01-01-爱情与金钱 [6]
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“当然，这是你的家，”沃尔什探长说，他看着杰基。“你的妈妈说了些什么？”他又问。
“她又想下楼。她想起了狗——她想给它们弄点东西吃。我走回我的房间然后她下了楼。”
“这时几点了？”
“我记不清了。我想大概是午夜。”
“那么那杯热牛奶呢？”
“它在她床边的桌上。”
“你需要你母亲的钱吗？”
“不，探长。钱对我不重要。有比钱更重要的东西，”杰基平静地说。
“嗯，你的艾伯特姨父要钱，汤姆·布里格斯想要花园。你什么也不想要？”
杰基抽完烟抬头看着探长。她的眼里突然冒着火气。“别忘了彼特·霍布斯。是我妈妈使他丢了工作。你知道，他想杀她。还有黛安娜呢？你们在她包里发现了空瓶子。”
沃尔什探长仔细听着。“我们会对每个人提问，克拉克森小姐。”
杰基沉默了一会。“探长，你们要些三明治和咖啡吗？”
“哈！好，麻烦了！”沃尔什探长温和地说。“我非常想要三明治和咖啡。”
杰基离开了房间。沃尔什探长想，她为什么突然生气了？房间静悄悄的。
■ 5 Chapter
After the coffee and sandwiches，Inspector Walsh called Roger Clarkson to the office．Roger came in and sat down．The Inspector began at once．
'Now，Mr Clarkson．Why was your mother angry with you last night？'
'This house is very big，'Roger said．'It was a lot of work for Mother．I wanted her to move．But no，she loved this house and garden．She didn't want to move．'
'Tell me about your job，Mr Clarkson．Your mother is dead and now you're rich．Do you need money？'
Roger's face was suddenly afraid．'What are you saying？I didn't kill my mother．I need money，that's true．A friend and I want to build ten houses here，in this garden．We can get a lot of money for them．So．I wanted Mother to sell this house．It's true．But Mr Briggs wanted half the garden，too，you know，for his farm．'
Inspector Walsh moved a pencil on the table．'Tell me，what happened upstairs？You went to your mother's room？'
'Yes，I did．I wanted to say goodnight to my mother．'
'Did you talk about the house again？'
'Yes，I did．Again，she said no．She loved the house and didn't want to sell it．'
Inspector Walsh watched Roger for a minute．'I see．We found the empty bottle of sleeping tablets，Mr Clarkson，in Diane's room．'
Roger's face did not change．'Oh？Someone put them there．Diane did not kill my mother，I know that．She found the body．'
'Very well．I would like to see Diane next．'
Roger got up and left the room．
Inspector Walsh stood up and put his hands in his pockets．He went to the window and looked out at the trees．Why was Roger Clarkson afraid？Was it important？He looked at Sergeant Foster．
'Tomorrow morning，go to Mr Clarkson's office-you have the name，'he said．'Ask some questions about him，about his job，friends，money．'
Sergeant Foster wrote it down．'Yes，Inspector．'
'A good day for tennis，Sergeant？'
Sergeant Foster laughed．'Don't say that．It's not easy，you know．I don't like sitting here looking at the sun．'
Diane came into the room and sat down．She looked at Sergeant Foster and smiled．'I saw you at the Tennis Club last month，I think．You play very well．'
Sergeant Foster's face went red．Inspector Walsh looked at him．'Oh yes．A fast and exciting player is Sergeant Foster．'
Diane smiled again at Sergeant Foster and his face went redder．
'Well，Miss Clarkson，'Inspector Walsh said，'I want you to talk about last night．'
Diane stopped smiling．'Oh，I can talk about last night．I can't stop talking about it．We were all angry．Mother went to bed early and I made hot milk for her．We were all in the kitchen，and Peter Hobbs came in He nearly broke the back door down．'Diane stopped．
'Yes？'
'He was very angry about a letter．He wanted to kill Mother．Are you going to talk to him？'
'We're going to talk to everyone．'
'Good．Tom Briggs came into the kitchen，too．Are you going to talk to him？'
'I'm asking the questions，Miss Clarkson．When did you take the milk upstairs？'
'I went up after Roger．'She stopped for a minute．Then she began again．'I didn't like my mother，Inspector．She killed my father，you know．Last winter，after Christmas，she drove the car into a tree and killed my father．'
Inspector Walsh watched Diane's face carefully．'I see．So you wanted to kill your mother？'
Diane laughed．'I wanted to kill her，but I didn't．I can tell you a lot of things about this family，Inspector．Everyone wanted Mother to die．Uncle Albert wanted her money for his wife，Annie．And then my brother．He needs a lot of money．He has an expensive house and an expensive car．And think of Jackie．Do you know that Jackie didn't like Mother？A long time age，a nice boy worked here．He was the gardener
