In his hotel room, Malone allowed Jake to help undress him and get him into bed. By the time the covers were tucked under his chin, the time was quarter to twelve. He sighed with relief. Jake wouldn’t call on Mona McClane at this hour of the night.
“睡一晚你就会好的，” 杰克向他保证。“你能保证呆在床上，不乱跑吗？”
“You’ll be all right after a night’s sleep,” Jake assured him. “Will you promise to stay in bed and not go roaming around?”
“保证，” 马龙说着，闭上了眼睛。从一只眼睛的余光里，他看到杰克小心翼翼地把所有的裤子藏起来，最后环顾了一下房间，然后轻轻地走了出去，随手关上了门。
“Promise,” Malone said, shutting his eyes. Out of the corner of one of them he could see Jake carefully hiding all the pants, taking a last look around the room, and going out quietly, closing the door behind him.
这位小律师深吸了一口气。这是个忙碌的晚上，但他避免了杰克和海伦可能发生的灾难性的碰面。明天又是新的一天，但他会兵来将挡，水来土掩。
The little lawyer drew a long breath. It had been a busy evening, but he’d warded off a possibly disastrous meeting between Jake and Helene. Tomorrow would be another day, but he’d meet it as it came.
半小时后，他正要入睡，电话铃响了。海伦的声音从听筒里传来，气喘吁吁又兴奋不已。
He was just dropping off to sleep half an hour later when the telephone rang. Helene’s voice, breathless and excited, came from the receiver.
“马龙，我在大厅。马上下来。我让一个报童正替我开着车在街区周围转。”
“Malone, I’m down in the lobby. Come down right away. I’ve got a newsboy driving the car around the block.”
他想不出比 “嗯？” 更好的回答了。
He couldn’t think of anything better than, “Huh?”
“你醒着吗？听着，你这个笨蛋。我绑架了谋杀杰拉尔德?图伊兹的人。”
“Are you awake? Then listen, you blockhead. I’ve kidnaped the man who murdered Gerald Tuesday.”
马龙慢慢地数到十，然后平静地说：“有赏金吗？”
Malone counted to ten slowly and then said calmly, “Is there a reward?”
他听到电话那头传来愤怒又含混不清的嘟囔声。
He heard an indignant and unintelligible sputtering noise at the other end of the wire.
“他现在在哪儿？”
“Where is he now?”
“在车后座，盖着一些毯子下面。我把他打晕了。”
“In the back of the car, under some blankets. I knocked him out.”
马龙叹了口气。“也许我最好马上下去。”
Malone sighed. “Maybe I’d better e right down.”
“也许你该下来，” 海伦告诉他，“而且也许你最好快点。因为我开的是一辆偷来的车。” 她挂了电话。
“Maybe you had,” Helene told him, “and maybe you’d better hurry. Because I’m driving a stolen car.” She hung up.
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