Jim’s story
吉姆的讲述
Jim Wilson goes to the witness box.
吉姆·威尔逊走向证人席。
CLERK: (Giving Jim the book) Take this book in your right hand and read from it.
书记员：（把那本书递给他）右手拿书，读出上面的话。
JIM: I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
吉姆：我保证如实供述，毫无隐瞒。
MS WILLS: (Standing up) Jim, tell me about Mary. Did you know her well?
威尔斯女士：（站起来）吉姆，跟我说说玛丽。你很了解她吗？
JIM: Very well. She was my girlfriend. Our families come to Trenton for a holiday at the same time every year.
吉姆：非常了解。她是我的女朋友。我们两家每年的同一时间都会来托伦顿度假。
MS WILLS: I see. Can you tell us about the night of Saturday 12 August, please?
威尔斯女士：我明白了。那能请你说说8月12日星期六那天晚上的事儿吗？
JIM: Well, I went to the disco with Mary at half past eight. We sat at a table and talked to our friends. Then we danced – talked – danced – and then Mary went home.
吉姆：嗯，我和玛丽八点半的时候去了那家迪斯科舞厅。我们坐在桌旁和朋友聊天。然后我们跳舞，聊天，跳舞，之后玛丽就回家了。
MS WILLS: What time did she go home?
威尔斯女士：她什么时候回去的？
JIM: At about – midnight, I think. I don’t remember.
吉姆：我想大概——午夜吧。我不记得了。
MS WILLS: Did you see any new people at the disco?
威尔斯女士：你在迪斯科舞厅里见没见到不认识的人？
JIM: Yes. Two young men. They danced with Mary.
吉姆：见到了。两个年轻男的。他们和玛丽跳了舞。
MS WILLS: Can you see those two young men here now?
威尔斯女士：你看那两个年轻男的现在在这里吗？
JIM: Yes. Those two there. They killed her! (He looks angrily at Simon Clark and Dan Smith.)
吉姆：在。他们就在那儿。他们杀了她！（他愤怒地看着西蒙·克拉克和丹·史密斯。）
DAN: (Standing) We didn’t kill her! That’s not true!
丹：（站起来）我们没有杀她！不是这样的！
JUDGE: Please, Mr Smith. Sit down!
法官：行了，史密斯先生。坐下！
Dan sits down slowly.
丹慢慢坐下来。
MS WILLS: I’m sorry about that. Now Jim, tell me, what did you do when Mary went out of the disco?
威尔斯女士：发生这样的事我也很难过。吉姆，那你告诉我，玛丽离开迪斯科舞厅之后你干什么了？
JIM: Well, I stayed for fifteen minutes, to talk to some friends. Then I went for a walk, and – I saw her. There was blood on her face. I tried to help her, but I couldn’t.
吉姆：嗯，我又待了十五分钟，和一些朋友聊天。然后我出去散步——就看到她了。她脸上有血。我想要救她，可救不了。
MS WILLS: So what did you do then?
威尔斯女士：于是你做了什么？
JIM: I ran to phone the police. But it was no good. She was dead – and they killed her!
吉姆：我跑去打电话报警。但是没有用。她已经死了——是他们杀了她！
He looks at Dan and Simon. Ms Wills sits down.
他看着丹和西蒙。威尔斯女士坐下来。
GARTER: (Standing up) Jim, did you love Mary?
卡特：（站起来）吉姆，你爱玛丽吗？
JIM: Yes, I think so – she was my girlfriend.
吉姆：是的，我想是的——她是我女朋友。
GARTER: Yes, she was your girlfriend. And you loved her – you think. Mary left the disco at midnight, you say. She walked along that dark road by the sea. You didn’t go with her. Why?
卡特：是的，他是你女朋友。你爱她——你想。你说玛丽在午夜离开了迪斯科舞厅。她独自沿着海边那条漆黑的路走。你没有跟她一起。为什么？
JIM: Why? I don’t know – she wanted to go alone.
吉姆：为什么？我不知道——她想一个人走。
GARTER: Why? Was she angry with you?
卡特：为什么？她在生你的气？
JIM: I don’t know. A little angry, perhaps. It wasn’t important.
