At the corner drugstore he went in, bought a slug, and walked back to the phone booth. Jake, looking very dubious about the whole thing, hovered by the door to the booth. After a moment of thought, Malone had a flash of inspiration and called the weather bureau. He wanted to know if it had been snowing that afternoon.
没有，没有下雪。气温一直在四十五度（华氏度）左右徘徊。
No, it had not been snowing. The thermometer had hovered around forty-five degrees.
那有下雨吗？
Then had there been any rain?
有，下午下了一场短暂的大雨。
Yes, there had been one short, heavy rainfall during the afternoon.
“有了。” 马龙高兴地说。“就是那场雨。它具体是什么时候下的？”
“There.” Malone said happily. “That’s the one I mean. Exactly what time did it occur?”
气象局过了一会儿才报告说雨是四点十分开始下的，下了十五分钟的大雨，大约在四点三十五分停了。
It was a little while before the weather bureau reported that the rain had started falling at four-ten, rained hard for fifteen minutes, and stopped falling at about four-thirty-five.
马龙对气象局千恩万谢，然后挂了电话。他努力想再找个人打电话，但就是想不出可以打给谁。
Malone thanked the weather bureau profusely and hung up. He tried to think of someone else he might call, but inspiration refused to deliver.
杰克恼怒又痛苦地说：“行了，快点去吃你那该死的晚餐，然后我们去莫娜家。这对你来说可能不重要，但对我很重要。”
Jake said in anguished exasperation, “Come on and get your damned dinner and let’s get up to Mona’s. This may not seem important to you, but it is to me.”
这位小个子律师任由杰克把他带到人行道上。他正祈求上天给他下一步提示时，看到街对面有一小群人正上一辆车。他的目光捕捉到淡金色头发在电灯下的反光。
The little lawyer allowed himself to be led out to the sidewalk. He was just asking providence to suggest the next move, when he saw a little group of people getting into a car halfway down the street. His eye caught the gleam of electric light on pale-gold hair.
“好吧，但让我安静地吃顿饭。别烦我。”
“All right, but let me eat in peace. Don’t heckle me.”
里基特酒吧可能会很拥挤，等待服务的时间可能会很长。但实际上并不拥挤。他们刚坐下，一个女服务员就出现了。
There was a chance that Rickett’s would be crowded, and it would take a long time to be waited on. It was not. They had barely reached the table before a waitress appeared.
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