“就这么简单！” 马龙钦佩地小声说。
“It’s as simple as that!” Malone murmured admiringly.
“杰瑞和弗洛伦斯?佩维利大约一个月前宣布订婚。” 汤姆接着说。“我听说参议员不太高兴，但他没有直接反对。在那之前杰瑞常和阿琳在一起，我想他偶尔也会和科拉?贝尔出去，但县里大多数男性都这样。”
“Jerry and Florence Peveley announced their engagement about a month ago,” Tom went on. “I understood the Senator wasn’t too pleased, but he didn’t e right out and object. Before that Jerry used to run around with Arlene, and I guess he used to go out with Cora Belle once in a while, but so did most of the male population of the county.”
“这有点《红字》的味道吗？” 海伦想知道。
“Is this a slight shade of the ‘scarlet letter’?” Helene wanted to know.
“哦，不，完全不是那样。科拉?贝尔 —— 她是弗洛姆夫人 —— 有点让人皱眉，但大家还是跟她说话。我听说她还在高中的时候就有点活泼。她在毕业前两个月退学跑去了密尔沃基，至少表面上是为了找份工作，当时引起了一点议论。后来有消息说她嫁给了一个叫弗洛姆的人。几年前她和他离了婚回到了这里，靠赡养费过得相当奢华。科拉?贝尔非常有趣。” 他最后那句话带着一丝怀念的语气。
“Oh no, nothing like that. Cora Belle - she’s Mrs. Fromm - is frowned on a little, but everybody is still speaking to her. I understand she was something of a lively girl when she was still in high school. There was a little talk when she quit two months before she was to graduate and ran off to Milwaukee, ostensibly, at least, to take some kind of job. Then sometime later news came that she had married a guy named Fromm. A few years ago she divorced him and came back here, and she’s living fairly lavishly on her alimony. Cora Belle’s a heluva lot of fun.” He said the last in a faintly reminiscent tone.
“我想我要和她谈谈这个案子。” 马龙热情地说。他又说，“除了可能在某个黑暗的乡村小路上有点暧昧之外，她和参议员有什么联系吗？”
“I think I’d like to discuss the case with her,” Malone said enthusiastically. He added, “Any link between her and the Senator, except possibly a little hanky-panky on some dark country lane?”
“据我所知没有。但她经常和埃伦?麦高恩的弟弟在一起，我听说那个老妇人一点也不喜欢。”
“Nothing I know about. But she runs around a lot with Ellen MacGowan’s younger brother, and I’ve heard that the old dame doesn’t like it a little bit.”
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