吉姆：我不知道。有点儿生气，可能吧。那不重要。
GARTER: Were you angry with these young men? With Simon and Dan, because they danced with her?
卡特：你生这两个年轻人的气吗？生西蒙和丹的气，因为他们和她跳了舞？
JIM: A little angry, yes.
吉姆：有一点儿生气，是的。
GARTER: A little angry, you say. Did you see them dance with her?
卡特：你说有一点儿生气。你看到他们和她跳舞了吗？
JIM: I saw Simon dance with her, but not Dan. I went out with some friends. They wanted to see my car.
吉姆：我看到西蒙和她跳舞了，但是没看到丹。我跟一些朋友出去了。他们想看看我的车。
GARTER: To see your car? Why? Is it very interesting?
卡特：看你的车？为什么？你的车很特别吗？
JIM: It’s a new car – a Volkswagen Polo. I like it very much. My friends wanted to look at it.
吉姆：是辆新车——大众保罗。我很喜欢它。我的朋友们想去看看它。
GARTER: I see. What happened when you went back in?
卡特：我明白了。你返回以后发生了什么？
JIM: I saw Mary with that boy. (He looks at Simon.)
吉姆：我看到玛丽和那个小子在一起。（他看着西蒙。）
GARTER: And what did you do then?
卡特：接着你做了什么？
JIM: I was angry. I asked him to stop dancing with her.
吉姆：我很生气。我要求他不要和她跳舞。
GARTER: You asked him, you say. Did you hit him, Jim?
卡特：你说你要求他。你打他了吗，吉姆？
JIM: Well, yes. I hit him once. But he hit me first!
吉姆：嗯，打了。打了一下。但是是他先打我的！
SIMON: That’s not true! I didn’t hit you! You hit me!
西蒙：不是这样的！我没打你！是你打的我！
JUDGE: Be quiet, Mr Clark! Please!
法官：安静，克拉克先生！行了！
SIMON: But it’s not true, my lord! I didn’t hit him!
西蒙：但是事实不是这样的，法官大人！我没打他！
JUDGE: Perhaps not. But you can speak later. Do you understand?
法官：可能没有。但是你稍后才能说话。明白了吗？
SIMON: Yes, sir.
西蒙：明白了，先生。
GARTER: What did Mary do when you hit Simon, Jim?
卡特：你打西蒙的时候玛丽做了什么，吉姆？
JIM: She laughed, I think. Then she sat at a table with me.
吉姆：她笑了，我想。然后她和我在桌旁坐下了。
GARTER: Why did she laugh, Jim? Did she laugh at Simon, or you?
卡特：她为什么笑，吉姆？是笑西蒙，还是笑你？
JIM: She laughed at Simon, because he was afraid of me!
吉姆：她在笑西蒙，因为他害怕我！
GARTER: Is that true? Or did she laugh at you, Jim? Perhaps she liked Simon, not you!
卡特：是这样吗？还是她是在笑你，吉姆？可能她喜欢的是西蒙，不是你！
JIM: Of course she didn’t! She was my girl, and she was there with me, not them!
吉姆：当然不是！她是我的女朋友，她是和我在一起的，不是和他们！
GARTER: But you were angry with Mary, Jim. Why was that? Did she like them more than you, perhaps?
卡特：但是你生玛丽的气，吉姆。为什么？也许她喜欢他们比喜欢你更多一点？
JIM: NO! I wasn’t angry with her, I was angry with Simon! I was angry, so I hit him.
吉姆：不可能！我没有生她的气，我是生西蒙的气！我生气，所以打了他。
GARTER: Are you sure?
卡特：你确定吗？
JIM: Yes, of course! I was angry with him because he danced with my girlfriend, and because he killed her. Don’t you understand? He killed her! Of course I’m angry – he killed her!
吉姆：是的，当然！我生他的气是因为他和我女朋友跳舞，因为他杀了她。难道你不明白吗？他杀了她！我当然生气了——他杀了她！
GARTER: How do you know that, Jim?
卡特：你怎么知道，吉姆？
JIM: Everyone knows that! He followed her in his car along the road. Then he took that spanner from the car, and he hit her on the head – two, three times! Then she ran on to the beach, crying.
