The tall man frowned at the fireplace. “The day it’s over, we go to Florida. Mona, your hospitality is matchless, but I can’t endure this infernal weather.”
“一月份的天气一直很糟糕。” 莫娜说，语气中带着礼貌的歉意，但又不承担责任。“这让我想起了，伊迪莎。我有个坏消息要告诉你。洗衣店说你的外套毁了。”
“It has been beastly for January,” Mona said, managing to sound politely apologetic without taking the blame. “That reminds me, Editha. I have bad news for you. The cleaner reports your coat was ruined.”
“我的外套？” 那个脸色苍白的女人脸上露出一丝困惑。
“My coat?” The pale woman’s face was faintly puzzled.
“就是你昨天被雨淋湿时穿的那件。”
“The one you had on yesterday when you got caught in the rain.”
“哦，那件啊。没关系，我从来就不喜欢它。” 她虚弱地笑了笑。“我当时全身都湿透了。有那么几分钟，雨下得就像水龙头爆了一样。莫娜，那饮料很美味，但我能来一杯苏格兰威士忌吗？”
“Oh, that. It doesn’t matter, I never liked it.” She smiled weakly. “I was simply drenched. It came down like a burst faucet for a few minutes. Mona, that drink was delightful, but may I have a Scotch?”
“自己拿吧。” 莫娜?麦克莱恩说。
“Help yourself,” Mona McClane said.
马龙注意到她倒了足足有三指高的酒。他觉得她看起来就像一个保养得很好但却很有艺术气质的堕落之人。她深色头发中的那根白色羽毛无疑给她增添了一种独特的气质。他看到卢埃拉?怀特警惕的眼睛盯着杯子里的苏格兰威士忌，一直看到最后一滴，但她并没有采取任何行动去阻止。那么显然，轻微的酗酒问题并不是麻烦所在。
Malone noticed that she poured out a good three fingers. She looked like a very well-preserved but artistic ruin, he decided. That single white plume in her dark hair undeniably gave her a certain distinction. He observed that Louella White’s watchful eyes measured the Scotch in the glass down to the last drop, but she made no move to interfere. Then evidently a mild touch of dipsomania wasn’t the trouble.
“我们在东方当然经历过各种各样的雨。” 迈克尔?文宁回忆着说，“但那不一样。那带有一种戏剧性的特质。而这里的雨只是沉闷。那里的一切都不同。说真的，你知道，人生如此短暂，为什么不在世界上那些丰富多彩、充满戏剧性的地方度过呢？” 他的声音中似乎带有一丝辩解的意味。
“We had all kinds of rain in the Orient, of course,” Michael Venning was saying reminiscently. “But it was different. That had a kind of melodramatic quality to it. This is simply dreary. Everything was different there. Really, you know, when one has such a short life to live, why shouldn’t one live it in the colorful and dramatic places of the world?” There seemed to be a faintly defensive note in his voice.
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