“很晚了，” 杰克遗憾地说，“但莫娜?麦克莱恩不会介意的。我们现在最好直接去她家。”
“It’s late,” Jake said regretfully, “but Mona McClane won’t mind. We’d better go right up there now.”
马龙摇了摇头。“你到了那儿都不知道要说什么。在你能提问之前你需要信息。如果你让我再给你一条信息作为依据，你就可以问她任何你想问的问题了。”
Malone shook his head. “You don’t know what you’re going to say when you do get there. You need information before you can ask questions. If you’ll just let me get you one more piece of information to go on, you can ask her all the questions you want.”
“好吧，” 杰克说，“但要快点。”
“All right,” Jake said, “but make it snappy.”
律师蹦蹦跳跳地穿过人行道，上了一辆出租车。杰克跟着他上了车，砰地关上了门。
The lawyer bounded across the sidewalk and into a cab. Jake followed him and slammed the door.
“去罗斯福路高架车站，” 马龙对司机说，“开快点！”
“The Roosevelt Road elevated station,” Malone told the driver, “and drive like mad!”
出租车开到密歇根大道桥一半的时候，杰克才喘过气来问道：“但到底为什么……”
The cab was halfway to the Michigan Avenue bridge before Jake recovered enough breath to ask, “But why the hell—”
马龙说：“嘘！” 把手指放在嘴唇上，摇了摇头，然后指了指出租车司机。
Malone said, “Sssh!” put his fingers to his lips, shook his head, and pointed to the cab driver.
在麦迪逊街，杰克倾过身子小声说：“但为什么……”
At Madison Street Jake leaned over and whispered, “But why—”
马龙小声回答：“因为那个钟。” 然后又摇了摇头。“别问我这么多问题。我知道我在做什么。”
Malone whispered back, “Because of the clock,” and shook his head again. “Don’t ask me so many questions. I know what I’m doing.”
“你喝醉了。” 杰克气愤地说。
“You’re drunk,” Jake said indignantly.
“我还是知道我在做什么。”
“I still know what I’m doing.”
在高架车站的入口处又有一个尴尬的时刻，马龙又一次默默地向上天求助。就在这时，他的目光落在了车站的钟上。
There was another difficult moment just inside the doors of the elevated station, and Malone had another quiet conference with providence. In the midst of it, his eye fell on the station clock.
他示意杰克不要打扰他，拿出手表，仔细地检查着，仿佛怀疑它是一个危险的装置，然后站在那里，手里拿着手表，一会儿看看手表，一会儿看看车站的钟。他就这样一动不动地站了整整十五分钟。时间一到，他合上手表，放回口袋里。
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