五分钟后，他决定放弃。
Five minutes later he decided to give it up.
海伦在哪儿？杰克在哪儿？从早上开始肯定发生了什么事情。他伸手去拿电话，拨打了麦克莱恩家的号码。女仆告诉他，自从海伦早饭后离开家后就没有她的消息了。他打电话到杰克住的公寓酒店，被告知贾斯特先生还没回来。楼下的服务台也没有给他的留言。
Where was Helene? Where was Jake? Something should have happened since morning. He reached for the telephone and called the McClane number. The maid told him that Helene had not been heard from since she left the house after breakfast. He called Jake’s apartment hotel and was told that Mr. Justus had not e in. There were no messages for him at the desk downstairs.
他慢慢地、不舒服地从椅子上站起来，查看了一下罗斯?麦克劳林。这个年轻人还在睡觉，像个孩子一样平静而满足。
He rose slowly and unfortably from his chair and examined Ross McLaurin. The young man still slept, peacefully and contentedly as a child.
换身衣服可能会有帮助。在安乐椅上睡觉可没让这些衣服变好。他最后看了一眼罗斯，踮着脚尖走出了房间。
A change of clothes might help. Sleeping in the easy chair hadn’t improved these any. He took one last glance at Ross and tiptoed out of the room.
回到自己的房间，他正在扣一件干净衬衫的扣子，这时电话响了。是杰克打来的。
Back in his own room, he was just buttoning a clean shirt, when the telephone rang. It was Jake.
“马龙，我真不知道该怎么感谢你给我那个去布莱克县的线索。”
“Malone, I can’t thank you enough for giving me that tip to go out to Blake County.”
这个小律师对着电话眨了眨眼。
The little lawyer blinked at the telephone.
“你再说一遍？”
“How’s that again?”
“等我告诉你我在那儿遇到了什么。我在楼下的药店打电话，五分钟内我就上去找你。”
“Wait till I tell you what I ran into out there. I’m phoning from the drugstore downstairs, and I’ll be up to see you inside of five minutes.”
马龙还没来得及说一个字，就听到电话那头传来挂断的声音。
Before Malone could say a word, he heard the receiver click at the other end of the line.
他的大脑还因为睡觉而昏昏沉沉的，一次只能处理一件事。杰克要上来了。这可不行。海伦随时都可能过来，看看罗斯?麦克劳林是否能说话了。不知怎么的，他必须赶紧把杰克从这儿弄走。
His mind, still dazed from sleep, could only cope with one thing at a time. Jake was ing up here. That wouldn’t do. Helene might be along at any minute, to find out if Ross McLaurin was in talking condition. Somehow he must get Jake away from here, and in a hurry.
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