中英文对照《爱情与金钱》
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1 Chapter
The Clarkson family lived in the
country near Cambridge，abouthalf a mile from the nearest village and about a
mile from the river．Theyhad a big，old house with a beautifulgarden，a lot of flowers and many
old．trees．
One Thursday morning in
July，Jackiecame in from
the garden．She
was a tall，fatwoman，thirty years old．Itwas the hottest day of the
y
ear，but shewore a warm
brown skirt and yellow shirt．Shewent into the kitchen to get a
drink of water．Justthen the phone rang．
'Cambridge 1379，'Jackiesaid．
'Hello．This is Diane．Iwant to talk to
Mother．'
'Mother isn't here，'Jackiesaid．'She's at the
doctor's．'
'Why？What's Wrong？'
'Nothing's wrong，'Jackiesaid．'Why are you
telephoning？ Youare going to come this weekend？ Motherwants everyone to be
here．'
'Yes，I want to come，'Dianesaid．'I'm phoning because I have
nomoney for the train ticket．'
'No money！Mother isalways giving you
money！'
'This phone call is very
expensive，'Dianesaid
coldly．'Tell
Mother please．Ineed the money．'
Jackie put the phone down．Shetook a cigarette from her bag
and began to smoke．Shefelt angry because her sister al-ways asked for
money．Dianewas
twenty years old， the youngest inthe family．She lived in
London，inone
room of a big house．She wanted to bea singer．She sang very well but shecould
never get work．
Jackie went back into the kitchen
and began to make somesandwiches．Just then the back dooropened，and her mother came
in．
'It's very hot！'Mollysaid．She took off her hat and put
itdown on the table．She was a tall，darkwoman with beautiful eyes．
Two big，black dogscame into the kitchen
after her and ran across to her．Shesat down and put her hands on
their heads．
Jackie put the sandwiches on the
table．'Mother，'shesaid，'Diane phoned．Shewants money for her train ticket．'
Molly closed her eyes for a
minute．Thenshe stood
up．'This
afternoon I want youto get the house ready for the
weekend，'shesaid．'Oh，andplease go to the village later and get my
tablets．'
'Yes，Mother，'Jackiesaid．
Molly went to the door．
'Mother，please wait
aminute，'Jackie
said．'PeterHobbs
came here this morning．He's veryangry with you about that
letter．He
losthis job，you
know．Whydid you
write to his office？He wants totalk to you about it．'
'Well，I don't want totalk to
him，'Molly
said．Sheopened
the door．
'But Mother，you
don'tunderstand．He's seventeen，andit was his first job．He's very，veryangry．He says…he says he's going to kill
you！'
Molly did not answer．Shewent out of the room and
closed the door．
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克拉克森家住在剑桥附近的乡下，离最近的村庄约有半英里路，距离河有1英里左右。他们有幢大而古老带有美丽花园的房子，花园里有许多花和许多古树。
7月的一个星期四早上，杰基从花园进了屋。她是个高大，肥胖，30来岁的女人。这是一年中最热的日子，而她却穿着暖色调的黄色衬衫和棕色裙子。她走进厨房去喝水，这时电话响了。
“剑桥1379号，”杰基说。