吉姆：所有人都知道！他开车在那条路上跟着她。然后从车里拿出扳手打她的头——两次，三次！然后她边哭边向沙滩跑。
GARTER: What happened then, Jim?
卡特：之后发生了什么，吉姆？
JIM: He hit her again! And then she stopped moving, and there was blood everywhere! Lots of blood! And I tried to help her, but I couldn’t, she was dead –
吉姆：他又打她！然后她就不动了，到处都是血！很多血！我想要救她，但是救不了，她死了——
Jim is crying. Carter says nothing for a minute.
吉姆哭起来。卡特有一会儿没说话。
GARTER: So, Jim, she ran on to the beach, crying, and he hit her again, you say. How do you know that?
卡特：好，吉姆，你说她哭着跑到沙滩上，他又打了她。你是怎么知道的？
JIM: How? I don’t remember. The police said that.
吉姆：怎么知道的？我不记得了。警察说的。
GARTER: No, Jim, they didn’t say that. (He waits, but Jim says nothing.) Jim, there was no blood on Simon or Dan, but there was a lot of blood on you. And you were angry with Mary, because she didn’t love you. Is that true, Jim?
卡特：不，吉姆，警察没这么说。（他等着，但是吉姆不说话。）吉姆，西蒙和丹的身上都没有血，而你身上却有很多血。而且你生玛丽的气，因为她不爱你。是这样吗，吉姆？
JIM: No.
吉姆：不是。
GARTER: Simon and Dan weren’t on the beach, Jim. They didn’t kill her. But you were there. You went out of the disco and followed her. Did you kill her?
卡特：西蒙和丹没在沙滩上，吉姆。他们没有杀她。而你在那儿。你从迪斯科舞厅出来跟着她。是你杀了她吗？
JIM: NO! Of course I didn’t! What are you saying? They killed her – their car was there, the spanner was in their car! I didn’t kill her! She was my girlfriend – I loved her!
吉姆：不是！我当然没有！你在说什么啊？他们杀了她——他们的车在那儿，扳手在他们的车里！我没有杀她！她是我的女朋友——我爱她！
GARTER: You loved her, you say. But you didn’t walk home with her on that dark night, Jim. Why not?
卡特：你说你爱她。但是那么漆黑的夜晚你却没有陪她走回家，吉姆。为什么没有呢？
JIM: But I did! I went after her! And I found her on the beach! She was dead!
吉姆：可是我陪她了！我去追她了！我在沙滩上发现了她！她已经死了！
GARTER: Did you go in your car? Your new Polo?
卡特：你开车去的吗？你那辆新保罗？
JIM: No, I didn’t. I walked. I wanted to think.
吉姆：不，我没有。我走着去的。我要想想。
GARTER: What did you want to think about?
卡特：你要想什么？
JIM: About me and Mary. I was sorry – I loved her, you know – And I wanted to talk to her, of course. But she was dead! They killed her, she was dead!
吉姆：想想我和玛丽。我很抱歉——我爱她，你知道——而且当然了，我想跟她说话。但是她死了！他们杀了她，她死了！
GARTER: But there was no blood on them, or in their car, Jim. The blood was on you! Perhaps you loved Mary, but you killed her too – because you were angry with her!
卡特：但是他们身上没有血，车上也没有，吉姆。血在你身上！也许你爱玛丽，但也是你杀了她——因为你生她的气！
JIM: No! I of course didn’t! I didn’t kill her. I loved her!
吉姆：没有！我当然没有！我没有杀她。我爱她！
GARTER: One more question, Jim. Do you have Pirelli tyres on your Volkswagen Polo?
卡特：还有个问题，吉姆。你的大众保罗配的是倍耐力轮胎吗？
JIM: What? Er – no. No, I don’t. I have Goodyear tyres.
吉姆：什么？呃——不。不，我没配。我用固特异轮胎。
GARTER: All right. I have no more questions. (He sits.) Jim goes out, and Ms Wills stands up.
卡特：好的。我没有问题了。（他坐下来。）吉姆走出去，威尔斯女士站起来。
MS WILLS: My lord, I have no more witnesses.
威尔斯女士：法官大人，我方没有证人了。
JUDGE: Thank you. Mr Carter, have you any witnesses?
