，然后奇迹般地恢复正常，继续朝着正确的方向行驶。有一次，前面的车在拐进林肯公园的弯道时，与一辆向南行驶的芝加哥公交车只差几英寸，疯狂地滑行了半个街区，然后继续前行。
They turned into the Drive and headed north, driving with a fine disregard of red lights, stop signs, and icy pavements. Traffic hastily turned aside to let them go by. Now and again the big, heavy car would slide sideways, right itself by some miracle, and continue in the right direction. Once the car ahead, rounding the curve into Lincoln Park, missed a southbound Chicago Motor Coach by inches, skidded insanely for half a block, and kept on going.
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