Vera began to pile plates together. She said: “I’ll clear away and wash up.”
维拉动手把盘子收在一起说：“我来收拾，我来洗。”
The meal was over.
早饭完毕。
Philip Lombard said: “We’ll bring the stuff out to the pantry for you.”
菲利普·隆巴德说道：“我们帮你把这些搬到小厨房去吧。”
Every one made a sound suggestive of agreement.
大家都吭了一声，表示同意。
Emily Brent, rising to her feet; sat down again. She said: “Oh, dear.”
埃米莉·布伦特刚想站起来又坐下了，说道：“喔，我的天。”
Mr. Justice Wargrave cleared his throat. He said in a small authoritative voice: “It would be advisable, I think, if we met to discuss the situation. Shall we say in half an hour’s time in the drawing-room?”
沃格雷夫法官先生清清嗓子，颇有威仪地低声说道：“我看我们还是在一起谈谈情况的好。怎么样，隔半小时在休息厅碰头？”
“Giddy, eh?” Dr. Armstrong came towards her. “Quite natural. Delayed shock. I can give you something to –“
“头晕，呃？”阿姆斯特朗大夫走过去了。“完全正常。这是一种因后怕而引起的休克。我可以给你点——”
“Thanks.”
“谢谢。”
Emily said apologetically: “I’m sorry. I’d like to help Miss Claythorne, but I don’t know how it is. I feel just a little giddy.”
埃米莉抱歉地说道：“真抱歉，我想帮帮克莱索恩小姐，可是我弄不清楚是怎么回事。我就是感到有点头晕。”
“No!”
“别！”
There was no mistaking the fear and suspicion in her face. He said stiffly: “Just as you please, Miss Brent.”
没错，她确实是满脸的恐惧和疑惑。大夫尴尬地说道：“随你的便，布伦特小姐。”
The judge said: “Anything the matter, Miss Brent?”
法官说道：“出什么事啦，布伦特小姐？”
The word burst from her lips like an exploding shell.
这个字从她嘴里迸了出来就像是一发开花炮弹。
It took every one aback. Dr. Armstrong flushed a deep red.
所有的人都吓了一跳。阿姆斯特朗大夫闹了个大红脸。
For a while she heard a faint murmur of voices from the pantry.
有好一阵子，她还模模糊糊地听得见小厨房里轻轻的谈话声。
Emily Brent was left alone sitting in the dining-room.
埃米莉·布伦特一个人留在休息厅里，坐着。
She liked honey. Honey in the comb, and strain it yourself through a muslin bag. Drip, drip, drip…
她喜欢蜂蜜。从蜂房里采下来的蜂蜜，用细布口袋亲手过滤，一滴，一滴，一滴……
Blore said: “I’m a domestic sort of man. I’ll give you a hand, Miss Claythorne.”
布洛尔说道：“我是个会料理家务的男人，我帮你一把吧，克莱索恩小姐。”
Vera said: “Thank you.”
维拉说道：“谢谢你啦。”
She said: “I don’t wish to take anything — anything at all. I will just sit here quietly till the giddiness passes off.”
她说道：“我什么东西也不要吃——什么也不要。我只想静静地在这里坐一会儿，等这阵子眩晕过去。”
Presently she saw the bee. It was crawling up the window-pane.
现在她真的看到一只蜜蜂了，就爬在窗户框上。
She thought: “It’s like a bee — a bumblebee.”
她想起来了：“好像是只蜜蜂——一只大胡蜂。”
Vera Claythorne had talked about bees this morning.
维拉·克莱索恩今天早晨谈起过蜜蜂。
They finished clearing away the breakfast things.
他们把早饭用具等等都收拾干净了。
But she couldn’t turn her head…
但是，她就是扭不了头……
There was a buzzing in her ears — or was it a real buzzing in the room?
耳朵里有点嗡嗡叫——要不，是有什么东西在房间里嗡嗡叫吧。
Bees and honey…
蜜蜂和蜂蜜……
The giddiness was passing. She felt drowsy now, as though she could easily go to sleep.
慢慢的，眩晕过去了。她感到发困，好像一下子就能睡着了似的。
She had only to turn her head and she would see her.
她只要一扭头就可以看见泰勒了。
There was somebody in the room… somebody all wet and dripping… Beatrice Taylor came from the river…
好像房间里有人……一个全身湿透，一滴一滴地淌着水的人……比阿特丽斯·泰勒从河里爬上来了……
She heard footsteps — soft dragging footsteps coming up behind her. The stumbling footsteps of the drowned girl…
她听到了脚步声——从身后传来轻轻的拖沓的脚步声，溺死的姑娘的磕磕绊绊的脚步声……
And then she felt the prick.
