牛津书虫《谁谋杀了总统》05：第五天
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The Fifth Day
In an old house in a quiet road a woman waited. She waited day and night, and did not sleep. At nine o'clock in the evening of the fifth day, she heard a noise at the window at the back of the house.Quickly, she ran and opened the window. A minute later she was in Alex's arms. They did not speak for a long time.
Then they talked quietly about their friends and their family. 'The children are with my sister,' Olivia said. 'It's better for them there. But I came here to Rudi's house. Rudi's away, and Pauli told me this was the best place to wait. I wanted to see you before you leave the country. Oh Alex, I'm so afraid for you.'
'Yes, escape is going to be difficult,' Alex said. 'I talked to Pauli on the phone. The police...'
'Yes, but you escaped from prison,' Olivia said quickly. 'You have a lot of friends. Perhaps Pauli can help you. Or...'
'Perhaps. I've got some good friends. I know that. But I've got a lot of enemies too,' Alex said slowly. 'Very dangerous enemies.'
Suddenly Olivia saw his hands. 'Your hands! Oh Alex, what happened to your hands?'
Alex looked down at them. 'It happened in prison,' he said slowly. 'They did it with a knife... and cigarettes.'
'But why?' Olivia whispered. 'Why did they do that?'
'They wanted a name, but I didn't tell them.'
'What name?'
'The name of the President's murderer.'
'But they say you killed him...' Olivia began.
'Yes, but I did not kill the President. And the police know that.'
'So they put you in prison,' Olivia said, 'because they needed a murderer.'
'Yes. And because of my book about the old President, and the government of this country. It was a very angry book. Do you remember?' Alex smiled. 'But the old President read it, and liked it. He wasn't a bad man, and he wanted a better life for the people. He wanted to change things in this country, but he couldn't. The police and the army stopped him. And the new President, of course, is a good friend of the police and the army. A very good friend.' Alex laughed angrily. 'You see, Olivia, the police know the murderer's name, but it's a secret. They don't want people in this country to know the name. And so they were angry with me in prison, because they think that I know the murderer's name.'
Olivia's face was afraid. 'Do... Do you know?' she whispered.
'Yes,' Alex looked at his wife's white, unhappy face. 'But I'm not going to tell you,' he said quietly. 'It's a very... dangerous name.'
Alex ate some food and changed his clothes. Then he slept, and Olivia watched the road through the windows.
* * *
In his office Felix waited for more news. He waited, and he thought—about his job, about the dead President and the new President, about the old woman Marta, about Eva Hine, the Chief of Police—and about Alex Dinon.
At 9.05 p. m. the telephone rang on Felix's desk. He listened, then quickly jumped to his feet and called to Adam. 'Dinon's in his home town,' he shouted. 'He's in his old teacher's house. He went in three minutes ago.'
Adam laughed. 'We've got him now,' he said happily.
'Listen,' Felix said quickly. 'Take ten more men with you and drive down to Dinon's town at once. Wait near the house and watch, but don't go in. I'm going to phone the Chief now, and then follow you.'
'Right,' Adam said, and quickly left the room.
Felix phoned the Chief and told her the news.
'Good,' the Chief said. 'Now wait there. I want to speak to you again in ten minutes.'
Felix waited angrily. He wanted to leave at once. He wanted to talk to Alex Dinon. Perhaps Dinon knew the answers to Felix's questions. The phone rang and Felix picked it up quickly.
'Now listen, Inspector. Don't go into the house. Wait in the road and watch.'
'But we can go into the house and get him!' Felix said. 'Why not?'
'No, that's dangerous. Perhaps his wife and children are in the house.'
'But his children are with his wife's sister. We know that,' Felix said. 'So...'
'LISTEN TO ME, INSPECTOR! '
Felix did not answer.
'Are you listening to me, Inspector?'
'Yes, Chief,' Felix said quietly.
'Now, Dinon can't stay in the house. He's going to come out later in the night, when the streets are quiet. He can't escape. The soldiers—'
'Soldiers? What soldiers?' Felix said angrily. ' I don't need the army!'
'This man Dinon is very, very important, Inspector. You need help, and the army is going to help you. They're putting three hundred men in all the roads near the house. I want Dinon tonight, Inspector!'
The Chief put the phone down, and Felix stared at his desk. 'Alive... or dead?' he thought. 'Which does she—and our new President—want? I think I know the answer. They want him dead. And I want to know why!'
The police car took Felix to Dinon's home town, an hour away, and Felix found Adam in a quiet street behind the house. They sat in Adam's car and talked.
Adam looked at Felix's face. 'What are you angry about?' he asked. 'Dinon's in the house. And he can't escape now. When he comes out—Wham! We've got him!'
'I'm angry,' Felix said, 'because half the army with its guns is in this town tonight. I wanted to go into the house, but I can't because the Chief said "no", and the soldiers are watching the house. But I wanted to get to Dinon first.'
'That's going to be difficult,' Adam said. 'Soldiers shoot first, and ask questions later.'
'Yes,' Felix said slowly. 'They're going to kill Alex Dinon, and I can't stop them.'
