The fourteenth call was to the apartment of the head of a local gambling syndicate, named Max Hook. Malone addressed him familiarly as “chum.”
这个赌徒宣称他很乐意借给马龙钱。如果有必要的话，可以多借一些。他会马上派人把钱送过来。
The gambler declared he would be delighted to lend Malone the money. More, if necessary. He would send it over right away by messenger.
“别担心还钱的事，马龙。你也许能为我做点事。”
“Don’t worry about paying it back, Malone. You may be able to do a few things for me.”
马龙急忙说：“我不是那样做生意的，伙计。我会在二十四小时内还给你。” 他放下电话，看着它说：“我最好也能做到。如果你从骗子那里借钱，很快你就会和他们做生意了。不过，如果你从一个诚实的人那里借钱，他会收你百分之十的利息。”
Malone said hastily, “I don’t do business that way, pal. I’ll pay you back inside of twenty-four hours.” He put down the telephone, looked at it, and said “I’d damned well better too. If you borrow money from crooks, first thing you know you’re in business with them. Still, if you borrow it from an honest man, he charges you ten per cent interest.”
他给海伦的杯子里倒上黑麦威士忌，说：“在这儿等着，我马上回来。” 然后走进接待室。黑发秘书放下她的《国家》杂志，满怀希望地抬头看着他。
He poured rye into Helene’s glass, said, “Stay here, I’ll be right back,” and went out into the reception room. The black-haired secretary laid down her copy of The Nation and looked up at him hopefully.
“玛吉，几分钟后我会有三百块钱进账。给杰克?贾斯特汇两百块到这个地址”—— 他把电报递给她 ——“动作快点。给我留五十块买雪茄，再给自己发点工资。”
“Maggie, I have three hundred bucks ing in a few minutes. Wire two hundred to Jake Justus at this address”—he handed her the cablegram—“and do it fast. Save me fifty bucks for cigars, and pay yourself some salary.”
“银行的透支怎么办？”
“How about the overdraft at the bank?”
“以后再说。” 他坚定地告诉她。他走到门口，停下来，回头说：“给冯?弗拉纳根打电话，告诉他我有点轻微的震颤性谵妄，我明天一早就去他的办公室。”
“Later,” he told her firmly. He went to the door, paused, and said over his shoulder, “Call von Flanagan and tell him that I have a slight touch of delirium tremens, and I’ll drop in at his office first thing in the morning.”
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