“当然，这是你的家，”沃尔什探长说，他看着杰基。“你的妈妈说了些什么？”他又问。
“她又想下楼。她想起了狗——她想给它们弄点东西吃。我走回我的房间然后她下了楼。”
“这时几点了？”
“我记不清了。我想大概是午夜。”
“那么那杯热牛奶呢？”
“它在她床边的桌上。”
“你需要你母亲的钱吗？”
“不，探长。钱对我不重要。有比钱更重要的东西，”杰基平静地说。
“嗯，你的艾伯特姨父要钱，汤姆·布里格斯想要花园。你什么也不想要？”
杰基抽完烟抬头看着探长。她的眼里突然冒着火气。“别忘了彼特·霍布斯。是我妈妈使他丢了工作。你知道，他想杀她。还有黛安娜呢？你们在她包里发现了空瓶子。”
沃尔什探长仔细听着。“我们会对每个人提问，克拉克森小姐。”
杰基沉默了一会。“探长，你们要些三明治和咖啡吗？”
“哈！好，麻烦了！”沃尔什探长温和地说。“我非常想要三明治和咖啡。”
杰基离开了房间。沃尔什探长想，她为什么突然生气了？房间静悄悄的。
■ 5 Chapter
After the coffee and sandwiches，Inspector Walsh called Roger Clarkson to the office．Roger came in and sat down．The Inspector began at once．
'Now，Mr Clarkson．Why was your mother angry with you last night？'
'This house is very big，'Roger said．'It was a lot of work for Mother．I wanted her to move．But no，she loved this house and garden．She didn't want to move．'
'Tell me about your job，Mr Clarkson．Your mother is dead and now you're rich．Do you need money？'
Roger's face was suddenly afraid．'What are you saying？I didn't kill my mother．I need money，that's true．A friend and I want to build ten houses here，in this garden．We can get a lot of money for them．So．I wanted Mother to sell this house．It's true．But Mr Briggs wanted half the garden，too，you know，for his farm．'
Inspector Walsh moved a pencil on the table．'Tell me，what happened upstairs？You went to your mother's room？'
'Yes，I did．I wanted to say goodnight to my mother．'
'Did you talk about the house again？'
'Yes，I did．Again，she said no．She loved the house and didn't want to sell it．'
Inspector Walsh watched Roger for a minute．'I see．We found the empty bottle of sleeping tablets，Mr Clarkson，in Diane's room．'
Roger's face did not change．'Oh？Someone put them there．Diane did not kill my mother，I know that．She found the body．'
'Very well．I would like to see Diane next．'
Roger got up and left the room．
Inspector Walsh stood up and put his hands in his pockets．He went to the window and looked out at the trees．Why was Roger Clarkson afraid？Was it important？He looked at Sergeant Foster．
'Tomorrow morning，go to Mr Clarkson's office-you have the name，'he said．'Ask some questions about him，about his job，friends，money．'
Sergeant Foster wrote it down．'Yes，Inspector．'
'A good day for tennis，Sergeant？'
Sergeant Foster laughed．'Don't say that．It's not easy，you know．I don't like sitting here looking at the sun．'
Diane came into the room and sat down．She looked at Sergeant Foster and smiled．'I saw you at the Tennis Club last month，I think．You play very well．'
Sergeant Foster's face went red．Inspector Walsh looked at him．'Oh yes．A fast and exciting player is Sergeant Foster．'
Diane smiled again at Sergeant Foster and his face went redder．
'Well，Miss Clarkson，'Inspector Walsh said，'I want you to talk about last night．'
Diane stopped smiling．'Oh，I can talk about last night．I can't stop talking about it．We were all angry．Mother went to bed early and I made hot milk for her．We were all in the kitchen，and Peter Hobbs came in He nearly broke the back door down．'Diane stopped．
'Yes？'
'He was very angry about a letter．He wanted to kill Mother．Are you going to talk to him？'
'We're going to talk to everyone．'
'Good．Tom Briggs came into the kitchen，too．Are you going to talk to him？'
'I'm asking the questions，Miss Clarkson．When did you take the milk upstairs？'
'I went up after Roger．'She stopped for a minute．Then she began again．'I didn't like my mother，Inspector．She killed my father，you know．Last winter，after Christmas，she drove the car into a tree and killed my father．'
Inspector Walsh watched Diane's face carefully．'I see．So you wanted to kill your mother？'
Diane laughed．'I wanted to kill her，but I didn't．I can tell you a lot of things about this family，Inspector．Everyone wanted Mother to die．Uncle Albert wanted her money for his wife，Annie．And then my brother．He needs a lot of money．He has an expensive house and an expensive car．And think of Jackie．Do you know that Jackie didn't like Mother？A long time age，a nice boy worked here．He was the gardener