法官：谢谢。卡特先生，你有证人吗？
GARTER: Yes, my lord. Mrs lucy Symes, please.
卡特：有，法官大人。请露西·赛姆斯太太出庭。
Lucy Symes comes into the witness box.
露西·赛姆斯走上证人席。
SYMES: (Taking the book) I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
赛姆斯：（拿着书）我保证如实陈述，毫无隐瞒。
GARTER: Mrs Symes, do you have a white Ford Fiesta?
卡特：赛姆斯太太，你有辆白色福特嘉年华吗？
SYMES: Yes, sir.
赛姆斯：是的，先生。
GARTER: What is the car’s number?
卡特：车牌号是多少？
SYMES: M346 WXT.
赛姆斯：M346 WXT。
GARTER: And what happened to that car on 12 August?
卡特：8月12日那辆车怎么了？
SYMES: Somebody stole it, sir. I telephoned the police, and they found it next day. There was a lot of sand in it.
赛姆斯：被人偷了，先生。我打电话报了警，他们第二天找到了它。车里有很多沙子。
GARTER: I see. Now, Mrs Symes, do you have a spanner in your car, like this spanner on the table?
卡特：我明白了。好，赛姆斯太太，你车里有扳手吗，像桌上这个扳手这样的？
SYMES: Well, I don’t know, sir. You see, I did have a spanner like that in the car last year, but it wasn’t very good. So now I have a better one than that.
赛姆斯：嗯，我不知道，先生。你知道，去年我车里确实有个像这样的扳手，但是不好用。所以我现在换了个更好的。
GARTER: I see. And where is this new spanner now?
卡特：我明白了。这个新扳手现在在哪儿？
SYMES: In the back of my car, sir. It’s always there.
赛姆斯：在我车后头，先生。它一直在那儿。
GARTER: What about the old spanner? Where is that?
卡特：旧扳手呢？它在哪儿？
SYMES: Well, I don’t know, sir. I didn’t want it, you see.
赛姆斯：嗯，我不知道，先生。我不想要那个了，你知道。
GARTER: Was it in the car on 12 August?
卡特：8月12日那天旧扳手在车上吗？
SYMES: I don’t know. Perhaps it was, but I’m not sure.
赛姆斯：我不知道。可能在，但我不确定。
GARTER: Thank you, Mrs Symes. Please wait there.
卡特：谢谢，赛姆斯太太。请稍等。
He sits down, and Ms Wills stands up.
他坐下来，威尔斯女士站起来。
MS WILLS: Mrs Symes, was your old spanner in the car, or not?
威尔斯女士：赛姆斯太太，当时你的旧扳手在不在车上？
SYMES: I’m not sure. I’m sorry, I don’t know.
赛姆斯：我不确定。抱歉，我不知道。
MS WILLS: Well, perhaps you put the spanner in the back of your car, and then you forgot about it.
威尔斯女士：那好，可能你把它放在车后面，然后忘了这回事。
SYMES: Yes, perhaps I did.
赛姆斯：是，有可能。
MS WILLS: Yes. (She takes the spanner from the table and gives it to Mrs Symes.) And is this spanner like your old car spanner?
威尔斯女士：好的。（她从桌上拿起扳手，递给赛姆斯太太。）这把扳手像你那个旧扳手吗？
SYMES: I think so, yes. Yes, it is.
赛姆斯：我想是的。是，像。
MS WILLS: Thank you. (She sits down.)
威尔斯女士：谢谢。（她坐下来。）
Mrs Symes leaves. Janet Nolan comes to the witness box, and takes the book from the clerk.
赛姆斯太太离开。珍妮特·诺兰走上证人席，从书记员手中接过书。
JANET: I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
珍妮特：我保证如实陈述，毫无隐瞒。
GARTER: Miss Nolan, you were in the disco on the night of 12 August. Did you see Mary Jones?
卡特：诺兰小姐，8月12日那晚你在那家迪斯科舞厅。你看到玛丽·琼斯了吗？
JANET: Yes, I saw her with her boyfriend, Jim. And then later she danced with those two boys.
珍妮特：看到了，我看见她和她男朋友吉姆在一起。之后她和那两个男孩儿跳了舞。
GARTER: Which two boys?
