DOC《会说话的键盘》

会说话的键盘 史蒂芬・菲利普斯 著 凌岚 译注 It was when he struck a match to light a cigarette that she realised the truth.

The young man sitting beside her C watching with a sort of amused interest AS the windscreen wipers clicked to and fro C it was Frankie Watts, wanted for murder. 直到他擦火柴点燃香烟的时候,她才明白了事情的真相.坐在她身边的这个年轻男子,就是弗兰奇・瓦兹,一个被通缉的杀人犯.此时他正带着一种逗趣的目光看着车窗雨刮器咔嚓咔嚓来回摆动. Her small hands, gripping the steering wheel, went suddenly clammy. She felt cold. In that first moment of grim realisation that she was sitting so close to a brutal young murderer she nearly lost her nerve. 她握着方向盘的一双小手突然变得又湿又冷.她觉得全身冰凉.她就坐在一个残忍的年轻杀人犯身边,当她最初认识到这个严峻的事实时她几乎吓破了胆. The small car gave a kind of leap into the rain-splashed darkness. Wheels skidded on the wet road. Frankie didn'

t seem to notice anything. Didn'

t even turn his head. She thought desperately, steadying the car, he was used to wild driving, skidding wheels. 小车在雨点飞溅的黑夜里稍微颠簸了一下.轮胎在湿漉漉的路面上打滑了.弗兰奇好像什么也没有察觉.连头都没转动一下.她一边稳定车子,一边绝望地想,他一定很习惯开飚车和轮胎打滑吧. Lucky you came along when you did, he grinned. Lucky for me, I mean! I'

d been looking for a car. A truck. Anything, in fact. You were the first I saw in ages. I'

d have been pretty well drowned by this time, not just nicely soaked to the skin, the way I am now! 你开车过来那会儿真是太幸运了, 他咧嘴笑道: 我是说,我太幸运了.我一直在找车,卡车也行,其实什么都行.等了那么久你的是我看见的第一辆车.要不然我这时早被雨水淹死了,不像我现在那样只是湿透了衣服! His voice was smooth. It had a cultured tone. She was conscious of his profile, though careful to keep her eyes fixed ahead. He had a well-shaped head;

straight nose, firm chin. If she hadn'

t known the awful truth about him C 他的声音很圆润,带有一种颇有修养的语气.虽然她得很小心,眼睛始终盯着前方,她还是觉察出他脸部的侧影.他的头形很不错,鼻子很直,下巴也很坚挺.如果她不知道关于他的那些可怕的真相 ―― Jane said, trying to keep her voice steady, I wouldn'

t pass a dog on a night like this. 简努力用平稳的声音说道: 这样天气的黑夜里我看见一条狗也不会一走了之. That sounds rather a two-edged compliment. Thanks, all the same, Miss C er C ? 那话听起来倒像是把双刃剑啊.不过还是要谢谢你,小姐―呃―怎么称呼呢? Wavern. Jane Wavern. 维沃恩.简・维沃恩. Awfully decent of you, Miss Wavern. I mean, most women would think twice about stopping to pick up a total stranger on a lonely road rather late at night. 你真是个大好人,维沃恩小姐.我是说,这么晚了在僻静的道路上停车,让一个完全陌生的人搭车,大部分女性还是会犹豫不决的吧. He was staring fixedly ahead. Out of the corner of her eye she could just make out the red glow of the cigarette in his mouth. She was finding it hard to convince herself that he was really Frankie Watts, the murderer. That the police in five counties were looking for him. She was glad she'

d tucked the evening paper under the driving seat when she'