“你好！我是黛安娜。我想和妈妈说话。”
“妈妈不在家，”杰基说。“她看医生去了。”
“怎么了？出了什么事？”
“没什么，”杰基说。“你打电话干嘛？这个周末你回来吗？妈妈希望每个人都在。”
“是啊，我想回来，”黛安娜说。“我正因为没钱买火车票，才打电话。”
“没钱！妈妈总是给你钱！”
“电话费很贵，”黛安娜冷冷说道。“请告诉妈妈，我需要钱。”
杰基放下电话，她从包里拿了枝烟抽起来。她因她的妹妹总是要钱感到生气。黛安娜20岁了，在家里最小。她住在伦敦，在一所大房子里有间屋子。她想成为一个歌唱家，她唱得很棒可是她却从来不愿找工作。
杰基走回厨房动手做一些三明治。这时后门开了，她的母亲走了进来。
“天太热了！”莫利说道，她脱下帽子放在桌上。她是位高个子、皮肤浅黑，有双美丽眼睛的女人。
两条大黑狗跟着她进了厨房围着她转，她坐下来把手放在它们的头上。
杰基把三明治放在桌上。“妈妈，”她说道，“黛安娜打来电话，她想要钱买火车票。”
莫利闭上眼一会，然后站起来。“下午我希望你收拾一下房子为周末做准备，”她说。“哦，随后请去村里给我买些药片。”
“好的，妈妈，”杰基说。
莫利向门口走去。
“妈妈，请等一会。”杰基说。“彼得·霍布斯今早来了，他对你的那封信很生气。你知道，他丢了工作。你为什么写信给他的办公室？他想和你谈谈这事。”
“好啦，我不想和他谈，”莫利说，她打开门。
“可是妈妈，你不明白。他17岁了，那是他第一份工作，他非常非常生气。他说……他说他会杀了你！”
莫利没答话，她走出房间关上了门。
2 Chapter
2 Chapter
It was seven o'clock on Saturday
evening．Jackiestood at
the window．A car
drove slowlyup to the front door and stopped．A tallman with white hair got
out，It
wasAlbert，the
husband of Molly's sister．
'Here's Uncle Albert，'Jackiesaid．'Always late．'
She went out of the room and opened
the front door．Albertcame in and went at once to Molly．
'Oh，dear．I'mvery late．I am sorry，'Albertsaid．'Fifty years old
today！Whata
wonderful dress！'
Molly did not smile．'Thankyou，Albert．We'reall getting
older．'Tonight
she wore along black dress，and the two black dogssat at her
feet．'Everyone
is here now．Let'sgo in to dinner，'she said．
Everyone stood up and went to the
table．
'The table looks nice，Jackie．Whatwonderful
flowers！'Diane
said．Shewas a
beautiful girl，with long blackhair and dark blue eyes．She wore a longred
dress．
Albert sat down next to Roger Roger
was Molly's son，hersecond child．He lived in Cambridge，inan expensive
house．
'Someone called Peter stopped me
down the road，'Albertsaid．'Who is he？ He'svery angry with you，Molly．'
'That's Peter Hobbs，fromthe house across the
road，'Jackie
saidquickly．She
looked across the table atMolly．'He lost his job last week
andhe's angry with everyone．'
'It's Molly he doesn't
like，'Albertsaid．
Molly said nothing．Everyonebegan to
eat．
'How is Aunt Annie？'Jackieasked．
'She's much worse now，'Albertsaid．'She stays in bed all the
time．Sheneeds a
nurse twenty-four hours a day．'
'I am sorry，'Mollysaid．
Albert stopped eating and looked at
Molly．'It'svery
difficult and very expensive，youknow．Annie feels very unhappy
becauseyou don't visit her，Molly．Sheloves you very
much．You are her
littlesister；you
know．'
Molly closed her eyes for a
minute．'I know
that，Albert．Iam fifty years old，but I am always
her“little”sister．Well，wecan talk about it later．'
Albert laughed．'Ohyes，we can talk
later．It'salways
later with you，Molly．Alwaystomorrow．Never today．'
Jackie watched her mother．Hermother was angry with
Albert．Molly
neverliked talking about her sister Annie and she did not like
visiting her becauseshe was very ill．
'That's a beautiful dress，Diane．Isit new？'Jackie asked．
