海伦几乎绝望地说：“马龙，我不能再等了。趁我们三个单独在这儿，告诉我……”
Helene said almost desperately, “Malone, I can’t wait any longer. While the three of us are alone here, tell me—”
她被洛特斯的回来打断了。文宁夫妇紧跟在她后面几步远的地方。迈克尔·文宁穿着花呢衣服，一只手拿着烟斗。海伦觉得为了使画面完整，他应该有一只纯种塞特猎犬在他脚边徘徊。伊迪莎·文宁没有显露出她前一晚经历的迹象，表面上很平静，但她眼睛里的光芒几乎是闪烁的，两团红晕高高地浮现在她的脸颊上。
She was interrupted by the return of Lotus. The Vennings were only a few steps behind her. Michael Venning was in tweeds and held a pipe in one hand. Helene thought to plete the picture he should have had a thoroughbred setter prowling at his heels. Editha Venning showed no signs of her experience of the night before and wore a show of outward calm, but the light in her eyes was almost a glitter, and two spots of color burned high on her cheeks.
“彭德利马上就下来。”洛特斯说。
“Pendley will be down in a minute,” Lotus said.
马龙又看了一眼他的手表。他不知道他是否应该拖延时间，等杰克到来。
Malone glanced at his watch again. He wondered if he ought to stall for time until Jake arrived.
“喝茶吗？”莫娜·麦克莱恩礼貌地问，“还是鸡尾酒？”
“Tea?” Mona McClane asked politely, “or cocktails.”
只有洛特斯要了茶。
Only Lotus took tea.
“年轻的罗斯·麦克劳林怎么样了？”伊迪莎·文宁问道。她的声音里有一种微弱的、颤抖的音调。
“How is young Ross McLaurin getting along?” Editha Venning asked. There was a faint, fluttering overtone in her voice.
“他在好转。”马龙告诉她，“我希望他是最后一个。这里似乎出现了一种流行病。”
“He’s improving,” Malone told her. “I hope he’s the last. There seems to have been something of an epidemic.”
就是现在，海伦告诉自己。她想知道每个人怎么能如此平静。该死的杰克，在这之前还没到。
This is it, Helene told herself. She wondered how everyone could be so calm. Damn Jake, for not getting here before this.
“阻止流行病的唯一方法，”马龙非常平静地补充道，“是追踪感染源并将其清除。”
“The only way to stop an epidemic,” Malone added very quietly, “is to trace the carrier of the infection and remove it.”
没有人说话。
No one spoke.
突然，他重重地放下鸡尾酒杯，站起来，踢了一下木柴。
Suddenly he set his cocktail glass down hard, rose, and kicked at the firelog.
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