“你真行，” 匪徒钦佩地摇摇头说，“我真希望你在我的薪水名单上，马龙。” 他皱了皱眉。“我得承认，当你告诉乔治，贾斯特先生什么也没找到时，我并不相信你，直到后来我知道了实情。”
“You are a one,” the gangster said admiringly, shaking his head. “I wish I had you on my pay roll, Malone.” He scowled. “I must admit I disbelieved you when you told the Cherry Mr. Justus didn’t find a thing, until I learned different.”
马龙非常缓慢而故意地脱下大衣，坐在一张薰衣草色的缎面沙发上，肘部搁在膝盖上，身体前倾，目不转睛地盯着主人。
Malone took off his overcoat very slowly and deliberately, sat down on a lavender satin sofa with his elbows on his knees, leaned forward, and stared fixedly at his host.
“马克斯，我们来谈谈正事。我想把一切都弄清楚。如果你告诉我所有我想知道的事情，我就把奥格特里的证据找出来交给你。”
“Max, let’s talk business. I want to get everything straight. If you’ll tell me all I want to know, I’ll get that Ogletree evidence and turn it over to you.”
“成交，” 胡克迅速说道。他略带责备地补充道，“你知道不管怎样我都会对你坦白的，马龙。”
“It’s a deal,” Hook said quickly. He added a little reproachfully, “You know I’d be straight with you anyway, Malone.”
“当然，” 律师温和地说，“你和冈布里尔之间是怎样合作的？”
“Sure,” the lawyer said blandly. “What kind of an arrangement did you have with Gumbril?”
这个大匪徒放下雪茄，令人难以置信地选了一支带香味的香烟点燃，然后危险地往后靠在椅子上。“嗯，事情是这样的，” 他开始回忆，“早在 1927 年，我有机会从边境走私一批酒来赚笔快钱，但当时我没有足够的现金来周转。我的一个小弟把我介绍给了冈布里尔，他为我提供了资金。从那以后，你几乎可以说我们就是在一起做生意了，直到禁酒令废除……”
The big gangster laid down his cigar, selected and lit, incredibly, one of the perfumed cigarettes, and leaned perilously far back in his chair. “Well, it’s like this,” he began reminiscently. “Way back in ‘27, I had a chance to make some quick dough on a big load of liquor run down from the border, only I didn’t have the cash to swing it. One of my boys put me next to Gumbril, and he put up for me. After that, you might almost say we was in business together, and when repeal e in-”
他讲述的是一个很长的故事，一个关于犯罪和赌博的小垄断组织的故事，吝啬、干瘪的冈布里尔是商业头目，而大块头匪徒则负责运作管理。这个故事慢慢引出了奥格特里绑架案。
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