'Thank you，Jackie．Yes，it'snew，and very
expensive．Igot
it on Wednesday，'Diane said．Shesmiled at Jackie．
'All your things are
expensive，'Jackiesaid．She remembered the phone call onThursday about the train
ticket．
'I don't like cheap
things，'Dianesaid．'And I'm going to need more moneysoon．I want to go to
America．Canyou
help me，Roger？'
'Oh no，'Roger said．'Nobodywants to help
you， Diane．Youdon't like working，we all know
that，butwe all
want you to get a job．'
Diane laughed．'Itdoesn't
matter，Roger．Idon't need your help．Mother always
helpsme．Mother
loves me best．'Shesuddenly smiled，a quick，beautifulsmile．But her eyes were
cold．
Jackie looked at her
mother．Molly'sface was
white．Jackie did
not understand．Washer mother afraid of Diane？Jackie wantedher mother to be
happy today．
'Would you like some more
meat，UncleAlbert？'Jackie asked．'Roger，canyou give everyone some more to drink？
Roger got up and began to give more
wine to everyone．'Thisis good wine，'he said．
Molly smiled for the first
time．'Yes，yourfather loved this wine．He often drank
it．'
'Yes，'Albert said，andlooked at
Molly．'Expensive，too．'
'Would you like to meet Mr Briggs
this weekend，Roger？Jackieasked quickly．'He's the new man at
thefarm．He wants
to meet you．'
'Briggs？Briggs？'Mollysaid，suddenly angry．'Don'ttalk to me about that
man．I don't
likehim．He wants
half my garden for his farm．Heneeds more
land，he
says．Idon't want
him in my house．He's alwaysdirty and he has bad teeth．'
Jackie stood up and got her
bag．'Excuseme，I want a cigarette．'
'Cigarettes！Always acigarette in your
mouth，'Molly
said．'Idon't
like it．Cigarettes aren't good foryou．'
Jackie began to smoke．Shefelt angry but she said
nothing．Shewanted her mother to be happy this
evening，butit
was very difficult．
Roger drank some more
wine．'Well，Mother，perhapsMr Briggs is right．The garden is
verybig，you
know，'hesaid．'It's a lot of work for you．Thehouse is big，too．You'refifty now．You need to be more
careful．'
'Roger！I don't need
anurse，you
know！Iwork in
the garden every day；I feelhappy there．'Molly stood up．'Iknow you all want my
money．You come
herefor a free dinner，you don't want to seeme．You don't love
me．Youwant my
house，and my
money．Well，youcan all wait．No-body is getting moremoney from me，not before I
die！'
'Don't say that，Mother！'Jackiecried．
Molly walked across the room to the
door．'Ifeel ill
now．I'm going
upstairs to bed．'
Molly left the room．Nobodymoved．
'One day I'm going to kill that
woman，'Dianesaid
quietly．
Roger looked at Diane but said
nothing．Albertmoved his
head slowly up and down．'Ill！She'sangry，that's all，'hesaid．'Molly always gets angry aboutmoney．Why can't she be good to
hersister？Annie's going to die soon．Mollyknows that．'
Jackie finished her cigarette and
stood up．'Wouldeveryone
