马龙探案卷四 之 正确的凶案 二十七
卡西诺赌场是一家大型场所，占据了一整座经过彻底改造的大厦。除了一层白色的油漆、一个简洁的霓虹灯招牌以及入口两侧放置的两棵人造树之外，外观几乎没有什么变化。然而，在内部，原来的主人的鬼魂可能会迷失方向。在三楼的赌博室里，古老的大理石壁炉还在，原来的楼梯仍然从一楼向上延伸，但仅此而已。
The Casino was a large establishment, occupying all of a pletely remodeled mansion. The exterior, save for a coat of white paint, a chaste neon sign, and two artificial trees placed on either side of the entrance, had suffered the least change. Inside, however, the ghost of the original owner would have wandered around lost. On the third floor, in the gambling rooms, the old marble fireplaces remained, and the original staircase still led up from the ground floor, but that was all.
当杰克和马龙到达时，卢·西尔弗的乐队正在一楼的主厅里演奏。这是一个宽敞、灯光柔和的地方，设计师在这里营造出了一种正式的乔治王朝时期客厅的效果，并非完全不成功。墙壁上没有通常的夜总会装饰，而是覆盖着简单、几乎是严肃的镶板。靠墙长椅上的装饰是鸽灰色的。
Lou Silver’s orchestra was holding forth in the main room of the first floor when Jake and Malone arrived. It was a spacious, softly lighted place, in which the decorator had worked, not altogether unsuccessfully, for the effect of a formal Georgian drawing room. Instead of the usual night-club decorations, the walls were covered with a simple, almost severe paneling. The upholstery on the benches along the walls was dove gray.
莫娜·麦克莱恩和她的一行人还没到。舞池里有相当多的人。杰克和马龙进来的时候，卢·西尔弗认出了他们，向他们挥了挥手，然后继续带领他的乐队演奏他改编的《无人宝贝》。最后，一个服务员端着两杯双份黑麦威士忌走了过来。
Mona McClane and her party had not yet arrived. A fair-sized crowd was on the dance floor. Lou Silver recognized Jake and Malone as they came in, waved at them, and went on leading his band through his own version of Nobody’s Baby. Eventually a waiter arrived with two double ryes.
马龙环顾四周。在他们左边的桌子旁坐着芝加哥一位更帅气的年轻社会名流和一笔可观财富的继承人，他穿着一套非常需要熨烫的灰色西装。和他在一起的是一个红发女孩，马龙认出她是邓普斯特街一家路边小酒馆的前寄存处女孩。他曾经为她处理过一起小小的毁约诉讼。
At the table to their left was one of Chicago’s handsomer young socialites and heir to a notable fortune, in a gray business suit that badly needed pressing. With him was a red-haired girl whom Malone recognized as an ex-hat-check girl from a Dempster Street roadhouse. He had once handled a small breach-of-promise suit for her.
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