就在这个时候，她感到给针扎了一下。
There was a wet dank smell in her nostrils…
接着，鼻孔里一阵湿漉漉、凉冰冰的感觉……
Vera said: “She was very odd in the kitchen when we were getting breakfast. Her eyes –” She shivered.
维拉说道：“刚才我们在厨房里一起弄饭的时候，她很不正常，她的眼睛——”她颤抖起来。
He said: “Look here, everybody, my opinion’s this: we needn’t look farther for the author of these deaths than the dining-room at this minute. I’d take my oath that woman’s the one we’re after!”
他说道：“各位听我说，我的看法是：要替那些死鬼找冤主，只要此时此刻到休息厅去走一趟就行了。我敢起誓说那个女人就是我们要找的人。”
Armstrong said: “And the motive?”
阿姆斯特朗说道：“那么，动机呢？”
“Religious mania. What do you say, doctor?”
“宗教狂。你说呢，大夫？”
Vera sat down again. Every one looked inquiringly at Blore.
维拉又坐了下来。大家都用质问的眼光望着布洛尔。
But she couldn’t call out…
但是，她就是喊不出声……
Blore said quickly: “Just a minute.”
布洛尔急忙说道：“等一等。”
If she were to call out…
她只要喊一声……
On the window-pane the bee was buzzing — buzzing…
窗户框上，那只蜜蜂还在嗡嗡叫——嗡嗡叫着……
There was no one else in the house. She was all alone…
房间里再也没有别人了，就她一个……
Vera Claythorne said: “Shall I go and fetch her?”
维拉·克菜索恩说道：“我去叫一下她吧？”
The bee sting on the side of her neck…
那只蜜蜂正叮在她的脖子上……
Armstrong said: “It’s perfectly possible. I’ve nothing to say against it. But of course we’ve no proof.”
阿姆斯特朗说道：“这是完全可能的。我没有什么反对的话要说。但是，当然，我们并没有证据。”
In the drawing-room they were waiting for Emily Brent.
他们都在休息厅里等着埃米莉·布伦特。
Blore said: “Aren’t you going to take any action?”
布洛尔说道：“你们不打算采取什么行动吗？”
Mr. Justice Wargrave said: “It is now five minutes to eleven. I think we should summon Miss Brent to join our conclave.”
沃格雷夫法官先生说道：“现在是十一点差五分。我看应该请布伦特小姐来参加我们的会议了。”
Blore said: “Hearts as hard as flints, these righteous spinsters! Envy, mostly!”
布洛尔说道：“真是铁石心肠啊，这些一丝不苟的老姑娘！多数是出于嫉妒。”
Mr. Justice Wargrave observed: “A perfectly straightforward story. I personally should have no difficulty in accepting it. Tell me, Miss Claythorne, did she appear to be troubled by a sense of guilt or a feeling of remorse for her attitude in the matter?”
沃格雷夫法官先生就这件事发表意见说：“说得相当坦率。就我个人而言，要我接受她的说法，一点也不困难。克菜索恩小姐，请你告诉我，她是不是有犯罪感或者悔恨之意，因而深感内疚呢？”
Blore said: “There’s another thing. She’s the only one who wouldn’t give an explanation after that gramophone record. Why? Because she hadn’t any to give.”
布洛尔说道：“还有一桩事情，唱片播放后，就她一个人拒不作出解释。为什么呢？就因为她没有什么好解释的？！”
The judge said: “I fail to see what action we can take. Our suspicions are, at the moment, only suspicions. I will, however, ask Dr. Armstrong to observe Miss Brent’s demeanour very carefully. Let us now go into the dining-room.”
法官说道：“我看不出我们能采取些什么行动。目前说来，我们是仅止于怀疑而已。但是，我愿意提请阿姆斯特朗大夫特别留神观察布伦特小姐的一举一动。好吧，现在我们去休息厅吧！”
Wargrave said: “What did she tell you, Miss Claythorne?”
沃格雷夫说道：“她对你说了些什么呀，克莱索恩小姐？”
Vera stirred in her chair. She said: “That’s not quite true. She told me — afterwards.”
维拉在椅子上坐不住了。她说道：“这不完全对，我听她讲了——她后来告诉我了。”
“None whatever,” said Vera. “She was completely unmoved.”
