Chapter 4
第四章
It was not until the following afternoon that the desk sergeant would permit Tracy to use the telephone. Harriet answered. "Mr. Stanhope's office."
直到第二天下午，值班警官才允許特蕾西打電話。是哈里特接的：“斯坦厄普先生辦公室。”
"Harriet, this is Tracy Whitney. I'd like to speak to Mr. Stanhope."
“哈里特，我是特蕾西-惠特里。我想和斯坦厄普先生通話。”
"Just a moment, Miss Whitney." She heard the hesitation in the secretary's voice. "I'll--- I'll see if Mr. Stanhope is in."
“請稍等，惠特里小姐。”她聽得出這位秘書的聲調很躊躇。“我——我去看看斯坦厄普先生是否在。”
After a long, harrowing wait, Tracy finally heard Charles's voice. She could have wept with relief. "Charles---"
經過一段長時間的，令人心碎的等待之后，特蕾西終于聽到了查爾斯的聲音。她感到一陣輕松，差點哭出聲來：“查爾斯——”
"Tracy? Is that you, Tracy?"
“特蕾西嗎？是你嗎，特蕾西？”
"Yes, darling. Oh, Charles, I've been trying to reach---"
“是的，親愛的。噢，查爾斯，我一直在設法找——”
"I've been going crazy, Tracy! The newspapers here are full of wild stories about you. I can't believe what they're saying."
“我都急瘋了，特蕾西！這兒的報紙上都是關于你的胡言亂語。我沒法相信他們的話。”
"None of it is true, darling. None of it. I---"
“沒有一點是真的，親愛的，一絲一毫也沒有。我——”
"Why didn't you call me?"
“你為什么不打電話給我？”
"I tried. I couldn't reach you. I---"
“我打過，但找不到你。我——”
"Where are you now?"
“你現在在哪兒？”
"I'm--- I'm in a jail in New Orleans. Charles, they're going to send me to prison for something I didn't do." To her horror, she was weeping.
“我在——我在新奧爾良的監獄里。查爾斯，他們要把我送進監獄，可我完全是無辜的。”她害怕得哭了起來。
"Hold on. Listen to me. The papers say that you shot a man. That's not true, is it?"
“別哭。聽我說。報上說你開槍殺人，這不是真的，對吧？”
"I did shoot him, but---"
“我是開了槍，但——”
"Then it is true."
“那么說是真的了？”
"It's not the way it sounds, darling. It's not like that at all. I can explain everything to you. I---"
“可不是象報上說的那樣，親愛的。完全不是那樣。我可以把一切告訴你。我——”
"Tracy, did you plead guilty to attempted murder and stealing a painting?"
“特蕾西，你承認蓄意殺人和盜竊一幅畫兒的罪行里嗎？”
"Yes, Charles, but only because---"
“是的，查爾斯，但那只是因為——”
"My God, if you needed money that badly, you should have discussed it with me.... And trying to kill someone.... I can't believe this. Neither can my parents. You're the headline in this morning's Philadelphia Daily News. This is the first time a breath of scandal has ever touched the Stanhope family."
“我的上帝，如果你那么需要錢，總該和我商量一下……而你卻企圖殺人……我簡直無法相信。我父母也無法相信。你已經成里今天上午費城《沒日新聞》的頭條新聞。這可是斯坦厄普家第一次遭到別人的閑言碎語。”