like some coffee？Come into thekitchen and let's drink it
there．'
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星期六晚上7点。杰基站在窗前。一辆小车徐徐驶到前门停下来。一个白头发、高个子的男人下了车，他是艾伯特，莫利姐姐的丈夫。
“是艾伯特姨父，”杰基说。“他总是迟到。”
她走出房间打开前门。艾伯特走进来，立刻便走向莫利。
“哦，亲爱的，抱歉，我来得太迟了，”艾伯特说。“今天是你50岁生日！多漂亮的裙子！”
莫利没有笑。“谢谢你，艾伯特。我们都老了。”今晚她穿了一条长长的黑裙子，两条黑狗蹲在她脚边。“现在大家都到了，咱们吃饭吧。”她说。
大家都站起来走到桌前。
“餐桌看起来不错，杰基。多美的花啊！”黛安娜说。她是个美丽的女孩，有一头长长的黑头发和一双深蓝色的眼睛，她穿了一条红色的长裙。
艾伯特坐在罗杰的旁边。罗杰是莫利的儿子，她的第二个孩子。他住在剑桥一幢昂贵的房子里。
“有个叫彼特的人沿路阻挡我，”艾伯特说。“他是谁？他很生你的气，莫利。”
“那是彼得·霍布斯，家住在马路对面的房子里。”杰基很快地说。她看着餐桌对面的莫利。“他上周丢了工作，他生每个人的气。”
“他不喜欢的是莫利，”艾伯特说。
莫利一言不发。大家开始吃东西。
“安妮姨妈好吗？”杰基问。
“她现在更糟糕了，”艾伯特说。“她所有时间都呆在床上。她一天24小时都需要护士。”
“我真难过”，莫利说。
艾伯特停下来看着莫利。“你知道，这事非常麻烦并且非常花钱。莫利，安妮因为你不去看她很不高兴。她非常爱你，你知道，你是她的小妹妹。”
莫利闭上了眼。“我知道这些，艾伯特。我都50岁了，可我总是她的'小'妹妹。好吧，我们以后再谈这事。”
艾伯特笑道。“哦，是啊，我们以后再谈。莫利，和你总是以后，总是明天。从来不是今天。”
杰基看着她的母亲，她的母亲生艾伯特的气。莫利从来就不喜欢谈论她姐姐，也不喜欢去拜访她。而她病得很重。
“这裙子真漂亮，黛安娜。是新的吗？”杰基问。
“谢谢，杰基。是的，新裙子，非常贵。我周三才买的。”黛安娜说。她冲着杰基微笑。
“你所有的东西都昂贵，”杰基说。她记起周四关于火车票的电话。
“我不喜欢便宜的东西，”黛安娜说。“我不久会需要更多的钱，我想去美国。罗杰，你能帮我吗？”
“哦，不行，”罗杰说。“没有人想帮你，黛安娜。我们都知道，你不喜欢工作，但是我们都希望你找份工作。”
黛安娜笑道。“没关系，罗杰。我不需要你的帮助，妈妈总是会帮我的，妈妈最爱我。”她突然笑了一下，一个转瞬即逝美丽的微笑。可她的眼神却是冷冷的。
杰基看着她的妈妈，莫利脸色苍白。杰基不明白为什么。她的妈妈会怕黛安娜？杰基希望她的妈妈今天快快乐乐。
“艾伯特姨父，你还要些肉吗？”杰基问。“罗杰，你能给每人再添些饮料吗？”
罗杰站起来动手给大家加了些酒。“这酒不错，”他说。
莫利第一次笑了。“是啊，你父亲爱喝这种酒。他经常喝。”
“是啊”，艾伯特看着莫利说“也非常贵。”
“罗杰，这个周末你想见见布里格斯吗？”杰基急忙问。“他刚来农场。他想见见你。”
“布里格斯？布里格斯？”莫利说，她突然生气了。“不要和我谈那个男人，我不喜欢他。他想要我把一半的花园当他的农场。他说，他需要更多的土地。我不希望他来我家，他总是脏兮兮的，还有一口坏牙。”
杰基站起来拿她的包。“抱歉，我想抽枝烟。”
“烟！你的嘴总是叼着烟，”莫利说。“我讨厌烟，抽烟对你不好。”
杰基开始抽烟，她感到很生气，但她什么也没说。她想让她妈妈今晚快乐些，可看来这非常难。
罗杰喝了好些酒。“好啦，妈妈，布里格斯先生可能是对的。你清楚，花园是太大了，”他说。“你要干许多的事，房子也太大了。你都50岁了，你需要更多的照顾。”
“罗杰！你明白，我不需要护士！我每天在花园里干点活，我在那儿感到快乐。”莫利站起来。“我知道你们都想要我的钱。你们来这儿只为一顿免费的晚餐，不是想来看看我，你们不爱我。你们想要我的房子，我的钱。好吧，你们都等着。在我死之前，任何人都别想从我这儿得一点儿！”
“别说这些，妈妈！”杰基叫道。
莫利穿过房间走到门前。“现在我感到不舒服。我要上楼睡觉了。”
莫利离开了房间，大家都没动。
“有一天我会杀了这女人，”黛安娜平静地说。
罗杰看看黛安娜，但什么也没说。艾伯特上下摇晃着脑袋。“不舒服！她生气了，就这样，”他说。“莫利谈到钱总要生气。为什么她不能对她姐姐好点？安妮不久就要死了，莫利知道这些。”
杰基抽完烟站起来。“每人都来些咖啡吗？到厨房去，咱们在那儿喝吧！”
3 Chapter
3 Chapter
Early next morning the house was
quiet．Suddenlythere was
a cry from the room next to Roger's，hismother's
room．Roger
opened his eyes andlooked at the clock．It was nearly
seveno'clock．He
got out of bed and opened thedoor quietly．At the same time the doorof his
mother's room opened and Diane came out．Herface was very
white．
'Roger！It' s Mother！Ibrought a cup of coffee for her
and I found her dead．She'sdead…dead in her bed，'shecried．
Roger went quickly to the door of
his mother's room andlooked in．The window was open but theroom was
warm．Molly was
on the bed，onehand under her head．Roger went across tothe bed and
put his hand on her arm．Itwas cold．On the little table next to thebed was a hot cup of
coffee and an empty cup．
'I'm going to call the
doctor，'Dianesaid．
'She's dead，'Rogersaid
slowly．His
