爱情与金钱.Love Or Money 06

　　6 Chapter¹

　　They found² Peter Hobbs under his car—an old green car．He got³ up slowly⁴．He wore old blue trousers and a dirty orange shirt．

　　'We want to talk about Mrs Clarkson，'Inspector⁵ Walsh said⁶．

　　'Oh，it's about her，'Peter said．He looked at the Inspec-tor．'I know she's dead⁷．Someone⁸ in the village told me．'

　　'Why did⁹ you go to the Clarkson's house last night？'

　　'Jackie wanted me to come and see her brother，Roger．

　　“You're angry，”she said．“Come and tell Roger．”I went to the house but nobody¹⁰ opened the door．So I made¹¹ a lot of noise and then they opened the door．Old Mrs Clarkson wasn't there．But I told Roger．I told them all！'Peter hit the car with his hand．'I wanted to kill¹³ that woman．I lost my job，my first job，because of her．Last month I was¹² in trouble¹⁴ with the police¹⁵ and that old woman wrote¹⁶ to my office and she told them about the police．I wanted to kill her！'

　　'Take it easy！'Inspector Walsh said．'What happened next？'

　　'Jackie gave¹⁷ me some coffee，but her brother didn't listen to me，'Peter said angrily．'Then Tom Briggs came¹⁸ in．He wanted to talk to Roger，too．But Roger didn't listen to him．Jackie was very unhappy—she nearly¹⁹ cried．Then I went home．That's all．'

　　'I see．Now tell me about the tablets²⁰．You went to the village on Thursday？'

　　'Tablets？Oh，yes．I remember．Jackie wanted me to get her mother's tablets from the village．I go to the village on my bicycle—this car doesn't work．'

　　'Thank you，Peter．That's all．'

　　'That's all？'Peter laughed angrily．'You're going²¹ to come back，I know that！I know the police！'

　　Tom Briggs'farm was about half a mile²² away，near the river．It was not a big farm，and the house was old and dirty．

　　'Not much money here，'Inspector Walsh said．

　　Tom Briggs was a young man，about thirty years old，with dirty hands and bad teeth．'What's wrong？Excuse me，I'm eating my dinner，'he said．

　　'We can wait．Finish your dinner，'Inspector Walsh said．'We want to ask one or two questions about last night．'

　　'Come and wait in the front room，'Tom said and opened the door．

　　Inspector Walsh looked at the things in the front room．There was an old black and white television，and some books on the table．There was a picture of a happy young girl with long brown hair on the table，too．Inspector Walsh looked at the picture for a long time．Who was the girl？

　　Tom Briggs came back into the front room．

　　'Finished²³？'Inspector Walsh asked．'You know Mrs Clark－son is dead？'

　　Tom Briggs sat²⁴ down suddenly²⁵ on the nearest chair．'What？How did she die²⁶？When did it happen？I was there last night．'

　　'She died²⁷ last night or early this morning．What did you do last night？'

　　'Me？Why are you asking me？I went there to meet Mr Clarkson Roger．I'm losing²⁸ money on this farm and I need more land²⁹．I want half Mrs Clarkson's garden．'

　　'You went into the kitchen．What did you do next？Can you remember？'

　　Tom Briggs looked at Sergeant³⁰ Foster³¹ and then back at Inspector Walsh．'I remember it very well．All the family were in the kitchen．Peter Hobbs was there，too．I talked to Roger．He wants his mother to sell the house．But he wants the land．He doesn't want me to have it．But now Mrs Clark-son is dead．What's going to happen now？'

　　Inspector Walsh got up and took³² the picture of the girl from the table．'Who's this？'

　　Tom's face went red．'Who？Oh！That's a friend．It's not…It was a long time ago．'

　　The two detectives³³ walked back to the Clarksons' house through the garden．It was beautiful，green and quiet．Inspector Walsh felt tired and hungry．Who killed³⁴ Molly？He knew the answer now，but he needed to ask one or two more questions．

　　'Let's go，Sergeant，'he said，and put on his hat again．'Tomorrow is a new day．'

　　6

　　他们在小车下找到彼特·霍布斯——一辆旧的绿色小车。他慢慢站起来。他穿了条旧的蓝裤子和一件脏兮兮的桔色衬衫。

　　“我们想和你谈谈克拉克森太太，”沃尔什探长说。“哦，谈谈她，”彼特说。他看着探长。“我知道她死了，村里有人告诉了我。”

　　“昨晚你为什么去克拉克森家？”

　　“杰基要我去见她的弟弟，罗杰。'你生气了，'她说，'来告诉罗杰吧。'我去了那儿但没人给我开门。所以我弄出很大的噪音，然后他们开了门。老克拉克森太太不在那儿。但是我告诉了罗杰，我全都告诉了他们！”彼特用手敲打着车。“我想杀了那个女人。我丢了工作，我的第一份工作，就是因为她。上个月我跟警察有些纠纷，那老女人就写信给我的办公室，她告诉他们有关警察的事。我想杀了她！”

