爱情与金钱 LOVE OR MONEY? 7 Chapter 作 者：[英]阿金耶米
7 Chapter
On Monday morning Sergeant Foster went to Roger's office and asked some questions．And then he went to Albert's house and asked some more questions．Inspector Walsh sat in his office and telephoned．He made phone calls about Peter Hobbs and he made phone calls about Tom Briggs．And then he had some coffee and sandwiches．
At three o'clock the two detectives drove to the Clarksons' house．
3点钟，两名侦探开车去了克拉克森家。
'I would like to see everyone，'he told Roger．
“我想见见每个人，”他告诉罗杰。
Everyone came into the sitting room and sat down．
大家都走进客厅坐下来。
Inspector Walsh stood in front of the windows and looked at them，one by one．'I want to talk to you Someone killed Molly Clarkson．Someone put sleeping tablets in her hot milk and killed her Nobody wanted to tell me the true story，but now I know the true story and I'm going to tell you．'
The two dogs came slowly into the room and sat down at Diane's feet．It was very quiet in the room．
两条狗慢慢走进房间坐在黛安娜脚旁。房间里非常安静。
The Inspector looked at Albert．'Mr King，your wife is very ill and needs a nurse．You told me this．You didn't tell me about your house．You're selling your house next month because you need the money．'
Albert was angry．'Last year I asked Molly's husband for some money，and he said yes．But then he died in an accident．'
艾伯特生气了。“去年我向莫利的丈夫要些钱，他答应了。可接着他死于一场事故。”
'Accident！'Diane cried．'That was no accident．Mother killed Daddy because she wanted his money！
“事故！”黛安娜叫道。“那不是事故！妈妈想要他的钱，所以她杀了爸爸！”
'Let's talk about you now，Diane，'said Inspector Walsh．You visited your mother every month and you took money from her．Last month she gave you money for your television．This month she gave you money for your telephone．Every month you told your mother：“It was no accident；you killed Daddy．I'm going to tell the police．”Your mother was afraid of the police and so she gave you the money．But in the end she wanted to stop you．She told Dr Pratt．No more money，she told Dr Pratt on Thursday；and on Saturday she died．You took the hot milk to your mother－what did she tell you？'
Diane began to cry．'I loved Daddy！He always gave money to me；he loved me．It was Mother－she didn't love Daddy and she didn't love me．Diane stopped．The dogs got up and went to the door．'It's true，I took a lot of money from Mother．On Saturday she told me—no more money．I wanted to kill her，but I didn't．'
The dogs came back and sat down again at Diane's feet．Inspector Walsh looked at Roger．'Mr Clarkson also needed money．'
狗回来又坐在黛安娜脚旁。沃尔什探长看着罗杰。“克拉克森先生也需要钱。”
Roger's face went red．'Don't tell them！Please！'
罗杰的脸变红了。“请你别告诉他们！”
'Mr Clarkson lost his job last month．He has no money．But he has an expensive house and an expensive car．He likes expensive things．'
“克拉克森先生上个月失业了，他没有钱了。可他有一所昂贵的房子和一辆车。他喜欢昂贵的东西。”
His sisters looked at him，but Roger put his hand over his eyes．'Don't talk to me！'
他的姐妹看着他，可罗杰用手捂住眼睛。“别对我说这些！”
'It doesn't matter now！'Diane said．'Mother is dead and we have a lot of money．You don't need a job．'
“现在没关系！”黛安娜说。“妈妈死了，我们有很多钱，你不需要一份工作。”
Roger's face went red again．'Be quiet，Diane！'
罗杰的脸又变红了。“住嘴，黛安娜！”
'Now，Inspector Walsh began again．'Peter Hobbs is a very angry young man．Mrs Clarkson was not very nice to him．He got the sleeping tablets from the shop．But did he put the tablets in the hot milk？I think not．Tom Briggs wanted half the garden for his farm．He was in the kitchen that night．Did he put sleeping tablets in the hot milk？I think not．'
Inspector walsh moved away from the window and sat down．'I'm going to tell you the true story now．Miss Clark-son，you wanted Peter Hobbs to come to the house that night．He was very angry with your mother because of that letter．He said：“I want to kill her．”And you wanted everyone to hear that． Why？'
Jackie's face went white．It's not true！What about Diane？You found the empty bottle in her bag！'
杰基的脸变白了。“这不是真的！黛安娜呢？你们在她包里发现了空瓶子！”
Diane stood up．'In my bag？Jackie！What are you talking about？'
黛安娜站起来。“在我包里？杰基！你在说什么？”
'Be quiet，please，and sit down，'Inspector Walsh said．He looked at Jackie．'It's true：we found the bottle in Diane's bag．But how do you know that？We didn't tell you．'
'No．We found the empty bottle in Diane's room．We told you that．You talked about Diane's bag；we didn't tell you．Sergeant foster wrote it all down．'Inspector Walsh looked carefully at Jackie．'A long time ago，you knew Tom Briggs．He was the gardener here and you loved him．But your mother didn't like him．'
'We found your picture-an old one-in Mr Briggs'house．You were younger then，and your hair was long．Last year Tom Briggs came back，and you wanted him．He loved you，too，but he had no money．He wanted the garden for his farm，he wanted money，he wanted you．But your mother said no．In the end，you wanted to kill your mother…and you did kill her．Your mother went downstairs to see the dogs and you put the sleeping tablets in her hot milk．Later，you put the empty bottle in Diane's bag．
Jackie stood up．Her eyes were dark and afraid．'You don't understand！she cried．'Mother gave me nothing…all those years．I wanted to be happy…to be with Tom．That's all．I love Tom，and he loves me．But Mother said no．Always no．'Then she began to cry．Nobody looked at her．
Jackie left the house in a police car．Inspector Walsh watched and then walked slowly to his car．He felt tired and hungry．He stopped and looked back at the house．
