“I never saw him and I never heard of him,” Malone said crossly. One hand slipped into his coat pocket and felt of the key the stranger in his last moment of life had put in his hand. He received he had a chance to take it out and examine it. “Let’s get the hell out of here, I want a drink.”
冯?弗拉纳根点点头，嘟囔了几句关于格瑞特大舞台的最后一场表演，然后说：“真可惜你的朋友杰克?贾斯特和他那个疯疯癫癫的金发妻子不在。”
Von Flanagan nodded and muttered something about the last show at the Grand Terrace, then said, “Too bad those friends of yours, Jake Justus and that crazy blonde wife of his, aren’t along.”
马龙叹了口气，点了点头。他也一直在想念杰克和海伦。他有一种不安的预感，觉得自己会需要他们。
Malone sighed and nodded. He too had been wishing for Jake and Helene. He had an unfortable premonition that he was going to need them.
格瑞特大舞台的晚场演出，正如马龙所预期的那样精彩，但这似乎并没有改善他的心情。从杜松子酒换成黑麦威士忌也没有多大帮助。要是冯?弗拉纳根能给他个机会检查一下那把钥匙就好了！但这个警察像个传票送达员一样紧紧跟着他。
The late show at the Grand Terrace was all Malone had anticipated, but it didn’t seem to improve his state of mind. Switching from gin to rye didn’t help much, either. If only von Flanagan would give him a chance to examine that key! But the police officer stuck to him like a summons server.
在下一站，一家二流的黑人与白人混合的场所，舞台表演就没那么精彩了，但却更加喧闹。马龙试着在喝了黑麦威士忌后又喝啤酒，感觉终于开始有了起色。
At the next stop, a second-rate black and tan, the floor show wasn’t as high as good, but it was noisier. Malone tried following the rye with beer, and felt that an upswing was beginning at last.
冯?弗拉纳根提醒他说，如果以后被问起什么问题，那他们整个晚上都在处理那个被谋杀的陌生人的事情，还说：“伙计，我真希望有一个像杰克?贾斯特的那样的妻子。有些人就是运气好。”
Von Flanagan reminded him that if anything should be asked in the future, they’d spent the whole night attending to the matter of the murdered stranger, and added, “Boy, I wish I had a wife like the one Jake Justus got. Some guys have all the luck.”
马龙同意他的看法，并且希望他不要再谈论杰克和海伦了。他不喜欢承认自己有多么想念他们，而且这种想念是永远的。他们会从蜜月旅行中回来，杰克会找到一份工作，很可能是朝九晚五的那种，然后他和海伦会安定下来过上平静的家庭生活。随着时间的推移，他们会搬到郊区，而他，马龙，偶尔会被邀请去参加那些沉闷、冗长的周日晚餐。过去的日子一去不复返了。当然，如果杰克能赢得和莫娜?麦克莱恩的打赌，并且能拥有卡西诺赌场就好了 —— 但现在想这些也没用了。除非 —— 他停下来，严厉地提醒自己，杰克现在是个已婚男人了，有责任在身，没有时间再去卷入谋杀事件中，即使是为了赢得疯狂的赌注也不行。
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