牛津書蟲《白色死亡》第8章
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Chapter 8
At eleven o'clock that morning, Sarah and Hassan were free. Sarah stood with her mother, Inspector Aziz, and Mr Cheng. She smiled happily.
'Mother, you're wonderful! Now I can be happy! But ... how did you know about Stephen?'
Inspector Aziz answered. 'Young woman,' he said. 'Remember, your mother is a doctor. She knew Stephen was ill because of his eyes, and his body. His eyes are very big and dark, and his body is always moving ...'
'Well, yes,' Anna said. 'But you helped me, Sarah. You said he was different-remember? And I looked at him carefully, and began to think. Heroin does that to people.'
'He did a very bad thing,' Sarah said slowly, 'but I feel sorry for him now. When is he going to court, Inspector?'
'I don't know,' the Inspector said. 'In two weeks, perhaps. But don't think about him. Would you like to see our beautiful country, Mrs Harland? Where would you like to go?'
Anna smiled at him. 'Thank you. But I can't stay. Tomorrow, I'm going back to England, to talk to Stephen's mother and father.'
Inspector Aziz looked at her, and said nothing for a minute. Then he said quietly: 'Yes. I feel very sorry for them. It kills a lot of young people, this heroin.'
'Yes. But it isn't going to kill my daughter. She isn't going to die now.' Anna took Sarah's hand. 'So thank you again, Inspector Aziz and Mr Cheng. And goodbye. Now I'm going to have a long cold drink in a quiet garden with my daughter and her new young man. I want to know a lot more about him.'
Hassan stood with his mother and father near the door of the court. Anna Harland put her hand on her daughter's arm, and smiled at them.
第八章
那天上午11點(diǎn)，薩拉和哈桑獲釋了。薩拉和她的媽媽、阿齊茲探長(zhǎng)以及程先生站在一起。她開(kāi)心地笑了。
"媽媽，你真了不起!我現(xiàn)在可以高高興興的啦!但是......你是怎么知道是斯蒂芬的呢?"
阿齊茲探長(zhǎng)回答說(shuō)："姑娘，"他說(shuō)，"記住，你媽媽是醫(yī)生?？吹剿沟俜业难劬蜕眢w狀況，她就知道他有病。他的眼睛很大，但黯淡無(wú)光，他的身子還總是在顫抖......"
"哦，是的，"安娜說(shuō)，"不過(guò)，你幫了我，薩拉。你說(shuō)過(guò)，他和以前不一樣了--還記得嗎?然后我很認(rèn)真地觀察他，開(kāi)始思考。海洛因會(huì)使人變成那樣的。"
"他確實(shí)干了一件壞事，"薩拉慢慢地說(shuō)，"但是我現(xiàn)在很同情他。他什么時(shí)候上法庭，探長(zhǎng)?"
"我不知道，"探長(zhǎng)說(shuō)，"也許兩個(gè)星期后。不過(guò)不要想他了。您愿意看看我們美麗的國(guó)家嗎，哈蘭太太?您想去哪兒?"
安娜沖他笑了笑。"謝謝你。可我不能待在這兒。我明天就回英格蘭，把這事跟斯蒂芬的父母談?wù)劇?quot;
阿齊茲探長(zhǎng)看著她，沉默了一會(huì)兒。然后他平靜地說(shuō)："是呀，我為他們感到難過(guò)。海洛因毀了很多年輕人。"
"是啊，但是它不會(huì)傷害我女兒?，F(xiàn)在她不會(huì)死了。"安娜拉住薩拉的手，"所以再次謝謝你們，阿齊茲探長(zhǎng)，程先生，再見(jiàn)。現(xiàn)在，我要去找一個(gè)安靜的花園，和我的女兒，還有她的新任男朋友，慢慢地喝冷飲。我要多了解一些他的情況。"
哈桑和他的父母站在法庭門口不遠(yuǎn)的地方。安娜·哈蘭手挽著她的女兒，沖著他們微笑。