　　“很容易！”沃尔什探长说，“接下来发生了什么事？”

　　“杰基给我咖啡，可她的弟弟没听我说，”彼特生气地说。“然后汤姆·布里格斯进来了。他也想和罗杰谈谈，可罗杰不听他的。杰基很不高兴——她几乎哭了。然后我回家了。就这些。”

　　“明白了。现在告诉我有关药片的事。你周四去村里了吗？”

　　“药片？哦，是的。我想起来了。杰基要我从村里给她妈妈带些药片。我骑自行车去村里的——这辆车坏了。”

　　“谢谢，彼特。到此为止吧。”

　　“到此为止？”彼特生气地笑笑。“你们会回来，我知道！我知道警察。”

　　汤姆·布里格斯的农场离河大约有半英里远。这是个不大的农场，并且房子又旧又脏。

　　“这儿不值多少钱，”沃尔什探长说。

　　汤姆·布里格斯是个年轻人，大约30来岁，一双手很脏，还有一口坏牙。“出了什么事？抱歉，我正在吃饭，”他说。

　　“我们可以等，你去吃饭吧，”沃尔什探长说。“我们想问一两个有关昨晚的问题。”

　　“进来在前屋等吧，”汤姆说着打开了门。

　　沃尔什探长看着前屋的东西。屋里有一台旧的黑白电视机，桌上还有些书。一个棕色长发，充满快乐的年青女孩的相片也在桌上，沃尔什探长盯着照片看了好一会。这女孩是谁？

　　汤姆·布里格斯走进前屋。

　　“吃完了？”沃尔什探长问。“你知道克拉克森太太死了吗？”

　　汤姆·布里格斯突然跌坐在最靠近身边的椅子上。“什么？她怎么死的？什么时候发生的？我昨晚还在那儿。”

　　“她死于昨晚或是今天清晨。你昨晚干了什么？”

　　“我？你为什么要问我？我去那儿见克拉克森先生——罗杰。我的农场在亏损，我需要更多的土地。我想要克拉克森夫人的半个花园。”

　　“你进了厨房，你接下来干了什么？你能记得吗？”

　　汤姆·布里格斯看着福斯特警官，然后又回头看着沃尔什探长。“我记得非常清楚。所有的家人都在厨房，彼特·霍布斯也在那儿。我和罗杰谈话，他想要他母亲卖了房子，可是他要地，他不想让我得到它。但是现在克拉克森夫人死了。将会发生什么呢？”

　　沃尔什探长站起来，拿起桌上女孩的照片。“这是谁？”

　　汤姆的脸变红了。“谁？哦！那是一个朋友。这不是……这是很久以前的了。”

　　两人穿过花园走回到克拉克森家。花园美丽葱绿宁静。沃尔什探长觉得又累又饿。谁杀了莫利？他现在知道了答案，可他需要再问一两个问题。

 

　　“咱们走，警官，”他说，然后戴上帽子。“明天是新的一天了。”

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1 chapter   

n.章，篇，重要章节

参考例句：

• I will skip the next chapter.我将略过下一章。
• Go and open a wonderful new chapter.去开启美好的新篇章。

2 found   

v.建立，创立，创办；vbl.(find的过去分词)找到

参考例句：

• I found him at home.我发现他在家。
• The United Nations was found in 1945.联合国于1945年成立。

3 got   

v.(get的过去式)得到，猜到，明白

参考例句：

• I just got some bad news.我刚得到一些坏消息。
• I have got far too much work to do.我要做的事太多了。

4 slowly   

adv.慢地，缓慢地

参考例句：

• Speak more slowly,please.请说慢一点。
• Do it slowly and carefully.要慢慢仔细地做。

5 inspector   

n.检查员，监察员，视察员

参考例句：

• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
• The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。

6 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

7 dead   

adj.死的；无生命的；死气沉沉的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• Mary threw away the dead flowers.玛丽把枯萎的花扔掉了。
• He was dead asleep.他完全睡着了。

8 someone   

pron.某人，有人

参考例句：

• I can hear someone knocking.我听到有人敲门。
• Someone wants to see her.有人找她。

9 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

10 nobody   

pron.无人，没有任何人

参考例句：

• Nobody is in the house.没有人在房子里。
• Nobody knows where she lives.没有人知道她住哪里。

11 made   

v.make的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• They were not made in china.它们不是中国制造的。
• The monkey made a long arm for the peach.猴子伸臂去摘桃子。

