02-03-亡灵岛 [7]
回到楼上。罗斯先生正在他的办公室里打电话。我妈妈正坐在她办公桌旁工作。我知道邓肯太太在厨房里而邓肯先生在园子里干活。
“罗斯夫人在哪儿呢？”我想。
接着我从窗子向外望去，并看见她和托尼·邓肯在一起。他们正向一条船走去。
“他要用船送她出岛。”我想，“她可能去爱丁堡。”
船离开了这座岛；我一直等着，直到它出海了。然后我打开了我房间的门。
走廊里没有人，我顺着路跑到那个锁着的房间前。钥匙还在花盆里，我把它拿了出来。我的手在颤抖。
然后我打开了门。
■ 5 A Dead Man
I went into the room… and I was very surprised．
The room was full of strange things．Coloured shirts and suits．Three guitars．And there were posters and photographs on the walls．
I looked at the posters．
Jake Rosso's face looked down at me．
I looked at the dead Jake Rosso's pictures，and I remembered all the photographs on the walls of my room in Hong Kong．I could never forget that face—the face of my favourite singer．
Then，while I looked at his face，something strange happened．I began to see another face in the posters．An older face，and with a moustache，but the same face．
I saw the face of Mr Ross．
‘No！’I said．‘It's not true！’
But it was，I knew it was．
‘Mr Ross is…Jake Rosso！’
‘No！'said a voice behind me．
I turned round and saw Mr Ross．He was standing in the doorway．He looked…afraid．
‘I don't believe you！’I said．
‘You have to believe me！’
I looked at the posters．‘Who is that，if it's not you？’
‘It's Jake Rosso．He was… my brother．’
‘That's not true！I shouted．‘I don't believe you．Listen，Jake Rosso was my favourite singer—I had hundreds of pho tos of him．I still have all his records．I loved him，do you understand？Thousands of people loved him．’
‘He's dead，'mr Ross said quietly．
‘No！’I shouted．‘You're Jake Rosso！You look different now，yes．You've got short hair，you've got a moustache now，and you wear glasses．But you're… Jake… Rosso．You were my favourite pop star， so I know．’
Mr Ross said nothing，and watched my face．
‘He doesn't know what to do，’I thought．‘He knows I don't believe him，and he's afraid．’
Then he said，‘It was you in the passage last night，wasn't it？’
‘Yes，’I answered．
He looked angry．‘I was wrong to give your mother a job，’he said．‘I thought it was OK because you came from Hong Kong．And I needed help with my work．I needed a good secretary．’
‘Does your other secretary know who you are？’I asked．‘Do the other people on the island know？’
Mr Ross didn't answer，but walked across to the window．He was thinking．
‘What's he going to do？’I thought．
Then he turned round．‘OK，you're right．I…I am Jake Rosso．’
‘I knew it！’
He looked worried and unhappy．‘Can you keep a secret？A very important secret？’
I thought for a minute，then I said，‘Yes，I can keep a secret．’
Then he told me：
‘The other people on this island are my family．’
‘Your family？’I said．
‘Yes．My real name is James Duncan，and Mr and Mrs Duncan are my father and mother．Tony is my younger brother，and his wife， Lisa，is my secretary．It's she who's in hospital．’
‘And Stella and Dan Parks？’I asked．
‘My mother's sister and her husband，’he said．
‘But what are you doing here on this island？I don't understand．’
‘I'11 tell you，’he said．He sat down on a chair and took a guitar in his hands，but he didn't play it．‘You were right．I was a famous pop star．I was very rich，and I had a beautiful wife．But things went wrong．’
‘How？’
‘I took drugs，’he said．‘I drank a lot of alcohol．I got drunk and crashed cars．I did stupid，terrible things．I knew it was wrong but I couldn't stop doing it．I was… crazy，for a time．’
‘I can understand that，’I told him．‘I've taken drugs，too．
He looked surprised．‘You have？’
‘Yes，’I said．‘After my father died，I was very unhappy and things went wrong for me too．But go on with your story．’
He went on．‘One night，I was driving my car．I was drunk and— and I hit somebody．A young girl．She…died．I killed her．’
‘Oh，no！’
‘Yes，’he said．‘She was fifteen years old．I wanted to die，too．The money didn't matter any more．Nothing mat tered any more．’
‘What did you do after the accident？’I asked．
‘I drove on in the car．I didn't stop，and I didn't tell the police．I had killed someone and I was afraid．’He looked afraid now．He put the guitar down and went on with his story．‘So I made a plan．Jake Rosso had to die
