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Jake interrupted him with a gesture. “that doesn’t prove a thing. I bet malone didn’t know him, anyway.”
“我什么时候要你的建议了 ——” 警官开口道。“你说马龙不认识他是什么意思？”
“when I want your advice—” the police officer began. “what’dya mean, malone didn’t know him?”
“是这样的。” 杰克坚定地说。“被杀的那个人不是马龙认识的那个人。那他为什么找马龙呢？因为马龙认识杀人的那个人。”
“It’s like this,” Jake said firmly. “the man who was killed wasn’t the one malone knew. then why was he looking for malone? because malone knew the guy who did the killing.”
冯?弗拉纳根眨了一两次眼睛。“听起来好像有道理，但又似乎不是那么回事。”
Von Flanagan blinked once or twice. “It sounds like it ought to make sense and still it doesn’t seem to.”
马龙接着说。“当然。我不认识被杀的那个人这一事实证明我认识杀人的那个人。”
malone took it up. “Sure. the fact that I didn’t know the man who was killed proves that I know the man who did the killing.”
“我希望你们俩都赶紧给我滚出去。” 冯?弗拉纳根咆哮道。“你们把我搞糊涂了。等一下。” 他急忙补充道，这时马龙伸手去拿他的帽子。“如果你认识杀人的那个人，那他是谁？”
“I wish you’d both get the hell out of here,” von Flanagan growled. “You’re confusing me. wait a minute,” he added hastily as malone reached for his hat. “If you know the man who did the killing, who is he?”
“我不知道。” 马龙立刻说。
“I don’t know,” malone said promptly.
警官仰望天空，滔滔不绝地数落着马龙。
the police officer raised his eyes to heaven and talked eloquently about malone.
“听着。” 杰克很有说服力地说，同时坐在桌子的一角上。“凶手肯定知道这个人要去哪里，这样才能轻易地追上他并跟踪他。假设他知道他预定的受害者在找马龙不是很合理吗 —— 因为是他自己把受害者送到马龙那里去的？”
“Look here,” Jake said persuasively, sitting down on a corner of the desk. “the killer must have known where this guy was going, in order to catch up with him and trail him so easily. Isn’t it logical to assume he knew his intended victim was out looking for malone—because he himself had sent him to malone?”
冯?弗拉纳根皱起眉头。“再说一遍。” 他怀疑地说。
Von Flanagan’s brow wrinkled. “Let’s have that again,” he said suspiciously.
“是这样的。” 杰克解释道。“马龙不认识受害者。受害者也不认识马龙。但是出于某种原因他需要一个律师。到目前为止还明白吗？”
“It’s like this,” Jake explained. “malone didn’t know the victim. the victim didn’t know malone. but for some reason he needed a lawyer. o. K. so far?”
“当然。” 冯?弗拉纳根点点头说。“他在找马龙是因为他需要一个律师。然后呢？”
“Sure,” von Flanagan said, nodding. “he was looking for malone because he needed a lawyer. then what?”
“凶手，” 杰克慢慢地接着说，“认识马龙。他告诉预定的受害者说马龙是个好律师，而且可能在市中心的某个酒吧里能找到他。然后他跟踪这个人去找马龙，一直等到他走进一个黑暗、偏僻的地方，然后用刀刺了他。” 他停顿了一下，做了一个很有表现力的手势，然后说。“就这么简单。”
“the killer,” Jake went on slowly, “knew malone. he told his intended victim that malone was a good lawyer and that he probably could be located in some downtown bar. then he trailed this guy on his search for malone, waited till he got in some dark, secluded spot, and ran a knife into him.” he paused, made an expressive gesture, and said. “It’s that simple.”
“但是我不明白 ——” 冯?弗拉纳根开始说。
“but I don’t see—” von Flanagan began.
“杰克说得对。” 马龙很快地说。“我不认识受害者，但是凶手肯定是我认识的人。这样才说得通。”
“Jake’s right,” malone said quickly. “I didn’t know the victim, but the killer must be someone I know. It makes sense that way.”
过了很长时间冯?弗拉纳根才说：“是的，我想是这样。”
After a very long time von Flanagan said, “Yes, I guess it does.”
“就是这样。” 杰克说。他从桌子上滑下来。“还有什么你想知道的吗？”
“there you are,” Jake said. he slid off the desk. “Anything else you want to know?”
“有。” 冯?弗拉纳根咆哮道。“被谋杀的人的名字是什么？”
“Yes,” von Flanagan growled. “what’s the name of the murdered man?”
杰克耸了耸肩。“等你找到凶手的时候问问他。他应该知道。”
Jake shrugged his shoulders. “Ask the murderer, when you find him. he ought to know it.”
警官的眼睛里仍然带着怀疑的神色。“我所要做的就是找到凶手然后问他，而我还不知道他杀的人是谁。”
the police officer still had a dubious look in his eye. “All I have to do is find the murderer and ask him, when I still don’t know who the guy he murdered is.”
“哦，上帝啊。” 杰克说，“你把事情弄得这么难。听着。列出马龙认识的所有罪犯。”
“oh God,” Jake said, “you make it so hard. Look here. List all the people malone knows who are criminals.”
“那意味着芝加哥所有的骗子。” 冯?弗拉纳根说。
“that means all the crooks in chicago,” von Flanagan said.
“嗯，那给了你一个更广泛的范围。把范围缩小到马龙以前的客户。开始调查他们在新年前夜的活动。然后调查那些行踪不明并且在午夜左右可能在乔天使酒吧附近的人。你的人知道怎么让嫌疑人开口。” 杰克抬起头，对自己很满意。
“well, that gives you a wider field. Narrow it down to malone’s ex-clients. Start checking on their New Year’s Eve activities. then go to work on those who were unaccounted for and could have been in the vicinity of Joe the Angel’s bar around midnight. Your boys know how to make a suspect talk.” Jake looked up, pleased with himself.
警察的眼睛里有了新的、充满希望的光芒。“对。对，那可能行得通。我不知道你怎么会想到这个的。”
there was a new, hopeful gleam in the policeman’s eyes. “Yeah. Yeah, that might do it. I don’t know how you ever thought of it.”
马龙站起来。“如果我还能帮上什么忙 ——” 他一边说一边扣上大衣的扣子。
malone rose. “If I can be of any further help—” he began, buttoning his overcoat.
“别担心，你会收到我的消息的。” 冯?弗拉纳根很快地说。“在这件事上你还没有完全摆脱嫌疑。” 他转向杰克。“我想让你知道我很感激 ——”
“don’t worry, you’ll hear from me,” von Flanagan said quickly. “You’re not entirely in the clear in this thing yet.” he turned to Jake. “I want you to know I appreciate—”
“很高兴能帮忙。” 杰克简短地说。“任何其他时候你需要关于如何管理你的部门的建议，叫我来。”
“Glad to help,” Jake said briefly. “Any other time you need advice on how to run your department, call me in.”
冯?弗拉纳根没理会那句话。“还有 ——”
Von Flanagan let that pass. “And say—”
杰克在门口停下来。“什么？”
Jake paused at the door. “Yes?”
“如果你想到任何一个编辑应该读的其他书，告诉我。” 冯?弗拉纳根说。
“If you think of any more books an editor ought to read,” von Flanagan said.
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