face，too，waswhite．'Mother is dead！'
Diane walked across the room to the
door．'I'mgoing to phone
the doctor，'she
saidagain．
'Wait a minute！'Rogercalled．'Let's tell the family
first．'
'Family！Nobody
lovedMother！'Diane went out and randownstairs．
Roger slowly went downstairs after
her and stood by thetelephone．
'Dr Pratt，this isDiane
Clarkson．It's my
mother—she'sdead．Can you come quickly？'
Diane put the phone down．'Itisn't true，Roger！Motherdead！Daddy died last
winter，andnow
Mother．'Diane
began to cry．
'Don't cry，Diane，'Rogersaid．'Let's go upstairs and tell
UncleAlbert and Jackie．'
'No！You tell them！Nobodyloved
Mother．You
aren't sorry．Lookat you！You want her money．That'sall．'
Roger suddenly wanted to hit
Diane．'Bequiet！'he said．'Whatabout you？You didn't love Mother．Youwanted her
money，too．Don'tforget that！'
'It's true，'Dianesaid．'Oh，Ican't stay in this
house．I'm going
out．I'mgoing to
the river with the dogs．'
'No，'Roger said．'Thedoctor's coming and I want
you here．'
Diane said nothing．Shewent into the kitchen and at
once the dogs got up and came to her．'Beautifuldogs！Daddy loved you and Mother
lovedyou．Now I'm
going to love you．'Sheopened the back door and went out with the
dogs．
Roger did not move．Hestood by the
telephone．'It's
true，'hethought．'I am happy about the money．Ineeded money，and now I'm
rich．Thingsare
going to be easier for me now．ButMother…why didn't I love her
more？And now
she's dead．'Slowly，Rogerwent back upstairs．He wanted to dressbefore Dr Pratt
arrived．
Dr Pratt was a little fat man
without much hair．Hewas
the family doctor and he knew all the Clarkson family very
well．Hewent
upstairs at once and looked at Molly's body．Helooked carefully at the cup of
coffee and the empty cup on the table next toher
bed．
'I'm sorry，Roger，'hesaid．'Where is Diane？Shephoned me．'
'She went out with the
dogs，'Rogersaid．'She was angry with me—angrywith
everyone．'
Dr Pratt said nothing for a
minute．'Thisis going to
be very difficult．I'm goingto phone the police，Roger．'
'Police！Why？What'swrong？
'I don't know．Yourmother wasn't
ill．I saw her on
Thursdayand she was very well．Why did she die？Idon' t
understand．I
want to find out．'
Roger went across to the window and
looked out at thegar-den．It was a beautiful summermorning．The sky was blue and the
gardenwas green．It was all very quiet．Hismother loved this
garden．But Tom
Briggswanted the garden．And Roger wanted thegarden，too．Rogerfelt worse and
worse．
'Your mother took sleeping
tablets，'DrPratt
said．'Did you
know？OnThursday
she had a new bottle of tablets，butI can't find it here in her
room．'
'I didn't know，'Rogersaid．'Very well．Let'sgo down-stairs and you can
phone the police．'
Roger went into the kitchen and made
some coffee．Justthen
Diane came in with the dogs．