卡特：哪两个男孩儿？
JANET: Those two. (She looks at Simon and Dan.)
珍妮特：那两个。（她看着西蒙和丹。）
GARTER: I see. Did she dance with them for a long time?
卡特：我明白了。她和他们跳了很长时间吗？
JAN·ET: For about ten minutes, yes. She danced with Dan first and then Simon. Jim wasn’t in the disco then. When Jim saw them, he was very angry.
珍妮特：差不多十分钟，嗯。她先和丹跳，然后又和西蒙跳。吉姆那时不在迪斯科舞厅里。吉姆看到他们的时候很生气。
GARTER: What did he do?
卡特：他做了什么？
JANET: He hit Simon.
珍妮特：他打了西蒙。
GARTER: And what did Simon do?
卡特：那西蒙做了什么？
JANET: Nothing. He didn’t hit Jim. He walked away.
珍妮特：什么都没做。他没打吉姆。他走开了。
GARTER: I see. And was Jim angry with Mary, too?
卡特：我明白了。吉姆也生玛丽的气吗？
JANET: Yes. Mary laughed at Jim, so Jim was very angry.
珍妮特：是的。玛丽嘲笑吉姆，所以吉姆很生气。
GARTER: Mary laughed at Jim, you say? Not at Simon?
卡特：你说玛丽嘲笑吉姆？而不是西蒙？
JANET: Yes, that’s right.
珍妮特：是，是这样的。
GARTER: What happened then?
卡特：后来发生了什么？
JANET: Well, Jim and Mary talked, then Mary went home.
珍妮特：嗯，吉姆和玛丽说话，然后玛丽就回家了。
GARTER: I see. And what did Jim do?
卡特：我明白了。那吉姆又做了什么？
JANET: He sat there for five minutes. Then he went out.
珍妮特：他在那儿坐了五分钟。然后出去了。
GARTER: What about Simon and Dan? Where were they?
卡特：西蒙和丹呢？他们在哪儿？
JANET: They stayed in the disco. One of them asked me to dance, but I said no. So after ten minutes he and his friend went out.
珍妮特：他们待在迪斯科舞厅里。他们其中一个人找我跳舞，但我拒绝了。于是十分钟之后，他和他朋友就出去了。
GARTER: Now I want to be sure about this. Jim went out first, you say, and these boys went out ten minutes after him. Is that right?
卡特：现在我要确认一下。你说吉姆先出去，这两个男孩儿在他走了十分钟之后才出去。是这样吗？
JANET: Er, ye-es, I think so. It’s not easy to remember.
珍妮特：呃，是——是吧，我想是。记不太清了。
GARTER: Thank you. He sits down and Ms Wills gets up.
卡特：谢谢。他坐下来，威尔斯女士站起来。
MS WILLS: You’re right, Miss Nolan. It isn’t easy to remember things after six months, of course.
威尔斯女士：没错，诺兰小姐。六个月前的事情当然不容易记清楚。
JANET: No, it isn’t. But I can remember nearly everything.
珍妮特：是的，不太容易。但是我几乎能记得所有的事。
MS WILLS: Did you watch Mary and Jim all the time in the disco?
威尔斯女士：你在迪斯科舞厅的时候一直看着玛丽和吉姆吗？
JANET: No, of course not. But—
珍妮特：不，当然不是。但是——
MS WILLS: No. So be careful, Miss Nolan. Perhaps you are wrong about this. It’s a long time ago. Perhaps these boys went out before Jim? Not after him?
威尔斯女士：不是。那要小心，诺兰小姐。你可能记错了。时隔太久。有可能这两个男孩儿是在吉姆之前出去的？而不是之后？
JANET: Perhaps. I don’t know. I’m not sure.
珍妮特：有可能。我不知道。我不确定。
MS WILLS: Thank you. That’s all. She sits down. Janet begins to go out of the witness box, then she stops.
威尔斯女士：谢谢。没有问题了。她坐下来。珍妮特迈步走出证人席，然后她停了下来。
JANET: No, I’m right! Jim did go out first – I’m sure!
珍妮特：不，我是对的！吉姆是先走的——我肯定！
JUDGE: Thank you, Miss Nolan. Thank you very much.
法官：谢谢，诺兰小姐。非常感谢。
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