“根本谈不到。”维拉说道，“她完全无动于衷。”
Vera repeated the story of Beatrice Taylor.
维拉把比阿特丽斯·泰勒的事又重复了一遍。
Lombard said: “You can’t judge her by that. We’re all a bit off our heads by now!”
隆巴德说道：“你不能单凭这一点下判断。直到现在，我们谁都是余悸未尽呢。”
There was a buzzing sound from the window. Vera cried: “Look — a bee — a bumblebee. Remember what I said this morning!”
窗户那边传来了一阵嗡嗡声。维拉叫喊起来：“快看——蜜蜂——一只大胡蜂。想想我今天早晨说的话吧！”
They found Emily Brent sitting in the chair in which they had left her. From behind they saw nothing amiss, except that she did not seem to hear their entrance into the room.
他们发现，埃米莉·布伦特还像他们离开时那样地坐在那把椅子里。从后面看过去，看不出有什么问题，只是她好像全然没有察觉他们一齐拥进了房间。
Armstrong’s attention was riveted on a mark on the right side of the neck. He said: “That’s the mark of a hypodermic syringe.”
阿姆斯特朗全神贯注地察看着布伦特脖子右边上的一个小孔说：“那是皮下注射的针眼。”
And then they saw her face — suffused with blood, with blue lips and staring eyes.
随后，他们看到她的脸了——满脸充血，嘴唇发青，双眼惊恐。
Lombard said impatiently: “How did she die, doctor? She was all right when we left her here!”
隆巴德不耐烦地说道：“怎么死的，大夫？我们离开她的时候，她在这里还是好好的！”
Armstrong was bent over the dead woman. He sniffed the lips, shook his head, peered into the eyelids.
阿姆斯特朗俯身在尸体上面，闻闻嘴唇，随着摇了摇头，又翻看了眼皮。
The small quiet voice of Mr. Justice Wargrave said: “One more of us acquitted — too late!”
沃格雷夫法官还是那样细声细气、平平静静地说：“又清算了我们一个——太迟了！”
The judge asked: “What poison was injected?”
法官说道：“注射的是什么毒药？”
Blore said: “My God, she’s dead!”
布洛尔说道：“我的上帝，她死了！”
Armstrong said grimly: “It wasn’t that bee that stung her! A human hand held the syringe.”
阿姆斯特朗大夫无情地说道：“叮她的不是蜜蜂！拿针筒扎她的是人的手！”
Armstrong answered: “At a guess, one of the cyanides. Probably Potassium Cyanide, same as Anthony Marston. She must have died almost immediately by asphyxiation.”
阿姆斯特朗回答说：“估计，还是一种氰化物。可能是氰化钾，同安东尼·马斯顿是一样的。想必她当时就窒息死了。”
For the first time his voice was uneven, almost shrill. It was as though even his nerves, seasoned by a long career of hazards and dangerous undertakings, had given out at last.
这还是第一次，连他的声音也不平稳了，几乎是尖叫起来，似乎他久经“白刀子进、红刀子出”那种场面考验的神经，最终也顶不住了。
Lombard said grimly: “Oh, no, it isn’t coincidence! It’s our murderer’s touch of local colour! He’s a playful beast. Likes to stick to his damnable nursery jingle as closely as possible'”
隆巴德冷酷地说道：“喔，不，不是巧合！而是我们这位谋杀者为了略添一点地方色彩！真是一头恶作剧的野兽！尽量想搞得同那首该死的打油诗一模一样！”
Vera cried: “But that bee? It can’t be coincidence?”
维拉喊道：“可是那只蜜蜂？不可能是巧合吧？”
Dr. Armstrong, straightening himself, said in a voice that was not too well assured: “Yes, I did.”
阿姆斯特朗大夫，尽量鼓足勇气但声音仍是犹犹豫豫地说道：“我带着。”
He said violently: “It’s mad! — absolutely mad — we’re all mad!”
他愤怒地说道：“真是发疯了——完全发疯了——我们全疯了！”
Mr. Justice Wargrave said calmly: “Quite so. Will you tell us, doctor, where that syringe is now?”
沃格雷夫法官平静地说道：“不错，不过大夫，请你告诉我们针筒现在在哪儿？”
The judge said calmly: “We have still, I hope, our reasoning powers. Did any one bring a hypodermic syringe to this house?”
