馬龍探案卷四 之 正確的兇案 十一
“…… 據著名律師約翰?j?馬龍稱，悲劇發生時他恰好在那所房子裡。人們認為圖伊茲是入室盜竊的受害者。丹尼爾?馮?弗拉納根隊長承諾會盡早將兇手捉拿歸案……”
“… aordg to john j alone, proent attorney, who happened to be the hoe at the ti of the trady it is believed that tuesday was the victi of a burgr capta daniel von fnagan proises an early arrest…”
傑克?賈斯特斯把報紙揉成一團扔在地上。“這麼多年了，他們還總是輕信那個老掉牙的入室盜竊的藉口，真是令人難以置信。”
jake jt crupled up the paper and threw it on the floor “it’s unbelievable how they go on fallg for that old burgry gag after all these years”
馬龍往自己杯子裡倒了一英寸黑麥威士忌。“見鬼，馮?弗拉納根總得跟報紙說點什麼。他總不能說，‘這個叫圖伊茲的傢伙被殺的時候房子裡有一群人，但我不知道該抓哪一個。’”
alone poured an ch of rye to his gss “hell, von fnagan had to tell the papers thg he uld hardly say, ‘there were a bunch of people the hoe when this tuesday guy got knocked off, but i’ daned if i know which one to pick’”
他抿了一口黑麥威士忌，在腦海中回顧麥克萊恩大廈的平面圖。有一個大樓梯從中央大廳向上延伸。傑拉爾德?圖伊茲的房間在樓梯頂端的一個小角落裡，門朝著樓梯。海倫?布蘭德?賈斯特的房間在走廊往右側。羅特斯?艾倫的房間在它對面，盧埃拉?懷特的房間緊挨著。羅斯?麥克勞林的房間在走廊盡頭，就在那個通向側門的小樓梯旁邊。彭德利?泰德韋爾的暗房在走廊的最末端。當傑拉爾德?圖伊茲被殺的時候，這五個人在樓上。
he sipped his rye and reviewed his d the floor pns of the ne ansion there was the big staircase that went up fro the central hall rald tuesday’s roo had been at the head of it, a little ell, with its door toward the stairs helene’s roo was down the hall to the right lot allen’s roo was across fro it, and louel white’s next door ross cur’s was down at the end of the hall, jt past the little staircase that ended near the side door pendley tidew