Helene’s fingers dug into his arm. “The more I see of this place,” she whispered to him, “the better I like any other place we could be.” There were tiny beads of perspiration on her upper lip.
“别担心，” 他低声回应，让人安心。“很快就会没事的，只要他们明白我们只是无辜的旁观者。”
“Don’t worry,” he whispered back, reassuringly. “It’ll be all right, soon as they get the idea we’re just innocent spectators.”
“只要他们明白就好。这可能会耗费我们一生中最好的时光。” 她喃喃地说。
“Just so they get the idea. It may take the best years of our life,” she murmured.
突然一声雷鸣，震得这座老建筑摇摇欲坠。杰克能透过公路部门办公室的窗户看到闪电。法院里面有一种奇怪的昏暗光线。
A sudden roar of thunder shook the old building to its foundations. Jake could see the lightning flashes through the window in the Highway Department office. Inside the courthouse there was a curious, murky light.
这一幕有些奇妙而不可思议。一动不动的人群围成一圈，脸色苍白的年轻地方检察官，以及倒在地上的已故参议员佩维利，他就那样脸朝下倒着，无力的胳膊和腿平摊在地上，他的白色亚麻外套上有一块红色污渍在扩散。在杰克看来，他已经在那里站了好几个小时，海伦的手指冰凉地搭在他的胳膊上，直到他抬头看了看大厅的大钟，才意识到仅仅过了三分钟。
There was something fantastic and incredible about the scene. The circle of motionless people, the white-faced young district attorney, and the late Senator Peveley on the floor, exactly as he had fallen, face down, limp arms and legs sprawled flatly on the floor, a red stain spreading on his white linen coat. It seemed to Jake that he had been standing there for hours, Helene’s fingers cold on his arm, until he glanced up at the big hall clock and realized that it had only been three minutes.
“我们应该给某人打电话。” 人群中的一个人说。
“We ought to call up somebody,” a man in the group said.
杰克说：“终于你有主意了。你认识谁？”
Jake said, “Now you’re getting the idea. Who do you know?”
“我们得让报纸知道。” 另一个人说。
“We’ve got to let the newspapers know,” another man said.
“得有人告诉他女儿。” 埃德?斯金丁斯鲁德说，同时瞥了一眼年轻的地方检察官。
“Somebody has to tell his daughter,” Ed Skindingsrude said, with a sidelong glance at the young district attorney.
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