“Everything's O. K. No need for any fuss.” He looked at Mona McClane. “Just have your car brought around, get your party together, and we'll have her quietly carried out to the car. In twelve hours she'll be as good as new.”
莫娜·麦克莱恩点点头，迅速走开了。她似乎不想听任何解释。海伦跟着她。
Mona McClane nodded and walked away quickly. She didn't seem to want any explanations. Helene followed her.
经理仍然脸色苍白，说：“我不知道该怎么感谢……”
The manager, still pale, said, “I don't know how to thank—”
“没关系。”马龙说。“给我来一杯免费的。”他带着杰克朝酒吧走去。
“That's all right,” Malone said. “I'll have one on the house.” He led Jake toward the bar.
“她真的没事吗？”杰克问道，“还是你在帮卡西诺赌场摆脱一个棘手的困境？”
“Is she really O. K.,” Jake demanded, “or are you saving the Casino from a nasty jam?”
“她真的没事。有人在她的酒里下了迷药。等我们出去了再告诉你其他的。”
“She’s really O. K. Somebody slipped her a Mickey Finn. Wait for the rest till we get outside.”
他们在出去的路上在酒吧停了一下。马龙似乎很需要那杯酒。当他们走到人行道上时，麦克莱恩一行人已经走了，但一辆出租车停在门口，车门开着。两个男人上了车才发现海伦坐在阴影里。
They paused at the bar on the way out. Malone seemed to need that drink. The McClane party had gone when they reached the sidewalk, but a taxi, its door open, was waiting in front of the door. The two men were inside it before they discovered Helene sitting back in the shadows.
“我溜出来了。”她解释道。“发生了什么事，马龙？”
“I ducked away,” she explained. “What happened, Malone?”
他把跟杰克说的解释又说了一遍。“但这还不是全部。卢埃拉·怀特是个男的。”
He gave her the explanation he had given Jake. “But that’s not all. Louella White is a he.”
“你再说一遍？”杰克说。
“How’s that again?” Jake said.
“我在里面的时候翻了她——他——的手提包。他是来自纽约一家不怎么靠谱的侦探社的路易·怀特。”
“I looked through her—his—handbag while I was in there. He’s Lou White, from a shady New York detective agency.”
出租车开了半条街后杰克才说：“嗯，我一直觉得没有哪个女人能像她那么不爱说话。但他在为谁工作呢？”
The taxi had gone half a block before Jake said, “Well, I always thought no woman could be as untalkative as that. But who was he working for?”
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