The Sixth DayAt three ο’clock in the morning Alex got up from the bed and looked out of the window. Olivia opened her eyes. ’Are you... Are you leaving now?’ she asked.
’Yes,’ Alex said. ’I can’t stay longer. Perhaps the police are out there now. They’re watching all our friends’ houses. Pauli told me.’ He put on his shoes and coat, then looked at his wife.
’Olivia. Listen. Be very careful and live very quietly. The police are going to watch you for some time. Wait for a year, then take the children and leave the country secretly. Our friends can help you. Find a new home in a new country and make a new life.’
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奥利维亚开始哭了。“但是亚历克斯!你可要去那儿和我们会合。”
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Olivia began to cry. ’But Alex! You’re going to be there with us.’
Alex smiled. ’Yes. Perhaps.’ He took his wife’s face in his hands and looked into her unhappy eyes. ’Don’t cry, my love,’ he said quietly. ’Give me a smile before I go.’
He left the house quickly and went out into the dark night. He waited for ten minutes at the door and listened, but he heard nothing and saw nothing. He came out into the road very carefully. Again he waited. From an upstairs window in his house, a white face watched him.
Then Alex began to walk quickly along the road. He stayed near the houses and looked behind him again and again. Two hundred metres along the road there was a car. Alex stared at it, but there was nobody in the car, and he walked quickly past.
Suddenly there were noises and lights—and soldiers with guns. Alex began to run, but he did not run far. There was a shot... two, three, four, five shots... And Alex did not move again.
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费利克斯跑过马路,看着倒下的躯体。亚当比他先到了那儿。
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Felix ran across the road and looked at the body. Adam was there before him.
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“他还活着吗?”费利克斯急切地问。
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’Is he alive?’ Felix asked quickly.
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“不,已经死了。”亚当站起来,看着费利克斯。“彻底没救了。”他说。
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’No, he’s dead.’ Adam stood up and looked at Felix. ’Very, very dead,’ he said.
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费利克斯满面怒色。“那些士兵杀了他。”他说。
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Felix’s face was angry. ’The soldiers killed him,’ he said.
Adam looked at Felix. ’Well, that’s their job. Dinon ran away, so the soldiers shot him. "Alive or dead", the Chief said. But we found him. That’s the important thing.’
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费利克斯低头盯着亚历克斯的脸,“我想和他谈谈……问问他……”
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Felix stared down at Alex Dinon’s face. ’I wanted to talk to him... to ask him...’
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“问他什么?”亚当问。
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’To ask him what?’ Adam said.
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费利克斯没有回答,又低头看着路上的尸体,然后转过身去。
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Felix did not answer. He looked down at the dead body on the road, then he turned away.
There was a lot of noise in the road now. Soldiers and policemen moved here and there. Police cars came and went. The people in the houses looked out of their windows, but they did not open their doors. It was better not to ask questions. An ambulance came and took the body away.
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那天晚些时候,费利克斯回到警长的办公室。警长把他叫到她的房间。
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Later that day Felix went back to the Chief’s office. The Chief called him into her room.
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“他死了,”她说,“干得不错,费利克斯。总统对你很满意。”
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’So he’s dead,’ she said. ’Well done, Felix. The President is very pleased with you.’
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警长并不常称呼他“费利克斯”,她通常称他为“警员”。
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The Chief did not often say ’Felix’. Ususally she called him ’Inspector’.
Felix sat down and looked at Eva Hine. ’A lot of people think...’ He stopped. Then he began again. ’They say... Alex Dinon wasn’t the President’s murderer.’
’People say a lot of things,’ the Chief said. She smiled. ’But they’re not all true. Don’t listen to stories, Felix. You’ve got a good job. Don’t ask questions.’
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“但是也许,”费利克斯慢吞吞地说,“那些传言是真的,而一个警察的天职就是问问题。”
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’But perhaps,’ Felix said slowly, ’the stories are true. And it’s a policeman’s job to ask questions.’
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伊娃·海因站起来,走近费利克斯。她低头看着他的脸,灰色的眼睛异常冷峻。
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Eva Hine stood up and came nearer to Felix. She looked down into his face, and her grey eyes were cold.
’Listen,’ she said. ’Somebody murdered the old President. Right? And our new President needed a murderer. Quickly. So we found a murderer for him. Alex Dinon. We don’t kill murderers in this country. They go to prison. But Dinon escaped from prison—and now he’s dead. The murderer is dead, Felix, and that’s the end of the story.’
It was very quiet in the room. The Chief watched Felix and waited. Felix looked down at his hands and said nothing. Then he looked up into Eva Hine’s cold eyes.
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“那么是谁谋杀了总统?”他问。
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’Who murdered the President?’ he asked.
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伊娃·海因的脸僵住了。她瞪着费利克斯,费利克斯也瞪着她。
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Eva Hine’s face did not change. She stared at Felix, and Felix stared back at her.
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过了好长时间,伊娃·海因说:“也许你需要一份新的工作,费利克斯。考虑考虑吧……好好考虑考虑。”
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After a long time Eva Hine said, ’Perhaps you need a new job, Felix. Think about it... very carefully.’
The young man looked at her face, then he looked away, out of the window. After a minute or two he stood up, and went to the door. Then he turned and looked at the Chief of Police.
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“我想知道谋杀犯的名字,”他平静地说,“我会查出来的。”他打开门,“再见,警长。”
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’I’d like to know the murderer’s name,’ he said quietly. ’And I’m going to find it.’ He opened the door. ’Goodbye, Chief.’
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说着他走了出去,并且最后一次关上了那扇门。
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He went out and closed the door behind him, for the last time.