馬龍探案卷四 之 正確的兇案 二十三
“我當然可以讓他清醒到足以說話的程度。”馬龍疲倦地說，“但那又有什麼用呢？”
“sure i uld ber hi up enough to talk,” alone said wearily “but what good would it do?”
“那沒用。”傑克說，“關鍵是要從他完全清醒的時候開始，然後讓他恢復到某個特定的狀態。”
“it wouldn’t do any good,” jake said “the trick is to start with hi pletely ber and brg hi back to jt a certa sta”
“去他的。”律師說，“考慮到我們不在的時候他可能喝了各種各樣的東西，要花兩天時間才能把他弄清醒到能讓他清醒說話的程度。”
“the hell with it,” the wyer said “nsiderg the any and varied llection of thgs he probably drank while we were out, it would take o days to unscrable hi enough to t hi ber”
“等一下！”海倫說，“讓我想想。”她沉默了一兩分鐘。“馬龍，再把浴缸裝滿水，然後對他採取行動。我要打個電話。”
“wait a ute!” helene said “let thk” she was silent for a ont or o “alone, fill up the bathtub aga and go to work on hi i have telephong to do”
“海倫，你腦子裡在想什麼可怕的事情？”
“helene, what horrible thg is forg your d?”
“別問問題。我知道自己在做什麼。只要讓他再動起來、再說話就行。”
“don’t ask estions i know what i’ dog jt t hi ovg and talkg aga”
律師呻吟道：“我真希望自己在睡覺。”
the wyer groaned “i wish i was asleep”
“你想讓我給馮·弗拉納根打電話，告訴他你從昨天晚上起就一直把羅斯·麥克勞林藏在這兒嗎？”
“do you want to phone von fnagan and tell hi you’ve been keepg ross cur hidden out here sce yesterday eveng?”
“好吧。”馬龍疲倦地說，“我知道什麼時候自己輸了。”他走進浴室，開啟冷水。“我不知道你要做什麼，但不管是什麼，我都不會喜歡。傑克，幫我一把。”他們兩人一起把毫無反抗能力的年輕人拖進浴室，然後關上了門。
“all right,” alone said wearily, “i know when i’ licked” he went to the bathroo and turned on the ld water “i don’t know what you’re gog to do, but whatev