法官仍然平静地说到：“我但愿大家仍然保持理智。请问哪一位是带着皮下注射针筒来的？”
Four pairs of eyes fastened on him. He braced himself against the deep hostile suspicion of those eyes. He said: “Always travel with one. Most doctors do.”
四双眼睛全盯着他看。他不得不强自振作，顶住这一双双十分敌视、十分怀疑的目光。他说道：“我出门总带着。大夫多数都是这样的。”
“In the suitcase in my room.”
“在我房间的皮包里。”
Wargrave said: “We might, perhaps, verify that fact.”
沃格雷夫说道：“也许我们得来证实一下，好吗？”
The five of them went upstairs, a silent procession.
五个人一起上了楼，大家默不做声。
The contents of the suitcase were turned out on the floor.
皮包里的东西都翻出来了，摊在地下。
The hypodermic syringe was not there.
但没有找到皮下注射的针筒。
Armstrong stood with his back to the window. Four pairs of eyes were on him, black with suspicion and accusation. He looked from Wargrave to Vera and repeated helplessly — weakly: “I tell you some one must have taken it.”
阿姆斯特朗背靠窗户站着。四双眼睛落在了他的身上，充满怀疑，充满谴责。他看看沃格雷夫，看看维拉，又失助无援、软弱无力地回过来看了一遍：“我说一定有人把它拿走了。”
Armstrong said violently: “Somebody must have taken it!”
阿姆斯特朗激动地说道：“一定有人把它拿走了！”
Armstrong replied: “I have a small medicine case here. You can examine it. You will find some sleeping stuff — trional and sulphonal tablets — a packet of bromide, bicarbonate of soda, aspirin. Nothing else. I have no cyanide in my possession.”
阿姆斯特朗回答说：“我在这里有一个小药箱。你们都可以检查。有一点安眠药——药片儿——有一包溴化物，还有面包苏打，阿司匹林，别的没有了。我没有氰化物。”
Blore was looking at Lombard who returned his gaze.
布洛尔看着隆巴德，对方也瞧着他。
There was silence in the room.
没人说话，房间里一片宁静。
The judge said: “There are five of us here in this room. One of us is a murderer. The position is fraught with grave danger. Everything must be done in order to safeguard the four of us who are innocent. I will now ask you, Dr. Armstrong, what drugs you have in your possession?”
法官说道：“我们五个人都在这间房子里，其中有一个是杀人凶手。目前处境充满着极端的危险。为了确保四名无辜者的生命安全，必须采取一切措施。阿姆斯特朗大夫，我现在要问你，你手中还有哪些药物？”
“Only this. I propose that the doctor’s supply of drugs, my own sulphonal tablets, your revolver and anything else of the nature of drugs or firearms should be collected together and placed in a safe place. That after this is done, we should each of us submit to a search — both of our persons and of our effects.”
“说说而已。我提议把大夫所有的药物，我自己的磺基药片，你的左轮手枪，以及凡属药物或者火器之类的东西全都集中起来，放在一个安全的地方。这一点做到之后，我们每个人都得搜查一遍——包括搜身和搜查财物。”
Philip Lombard said sharply: “What if I have?”
菲利普·隆巴德立刻说道：“我有又怎么样！”
Lombard said: “I’m damned if I’ll give up my revolver!”
隆巴德说道：“要我缴枪，休想！”
The judge said: “I have, myself, some sleeping tablets — sulphonal, I think they are. I presume they would be lethal if a sufficiently large dose were given. You, Mr. Lombard, have in your possession a revolver.”
法官说道：“我本人也有点安眠药片——我看是磺基之类吧。我估计，大量使用也会致命的。你，隆巴德先生，则有一把左轮手枪。”
Wargrave said sharply: “Mr. Lombard, you are a very strongly built and powerful young man, but ex-Inspector Blore is also a man of powerful physique. I do not know what the outcome of a struggle between you would be but I can tell you this. On Blore’s side, assisting him to the best of our ability will be myself, Dr. Armstrong and Miss Claythorne. You will appreciate, therefore, that the odds against you if you choose to resist will be somewhat heavy.”
沃格雷夫严厉地说道：“隆巴德先生，你体格十分健壮，是个孔武有力的小伙子。然而，前探长布洛尔的体格也不弱。要是你们俩打起来，谁输谁赢，我还说不好。但是，我能告诉你这一点：在布洛尔这一边，尽量帮助他的有我本人，阿姆斯特郎大夫和克莱索恩小姐。所以，我请你衡量一下，如果你想反抗的话，对比之下，不利于你的力量是不是要大得多。”
Mr. Justice Wargrave nodded his head. “You are a sensible young man. Where is this revolver of yours?”
