《复仇》 第9期:冒险亲自动手

 I found the visitor log. 我找到了访客记录

Look. 瞧

Your father came to see her the week he was arrested. 你爸爸在被捕的那一周里来看过她

And before that, 在那之前

a woman named Charlotte Clarke. 有个叫夏洛特·克拉克的女人也来过

No, that doesn't make any sense. 不  这说不通

Aunt Charlotte had Parkinson's. 夏洛特阿姨有帕金森综合症  

She was an invalid¹ by then. 当时她已行动不便

Well, then who? 那会是谁

Who else? 还会有谁

Victoria. 维多利亚

Great. 太对了

Seance, anyone? 不然招个灵吧

It's Victoria's handwriting all right. 确实是维多利亚的笔迹

She didn't even try and disguise it. 她并没有想掩饰的意思

Must have been in a hurry. 一定来去匆忙

Yeah, but the question is-- what did she do to my mother, 对  但问题是  她对我妈妈做了什么

Abduct² her... 绑架

or worse? 还是更糟

And risk getting her manicured talons³ dirty? 她会冒险亲自动手吗

Not her style. 才不是她的风格

 

1 invalid   

n.病人，伤残人；adj.有病的，伤残的；无效的

参考例句：

• He will visit an invalid.他将要去看望一个病人。
• A passport that is out of date is invalid.护照过期是无效的。

2 abduct   

vt.诱拐，拐带，绑架

参考例句：

• The police caught the man who tried to abduct the boy for ransom.警察抓住了那个企图拐走这男孩以便勒索赎金的家伙。
• The news that we see those use network abduct children sometimes filled with apprehension.我们有时看到那些利用网络诱拐儿童的新闻都心惊肉跳。

3 talons   

n.（尤指猛禽的）爪( talon的名词复数 )；（如爪般的）手指；爪状物；锁簧尖状突出部

参考例句：

• The fingers were curved like talons, but they closed on empty air. 他的指头弯得像鹰爪一样，可是抓了个空。 来自英汉文学 - 热爱生命
• The tiger has a pair of talons. 老虎有一对利爪。 来自辞典例句