馬龍探案卷四 之 正確的兇案 三十五
“所有的謀殺都是一種自衛形式，”馬龍夢幻般地說，“人們不僅為了抵禦死亡而自衛。謀殺是對某種無法忍受的狀況的一種抵禦。在二十年前邁克爾·文寧被謀殺的案件中，圖伊茲是在抵禦沒有五百萬美元這種無法忍受的狀況。當他謀殺了他的兩個兄弟並企圖謀殺羅斯·麥克勞林時，他是在抵禦失去觸手可及的五百萬美元這種無法忍受的狀況。當莫娜·麥克萊恩今晚謀殺了他……”他停頓了一下，意識到他的聽眾沒有在聽他說話，實際上甚至都沒有聽到他說話。
“all urder is a for of self-defense,” alone said dreaily “people defend theselves agast other thgs than death urder is a defense agast ndition that has bee tolerable the case of the urder of ichael venng, enty years ago, tuesday was defendg hiself agast the tolerable ndition of not havg five illion dolrs when he urdered his o brothers and attepted to urder ross cur, he was defendg hiself agast the tolerable ndition of losg five illion dolrs that was with his grasp when ona ne urdered hi tonight—” he paed, and realized that his audience was payg no attention, was not, fact, even hearg hi
他深深地嘆了口氣，喊道：“喬！再來三杯一樣的。”
he sighed deeply and called, “joe! three ore of the sa”
他們坐在天使喬的市政廳酒吧裡。之前的幾個小時他們一直在把海倫的行李從莫娜·麥克萊恩家搬到傑克一直獨自居住的公寓裡。
they were sittg joe the anl’s city hall bar the precedg hours had been spent ovg helene’s gga fro ona ne’s to the apartnt jake had been livg alone
現在傑克和海倫只是坐著，看著對方。
now jake and helene were jt sittg, lookg at each other
馬龍清了清嗓子。“自衛……”他開始說。
alone cleared his throat “self-defense—” he began
海倫突然抬起頭。“該死的，馬龍。並不是所有的事情都解釋清楚了。我想知道哪個圖伊茲是哪個。傑拉爾德是戈登嗎，還是戈登是喬治，或者是……哦，該死，馬龍，把它弄清楚，否則我幾個星期都睡不著覺。”
helene looked up suddenly “dan you, alone everythg is not exped