“罗斯夫人在哪儿呢？”我想。
接着我从窗子向外望去，并看见她和托尼·邓肯在一起。他们正向一条船走去。
“他要用船送她出岛。”我想，“她可能去爱丁堡。”
船离开了这座岛；我一直等着，直到它出海了。然后我打开了我房间的门。
走廊里没有人，我顺着路跑到那个锁着的房间前。钥匙还在花盆里，我把它拿了出来。我的手在颤抖。
然后我打开了门。
■ 5 A Dead Man
I went into the room… and I was very surprised．
The room was full of strange things．Coloured shirts and suits．Three guitars．And there were posters and photographs on the walls．
I looked at the posters．
Jake Rosso's face looked down at me．
I looked at the dead Jake Rosso's pictures，and I remembered all the photographs on the walls of my room in Hong Kong．I could never forget that face—the face of my favourite singer．
Then，while I looked at his face，something strange happened．I began to see another face in the posters．An older face，and with a moustache，but the same face．
I saw the face of Mr Ross．
‘No！’I said．‘It's not true！’
But it was，I knew it was．
‘Mr Ross is…Jake Rosso！’
‘No！'said a voice behind me．
I turned round and saw Mr Ross．He was standing in the doorway．He looked…afraid．
‘I don't believe you！’I said．
‘You have to believe me！’
I looked at the posters．‘Who is that，if it's not you？’
‘It's Jake Rosso．He was… my brother．’
‘That's not true！I shouted．‘I don't believe you．Listen，Jake Rosso was my favourite singer—I had hundreds of pho tos of him．I still have all his records．I loved him，do you understand？Thousands of people loved him．’
‘He's dead，'mr Ross said quietly．
‘No！’I shouted．‘You're Jake Rosso！You look different now，yes．You've got short hair，you've got a moustache now，and you wear glasses．But you're… Jake… Rosso．You were my favourite pop star， so I know．’
Mr Ross said nothing，and watched my face．
‘He doesn't know what to do，’I thought．‘He knows I don't believe him，and he's afraid．’
Then he said，‘It was you in the passage last night，wasn't it？’
‘Yes，’I answered．
He looked angry．‘I was wrong to give your mother a job，’he said．‘I thought it was OK because you came from Hong Kong．And I needed help with my work．I needed a good secretary．’
‘Does your other secretary know who you are？’I asked．‘Do the other people on the island know？’
Mr Ross didn't answer，but walked across to the window．He was thinking．
‘What's he going to do？’I thought．
Then he turned round．‘OK，you're right．I…I am Jake Rosso．’
‘I knew it！’
He looked worried and unhappy．‘Can you keep a secret？A very important secret？’
I thought for a minute，then I said，‘Yes，I can keep a secret．’
Then he told me：
‘The other people on this island are my family．’
‘Your family？’I said．
‘Yes．My real name is James Duncan，and Mr and Mrs Duncan are my father and mother．Tony is my younger brother，and his wife， Lisa，is my secretary．It's she who's in hospital．’
‘And Stella and Dan Parks？’I asked．
‘My mother's sister and her husband，’he said．
‘But what are you doing here on this island？I don't understand．’
‘I'11 tell you，’he said．He sat down on a chair and took a guitar in his hands，but he didn't play it．‘You were right．I was a famous pop star．I was very rich，and I had a beautiful wife．But things went wrong．’
‘How？’
‘I took drugs，’he said．‘I drank a lot of alcohol．I got drunk and crashed cars．I did stupid，terrible things．I knew it was wrong but I couldn't stop doing it．I was… crazy，for a time．’
‘I can understand that，’I told him．‘I've taken drugs，too．
He looked surprised．‘You have？’
‘Yes，’I said．‘After my father died，I was very unhappy and things went wrong for me too．But go on with your story．’
He went on．‘One night，I was driving my car．I was drunk and— and I hit somebody．A young girl．She…died．I killed her．’
‘Oh，no！’
‘Yes，’he said．‘She was fifteen years old．I wanted to die，too．The money didn't matter any more．Nothing mat tered any more．’
‘What did you do after the accident？’I asked．
‘I drove on in the car．I didn't stop，and I didn't tell the police．I had killed someone and I was afraid．’He looked afraid now．He put the guitar down and went on with his story．‘So I made a plan．Jake Rosso had to die