“至少，” 海伦轻声说，“是过去三十二年里最有名的。”
“At least,” Helene murmured, “the most famous in the last thirty-two years.”
“除了是参议员之外，” 清洁工接着说，“他拥有这里一半的鞋厂，还是银行行长。我想他还拥有很多房地产和抵押品。前参议员佩维利肯定很富有。”
“Outside of being a Senator,” the janitor went on, “he owned half the shoe factory here, and he was president of the bank. I guess he owned a lot of real estate and mortgages, too. Ex-Senator Peveley must’ve been a rich man.”
“那现在谁会得到这一切呢？” 杰克随意地问。
“And who’ll get all that now?” Jake asked casually.
“我想是他女儿吧。她是他唯一的亲人。她叫弗洛伦斯。她和杰瑞?勒克斯通订婚了。也许她不会继承所有东西，我觉得她和那个老头 ——” 巴顿抱歉地清了清嗓子 ——“关系不太好。很多人和他关系都不好。”
“His daughter, I suppose. She’s all he had. Her name’s Florence. She’s engaged to marry Jerry Luckstone. Maybe she won’t inherit everything, I don’t think she and the old man”-Buttonholes cleared his throat apologetically-“got along any too well. A lot of people didn’t get along with him.”
“还有那么多钱？” 海伦说。
“With all that money?” Helene said.
巴顿眨了眨眼。“他脾气有点急，而且总是要按自己的方式来。有很多人不喜欢他，但这并不意味着谋杀。这里的人不会随便杀人。”
Buttonholes blinked. “He was kind of quick-tempered, and he always had to have his own way. There was plenty of people didn’t like him, but that don’t mean murder. Folks up here don’t go around murdering.”
“这里有人会这么做，” 杰克说。“可能从没听说过规矩。”
“Somebody up here does,” Jake said. “Probably never heard about the rules.”
还没等巴顿回答，一个棕色头发的漂亮女孩溜进办公室，默默地看了三人一眼，走到电话旁，拨了一个号码。
Before Buttonholes could answer, a brown-haired, pretty girl slipped into the office, glanced silently at the trio, went over to the telephone, and called a number.
“我想和伯罗斯先生说话。” 她的声音很低，杰克和海伦几乎听不清她的话。当她再次说话时，声音更低了。
“I want to speak to Mr. Burrows.” Her voice was so low Jake and Helene could barely make out the words. It was even lower when she spoke again.
“我是阿琳，汤姆。是的，我知道我不该再给你打电话。但我知道你会想知道。佩维利参议员被杀害了。被谋杀了。” 停顿了一会儿，然后说，“我不知道。有人开枪打死了他，他死了。” 又停顿了一下。“在走廊的地板上。汤姆 ——”
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