马龙探案卷五 之 盛怒的审判二
“但是他不可能被谋杀，” 公路专员办公室的一个丰满女孩一遍又一遍地重复着。“他是佩维利参议员。”
BUT he can’t be murdered,” one of the plump girls from the highway missioner’s office kept repeating over and over. “He’s Senator Peveley.”
杰克看着她。“很抱歉，但这是一种我从未听说过的参议员豁免权。”
Jake looked at her. “I’m sorry, but that’s one kind of Senatorial immunity I never heard of.”
他感到愤愤不平，并非完全没有缘由。“这就是我们来到乡村想要摆脱的那种事情，” 他对海伦说。
He felt aggrieved, not altogether without cause. “This is the sort of thing we came to the country to get away from,” he said to Helene.
她同情地点点头。“这与我们无关，” 她说。“让我们离开这里，继续我们的钓鱼之旅，不管有没有谋杀案。”
She nodded sympathetically. “It’s none of our business,” she said. “Let’s get out of here and go on with our fishing trip, murder or no murder.”
“恐怕不行，” 杰克说。“即使在乡村，在警察到来之前从尸体旁走开也被认为是不得体的行为。”
“I’m afraid not,” Jake said. “Even in the country it isn’t considered good form to walk away from a corpse before the police arrive.”
现在每个人都在看着已故的佩维利参议员，但是杰克提醒自己，很快那些目光就会带着好奇和敌意投向他们。海伦不会知道这一点。她没有在格罗夫度过她生命的最初几年。
Everybody was now looking at the late Senator Peveley but, Jake reminded himself, soon those glances would be directed at them, with a mixture of curiosity and hostility. Helene wouldn’t know that. She hadn’t spent the first years of her life in Grove Falls.
令人惊讶的是法院走廊突然挤满了人。就在片刻之前，它还空荡荡、黑漆漆且像洞穴一样。现在它挤满了震惊和好奇的人。他抬头认出了灰发的麦高恩小姐、矮壮的斯金丁斯鲁德先生、高大英俊的菲尔?史密斯。还有其他人，他不认识的人。
It was amazing how the courthouse corridor had suddenly filled with people. Only a moment before it had been empty, dark, and cavernous. Now it was crowded with shocked and curious people. He looked up and recognized the gray-haired Miss MacGowan, the stocky little Mr. Skindingsrude, the tall, handsome Phil Smith. There were others, strangers to him.
阿尔文?高奇，他的光头闪闪发亮，挤到人群中间。“佩维利参议员被枪击了！这太可怕了！得有人做点什么。”
Alvin Goudge, his bald head shining, pushed his way into the center of the group. “Senator Peveley shot! This is terrible! Somebody’s got to do something.”
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