沃格雷夫法官先生点点头：“你不失为一个识趣的小伙子。你的那把枪放在哪里呢？”
The search proceeded methodically. In turn, Armstrong, the judge and Blore submitted to the same test.
搜查工作按部就班地进行着。阿姆斯特朗、法官和布洛尔挨个儿都轮到了一遍。
The four men emerged from Blore’s room and approached Vera. It was the judge who spoke. “I hope you will understand. Miss Claythorne, that we can make no exceptions. That revolver must be found. You have, I presume, a bathing dress with you?”
四个男人从布洛尔房间出来，向着维拉走去。首先由法官开口说道：“我希望你别见怪，克莱索恩小姐，我们谁都不搞特殊。一定要找到那把左轮手枪。我想你带着游泳衣吧？”
“I think it would be desirable if we went with you.”
“我想，还是我们和你一起去拿的好。”
“I’ll fetch it.”
“我去拿吧。”
Lombard threw his head back. His teeth showed in what was almost a snarl. “Oh, very well then. Since you’ve got it all taped out.”
隆巴德把头往后一仰，露出满口的牙齿，近乎咆哮地吼道：“喔，那么好极了！既然你们早就合计好了嘛！”
Philip said with a smile that was still nearer a snarl: “Suspicious devil, aren’t you?”
菲利普虽然有了一些笑意，但还是近乎咆哮地说：“多心的胆小鬼，没说错你们吧？”
“Good.”
“好。”
Philip strode across to the bed-table and jerked open the drawer.
菲利普大步走到靠床的桌子旁边，一把拉开了抽屉。
The drawer of the bed-table was empty.
床边桌子的抽屉是空的。
Then he recoiled with an oath.
他猛然后退一步，骂了一声娘。
“Satisfied?” asked Lombard.
“满意了吗？”隆巴德问道。
He had stripped to the skin and he and his room had been meticulously searched by the other three men. Vera Claythorne was outside in the corridor.
他脱得一丝不挂。另外三个男人把他和他的房间彻底地搜查了一遍。维拉·克莱索恩在外面走廊里等着。
“In the drawer of the table by my bed.”
“在我床头桌子的抽屉里。”
They went along the corridor to Lombard’s room.
他们沿着走廊来到了隆巴德的房间。
Vera nodded.
维拉点点头。
Vera went into her room and shut the door. She reappeared in under a minute dressed in a tight-fitting silk rucked bathing dress.
维拉走进房间，关上房门。不到一分钟就出来了，穿着打褶裥的丝绸紧身游泳衣。
Wargrave nodded approval.
沃格雷夫点头表示赞许。
“Thank you, Miss Claythorne. Now if you will remain here, we will search your room.”
“劳驾了，克莱索恩小姐，现在请你呆在这儿。我们查一查你的房间。”
Vera waited patiently in the corridor until they emerged. Then she went in, dressed, and came out to where they were waiting.
维拉耐心地呆在走廊里，直等到他们搜查完毕出来，才回房去换上衣服。他们在外面等到她重新走出来。
“Then I will ask you to go into your room and put it on and then come out to us here.”
“好，我请你回房间穿上游泳衣再到我们这里来。”
The judge said: “We are now assured of one thing. There are no lethal weapons or drugs in the possession of any of us five. That is one point to the good. We will now place the drugs in a safe place. There is, I think, a silver chest, is there not, in the pantry?”
法官说道：“有一点，我们大家可以肯定：现在，我们五个人哪一个人手里都没有足以致命的武器或药物了。这一点也就放心了。现在我们得把这些药物放到一个安全的地方去。小厨房里有没有一个放银器的柜子？”
Blore said: “That’s all very well, but who’s to have the key? You, I suppose.”
布洛尔说道：“这些都很好，问题是由谁来掌管钥匙？我想，总是你吧？”
Mr. Justice Wargrave made no reply.
沃格雷夫法官先生没有答话。
He went down to the pantry and the others followed him. There was a small case there designed for the purpose of holding silver and plate. By the judge’s directions, the various drugs were placed in this and it was locked. Then, still on Wargrave’s instructions, the chest was lifted into the plate cupboard and this in turn was locked. The judge then gave the key of the chest to Philip Lombard and the key of the cupboard to Blore.