'Roger，'she said．'Look，I'msorry．I was angry and said some
angrythings．'
'It doesn't matter，'Rogersaid．'Here you are，havesome coffee．Dr Pratt is phoning
thepolice．Did
you know Mother took sleepingtablets？Well，thebottle is not in her
room．'
'What？I
don'tunderstand．'Diane took the coffee and be－ganto drink．Her eyes looked big and
dark．
Just then Dr Pratt came into the
kitchen．'They'recoming
at once，'he
said．'Diane—I'msorry about your mother．'
'Dr Pratt，I want totell you about last
night．Everyone
wasvery angry…'
'Be quiet！'Roger
saidquickly．
'Diane never thinks before she opens
her mouth，'hethought
angrily．
Diane did not look at
Roger．'Lastnight Mother
went to bed early because everyone…'
'Don't tell me，'DrPratt said．'You can tell the
police．'
Roger's face went red．Suddenlyhe felt
afraid．'The
police are going totalk to everyone，and ask
questions，'hethought．'And they're going to wantanswers．It's going to be very
difficult．'Hefinished his coffee and stood up．
'I'm going upstairs，'hesaid．'I'm going to tell Uncle
Al-bertand Jackie about Mother…and about
thepolice．'
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第二天清晨整幢房子静悄悄的。突然从罗杰房间旁边他母亲的屋子里传出一声尖叫。罗杰睁开眼看了下钟，还不到7点。他下了床，悄悄打开门。正在这时他母亲房间的门也打开了，黛安娜走出来，她的脸非常苍白。
“罗杰！妈妈她，我端了杯咖啡给她，发现她死了。她死了……死在她床上，”她哭道。
罗杰急忙走到他母亲的门前往里看，窗户是开着的，可房间里是温暖的。莫利躺在床上，一只手在她头下。罗杰走到床前把手放在她的手臂上，尸体已经冷了。床边的小桌上有杯热咖啡和一个空杯子。
“我打电话去叫医生，”黛安娜说。
“她死了，”罗杰慢慢地说。他的脸也变白了。“妈妈死了！”
黛安娜穿过房间走到门口。“我去打电话叫医生，”她又说。
“等会儿！”罗杰叫道。“咱们得先告诉家人。”
“家里人！没有人爱妈妈！”黛安娜走出去跑下楼。
罗杰跟着她慢慢走下楼站在电话旁。
“普拉特先生，我是黛安娜·克拉克森。我的妈妈——她死了。你能尽快赶来吗？”
黛安娜放下电话。“这不是真的，罗杰！妈妈死了！爸爸去年冬天死了，现在妈妈也死了。”黛安娜开始哭泣。
“别哭了，黛安娜，”罗杰说。“咱们上楼去告诉艾伯特姨父和杰基。”
“不！你去告诉他们！没人爱妈妈，你们不必内疚。看看你们！你们想要她的钱。不过如此。”
罗杰突然想揍黛安娜。“安静点！”他说。“你怎么了？你不爱妈妈，你也想要她的钱，别忘了这点！”
“不错，”黛安娜说。“哦，我不能再呆在这儿了。我要出去。我要和狗去河边。”
“不行，”罗杰说。“医生就要来了，我想你留在这儿。”
黛安娜没说话。她走进厨房。狗立即站起来走到她旁边。“多漂亮的狗！爸爸爱你们，妈妈也爱你们。现在我会爱你们的。”她打开后门，带着狗走了出去。
罗杰没动，他仍站在电话旁。“不错，”他想。“我的确为钱高兴。我需要钱，现在我是富有的了。事情现在对我来说更容易。但是妈妈……我为什么不多爱她些呢？可现在她死了。”罗杰慢慢地上了楼，他想在普拉特医生来前穿好衣服。
普拉特医生是个矮胖没有多少头发的男人，他是家庭医生并且他非常清楚克拉克森一家人。他立即上楼查看莫利的尸体。他仔细看了床边桌子上的一杯咖啡和空杯子。
“抱歉，罗杰，”他说。“黛安娜在哪儿？她给我打了电话。”
“她带着狗出去了，”罗杰说。“她冲我生气，对每个人都生气。”
普拉特医生沉默了一会。“这事非常难办。罗杰，我要打电话给警察。”
“警察！为什么？出了什么事？”
“我不清楚，你的母亲没病，我周四见到她身体很好。她为什么会死？我不明白，我想找出原因。”
罗杰走到窗前向外看花园。这是个美丽的夏天清晨，天空蓝蓝的而花园是一片绿色，一切都非常安静。他的妈妈爱这个花园，然而汤姆·布里格斯却打着这个花园的主意，并且罗杰也想要这个花园。罗杰觉得事情越来越糟。
“你的妈妈服了安眠药，”普拉特医生说。“你知道吗？她周四买了瓶安眠药，可是我在她的房间却找不到。”
“我不知道，”罗杰说。“好吧。咱们下楼去，你可以给警察打电话。”
罗杰走进厨房弄了些咖啡，这时黛安娜带着狗走进来。
“罗杰，”她说。“你瞧，我很抱歉。我生气了并说了些令人生气的话。”
“没关系，”罗杰说。“给你，喝点咖啡。普拉特医生正打电话给警察。你知道妈妈服安眠药吗？唷，瓶子不在她的屋里。”
“什么？我不知道。”黛安娜端起咖啡开始喝。她的眼睛看起来又大又黑。
这时普尔特医生走进厨房。“他们马上来，”他说。“黛安娜——我为你妈妈难过。”
“普拉特医生，我想告诉你有关昨晚的事，每人都非常生气……”
“安静些！”罗杰急忙说。
“黛安娜在张嘴前从不想想，”他生气地想。
黛安娜没看罗杰。“昨晚妈妈早早就上床了，因为每个人……”
“别告诉我，”普拉特医生说。“你可以告诉警察。”
罗杰的脸红了，突然他觉得有些害怕。“警察会找每个人谈话，问些问题。”他想。“然后他们会想要答案，这事非常棘手。”他喝完咖啡站起来。
“我上楼去，”他说。“我去告诉艾伯特姨父和杰基有关妈妈的事……还有报警的事。”