12 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

13 kill   

vt.杀死，弄死；扼杀，毁掉；使终止；消磨；vi.杀死；被弄死杀，杀伤；猎获物

参考例句：

• Many ants kill the horse.蚁多可杀马。
• She wants to kill me.她想杀了我。

14 trouble   

n.苦恼，麻烦；故障；动乱；vt.麻烦 vi.费神

参考例句：

• I hate to trouble you.我真不愿麻烦你。
• The trouble is that he doesn't have enough money.麻烦在于他缺钱。

15 police   

n.警察，警察当局，治安，公安；vt.维持治安，警备，管辖

参考例句：

• They sent him over to the police.他们将他遣送警察局。
• It took the police only several days to break the case.警察只用了几天就破案了。

16 wrote   

v.（write的过去式）写

参考例句：

• She wrote the music and he wrote the book.她作曲子，他写歌词。
• He wrote back that he was too busy to join us.他回信说他太忙不能参加我们的活动。

17 gave   

vbl.（give的过去式）给予，产生，发表

参考例句：

• He asked for money and I gave him some.他要钱，我给了他一些。
• I gave you a map so you wouldn't get lost. 我给你一张地图，这样你就不会迷路了。

18 came   

v.动词come的过去式

参考例句：

• I was surprised why he came here so early.他为什么那么早到这里，我很惊奇。
• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。

19 nearly   

adv.将近，几乎，差不多

参考例句：

• I nearly missed the bus.我险些错过了公交车。
• It is nearly two years since I came here.我来这儿快两年了。

20 tablets   

n.药片( tablet的名词复数 )；（木、竹）简；碑；一块肥皂

参考例句：

• The tablets may make you feel drowsy. 这药片可能会使你昏昏欲睡。
• Take two tablets with water before meals. 每次两片，饭前用水冲服。

21 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

22 mile   

n.英里

参考例句：

• It's no more than one mile to the shops.到商业区不过一英里。
• The hospital is about a mile past the school.医院在离学校一英里以外的地方。

23 finished   

adj.完成的，精湛的；v.动词finish的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• We finished up everything there was on the table. 我们把桌上的东西全吃完了。
• We can certainly have the job finished on time.我们肯定能按时完成任务。

24 sat   

v.（sit的过去式，过去分词）坐

参考例句：

• He sat on a chair.他坐在椅子上。
• The mother sat by the sick child all night long.妈妈整夜守在生病的孩子身旁。

25 suddenly   

adv.突然，忽然

参考例句：

• The weather changed suddenly.天气陡变。
• He suddenly cried out at the top of his voice.他声嘶力竭地大叫。

26 die   

v.死；死亡

参考例句：

• Flowers will die without water.没有水，花就会枯死。
• We shall die some day.我们总有一天要弃世而去。

27 died   

vbl.死亡，消逝v.死亡，枯萎( die的过去式和过去分词 )；死时处于（某种状态）或具有（某种身份）adj.死亡的，消逝的

参考例句：

• He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later. 他被流放到澳大利亚，五年后在那里去世。
• He was utterly bereft when his wife died. 他的妻子去世时，他十分凄凉。

28 losing   

adj.失败的，输的n.失败，损失v.遗失，失去( lose的现在分词 )；（使）失去（所需要的东西，尤指钱）；（因事故、年老、死亡等）损失；浪费

参考例句：

• She suffered from severe depression after losing her job. 她失业后患了严重的抑郁症。
• They suffered the heartbreak of losing a child through cancer. 他们因癌症夺去了一个孩子而肝肠寸断。

29 land   

n.陆地，国土，土地；v.登陆，登岸，卸货

参考例句：

• Farmers work on the land.农民在土地上干活。
• How long is it before we land?我们还有多长时间降落？

30 sergeant   

n.警官，中士

参考例句：

• His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
• How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

31 foster   

vt.收养，培养，促进；adj.收养的，收养孩子的

参考例句：

• Nowadays young couple sometimes foster.现今年轻夫妇有时领养别人的孩子。
• The captain did his best to foster a sense of unity among the new recruits.队长尽力培养新成员之间的团结精神。

32 took   

vt.带，载(take的过去式)

参考例句：

• I took my dog for a walk along the river.我带着狗沿那条河散步。
• It took me about two hours to cook the meat.我花了大约两个小时来煮这些肉。

33 detectives   

n.侦探( detective的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• plain-clothes detectives from the vice squad 取缔性或毒品犯罪行动队的便衣侦探
• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。 来自《简明英汉词典》

34 killed   

adj.被杀死的，断开的v.杀死( kill的过去式和过去分词 )；使停止[结束，失败]；破坏，减弱，抵消；使痛苦，使受折磨

参考例句：

• The family was killed in an air raid. 这家人在一次空袭中遇难。
• Two soldiers were killed in a terrorist ambush. 两名士兵遭到恐怖分子伏击而死亡。