他一直走进小厨房，其余的人都跟着。小厨房里有一个专门用来存放银餐具和盘碟的小柜儿。大家听从法官的安排，把各种药物都放在里面并且上了锁，接着，还是尊从法官的主意，把小柜儿抬进大碗橱，照样上了锁。随后，法官把小柜儿的钥匙递给了菲利普·隆巴德，把大碗橱的钥匙交给了布洛尔。
He said: “You two are the strongest physically. It would be difficult for either of you to get the key from the other. It would be impossible for any of us three to do so. To break open the cupboard — or the plate chest — would be a noisy and cumbrous proceeding and one which could hardly be carried out without attention being attracted to what was going on.”
他说道：“从体力上看，你们两个最厉害，谁想抢谁的钥匙都不容易。而我们三个，哪个人都甭想抢。至于硬砸开大碗橱——或者小柜儿——不但费劲而且必然会有响声，要不让旁人发觉是不可能的。”
He paused, then went on: “We are still faced by one very grave problem. What has become of Mr. Lombard’s revolver?”
他歇了一会儿，又继续说道：“我们面前仍然有一个非常严重的问题，隆巴德先生的左轮手枪究竟是怎么一回事？”
Blore said: “Seems to me its owner is the most likely person to know that.”
布洛尔说道：“据我看，谁也不会有枪主人清楚。”
A white dint showed in Philip Lombard’s nostrils. He said: “You damned pig-headed fool! I tell you it’s been stolen from me!”
菲利普·隆巴德气得连鼻孔都塌了下去。他说道：“你这个该死的蠢猪！我跟你说过给人偷掉了！”
The judge nodded. He said: “It must have been taken this morning during the confusion of searching for Rogers or after his dead body was discovered.”
法官点点头说：“那么，想必是在今天早上大家乱哄哄地寻找罗杰斯或者是在找到他尸体的前后出的事。”
Wargrave asked: “When did you see it last?”
沃格雷夫问道：“你最后一次看见手枪是在什么时候？”
“Last night. It was in the drawer when I went to bed — ready in case anything happened.”
“昨天晚上。我上床的时候，它还在抽屉里——以防万一。”
Vera said: “It must be hidden somewhere about the house. We must look for it.”
维拉说道：“一定是藏在屋子里的哪儿啦。我们一定得找到它。”
He opened the front door and led the way round the house.
他打开前门，领着大家绕着屋子转过去。
Blore said forcefully: “I don’t know where the revolver is, but I’ll bet I know where something else is — that hypodermic syringe. Follow me.”
布洛尔似乎十分有把握地说道：“左轮手枪在哪儿，我不清楚。但我敢打赌说另外那样东西——那个皮下注射针筒的下落，我清楚。你们跟我来。”
Mr. Justice Wargrave’s finger was stroking his chin. He said: “I doubt if our search will result in anything. Our murderer has had plenty of time to devise a hiding-place. I do not fancy we shall find that revolver easily.”
沃格雷夫法官先生又在用手指摸下巴颏儿了。他说道：“能不能找出些结果来，我怀疑，我们的那位凶手有充裕的时间找个好地方把它藏起来。打算一找就找着，我不存这个幻想。”
There were no prints on the syringe. It had been carefully wiped.
针筒上没有指纹，是仔细抹掉的。
A little distance away from the dining-room window he found the syringe. Beside it was a smashed china figure — a sixth broken Indian boy.
在离餐厅窗户不远的地方，他找到了针筒，旁边还有一个摔破了的小瓷人儿——碎成片片的第五个印地安小男孩。
Vera said in a determined voice: “Now let us look for the revolver.”
维拉用坚决的口气说道：“现在让我们去把枪找出来吧！”
Blore said in a satisfied voice: “Only place it could be. After he’d killed her, he opened the window and threw out the syringe and picked up the china figure from the table and followed on with that.”
布洛尔颇为得意地说道：“只能在这里，他杀了她之后，打开窗户扔掉针筒，又从桌上拿起瓷人跟着抛了出去。”
Mr. Justice Wargrave said: “By all means. But in doing so let us be careful to keep together. Remember, if we separate, the murderer gets his chance.”
沃格雷夫法官先生说道：“得去找！但是，找枪的时候，谁也别离开谁。记住，只要一分散，凶手就有机会下手了。”
They searched the house carefully from attic to cellars, but without result. The revolver was still missing.
他们仔仔细细地从阁楼搜到地窖，毫无结果。左轮手枪仍然杳无下落。
0 条评论