马龙探案卷四 之 正确的凶案 十八
“请努力回想一下，” 海伦恳求道，“这是为了帮你，你知道的。”
“Please try to remember,” Helene begged. “It’s to help you, you know.”
“我在努力，” 罗斯?麦克劳林疲倦地说，“但没用。我就是什么都想不起来。”
“I am trying,” Ross McLaurin said wearily. “But it isn’t any use. I simply can’t remember anything.”
马龙叹了口气。“让他休息吧，海伦。”
Malone sighed. “Let him rest, Helene.”
杰克又倒了一杯咖啡。“别着急，孩子。也许你会想起来的。”
Jake poured another cup of coffee. “Take your time, kid. Maybe it’ll e to you.”
快到下午五点了。在这段时间里，这个脸色苍白的年轻人已经了解了前一天晚上发生的事情、他对海伦说的话以及杰拉尔德?图伊兹在除夕夜被谋杀以及在天使乔的酒吧里死去的那个人的情况。
It was nearly five in the afternoon. In the intervening time the pale young man had been acquainted with the events of the night before, with his statements to Helene, and with the circumstances of the murder of Gerald Tuesday and the man who had died in Joe the Angel’s bar on New Year’s Eve.
罗斯?麦克劳林把空咖啡杯放在床头柜上。“这对我来说都是新闻。” 他最后说。
Ross McLaurin set the empty coffee cup down on the bed table. “It’s all news to me,” he said at last.
海伦在他身边坐下。“听着，罗斯。除夕夜你做了什么？”
Helene sat down beside him. “Listen, Ross. What did you do on New Year’s Eve?”
他皱起眉头。“我们有一群人。我前一天刚到城里。让我想想。有莫娜、文宁夫妇、洛特斯，还有一个非常爱慕莫娜的电影演员 —— 不过他很早就走了，十点得赶飞机。” 他揉着额头。“他的名字 —— 让我想想。你知道的，我对美国演员不是很熟悉。” 他想了一会儿，然后说出一个让他们都吃了一惊的名字。“还有怀特小姐、彭德利?泰德韦尔，还有一个从东部来的年轻人，他老围着洛特斯转，让我很生气。”
He wrinkled his brow. “There was a party of us. I’d just arrived in town the day before. Let me think. There was Mona, and the Vennings, and Lotus, and some movie-actor chap who was very devoted to Mona—he left early though, had to catch a plane at ten.” He rubbed his brow. “His name—let’s see. I’m not very familiar with American actors, you know.” He thought for a minute and then mentioned a name that made them all blink. “And Miss White, and Pendley Tidewell, and a young chap from the East who made me angry hanging around Lotus.”
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