第五天
在一条安静的路边的一所旧房子里，一个女人等待着。她望眼欲穿，夜不成寐。第五天晚上9点钟，她听到房子后面的窗户那儿有响动。她很快跑过去把窗户打开了。一分钟后，她已经在亚历克斯的怀抱里了。他们沉默了很长时间。
然后，他们轻声地说起他们的朋友和家人。“孩子们和我妹妹在一起，”奥利维亚说，“他们在那儿会好一些。但是我到鲁迪家这儿来了。鲁迪不在，保利告诉我说，这是等你的最好的地方。在你离开这个国家之前，我想见你一面。噢，亚历克斯，我真为你担心。”
“是啊，逃亡将会很困难。”亚历克斯说，“我跟保利通过电话，警察……”
“是的，但你已经从监狱里逃出来了，”奥利维亚语速很快，“你有很多朋友，也许保利能帮你，或者……”
“也许吧，我有一些好朋友，这我知道。但是我也有很多敌人，”亚历克斯若有所思地说，“很危险的敌人。”
奥利维亚突然看着他的手。“你的手！噢，亚历克斯，你的手是怎么回事？”
亚历克斯低头看着自己的手。“在监狱里弄的。”他缓缓地说，“他们用刀子……还有烟头。”
“但是为什么？”奥利维亚小声问，“他们为什么要那样做？”
“他们想知道一个名字，但是我没告诉他们。”
“谁的名字？”
“谋杀总统的凶手的名字。”
“但他们说是你杀了他……”奥利维亚说。
“他们是这样说的，但是我没杀总统，而且这一点警察也知道。”
“所以他们把你关进了监狱，”奥利维亚说，“因为他们需要一个凶手。”
“是的，这是因为我写了那本关于这个国家前任总统和政府的书。那是一本充满不满的书，你还记得吗？”亚历克斯笑了，“但是前总统读过它，而且很喜欢。他不是坏人，他想让人们过上好一点儿的生活。他想改变这个国家的某些事情。但是他没能办到，警方和军队阻止了他。而新总统，当然，是警方和军队的好朋友，他们的关系异常亲密。”亚历克斯愤怒地笑着，“你知道，奥利维亚，警方知道凶手的名字，但这是个秘密。他们不想让这个国家的人知道这个名字。所以在监狱里，他们对我很粗暴，因为他们认为我知道这个凶手的名字。”
奥利维亚一脸恐惧。“那你……你到底知不知道？”她轻声问道。
“知道。”他看着妻子那张苍白、忧郁的脸。“但是我不能告诉你，”他平静地说，“这是一个非常……危险的名字。”
亚历克斯吃了些东西，换了身衣服，然后睡了。奥利维亚透过窗户望着外面的路。
* * *
在办公室里，费利克斯正在等待着更多的消息。他等待着，思考着——关于他的工作，关于去世的总统和新总统，关于那个老太太玛尔塔，关于警长伊娃·海因——还有亚历克斯·迪农。
晚上9:05，费利克斯办公桌上的电话响了。他接听了电话，随后一下子站了起来，招呼亚当。“迪农现在就在他的家乡，”他喊道，“在他以前的老师家里。他三分钟前进了他老师的家门。”
亚当笑了。“我们现在终于找到他了。”他开心地说。
“听着，”费利克斯说得很快，“你再带上十个人立刻开车去迪农住的那个小镇，在房子周围等着，监视他，但是别进去。我给警长打电话汇报一下，随后就到。”
“好的。”亚当说着，很快地离开了。
费利克斯打电话给警长，向她报告这个消息。
“很好，”警长说，“你现在就在那儿等着。我十分钟后给你打电话。”
费利克斯很生气，但也只好等着。他想马上离开，去和亚历克斯·迪农谈谈。也许迪农能够解答他的问题。电话铃响了，他立刻抓起听筒。
“听着，警员，不要进入那所房子，在路上等着，监视他。”
“但是我们可以进去抓住他！”费利克斯说，“为什么不呢？”
“不行，那样很危险。也许他的妻子和孩子也在房子里。”
“我们已经查明，他的孩子在他的妻妹家里。”费利克斯说，“所以……”
“服从命令，警员！”
费利克斯没有回答。
“你在听我说话吗，警员？”
“是的，警长。”费利克斯平静地说。
“好，迪农不能一直待在那个房子里，晚上晚些时候，街上安静下来以后，他会出来的。他是跑不掉的。士兵们——”
“士兵？什么士兵？”费利克斯生气地说，“我不需要军队！”
“这个迪农非常非常重要，警员。你需要帮助，军队是去帮你的。他们在那所房子的周围布置了300个人，封锁了所有路口。我今天晚上就要抓住迪农，警员！”
警长挂断了电话。费利克斯盯着他的办公桌发愣。“活的……或者死的？”他想，“她——还有我们的新总统——到底要什么样的？我想我知道了。他们要他死，但是我想知道为什么！”
警车把费利克斯带到了迪农家所在的镇上。—个小时以后，费利克斯在房子后面的一条安静的街道上找到了亚当。他们坐在亚当的车里说话。
亚当看着费利克斯的脸。“你生什么气？”他问，“迪农在房子里。他现在跑不了啦。他一出来——啪！我们就抓住他啦！”
“我生气，”费利克斯说，“是因为今天晚上这个镇上来了无数当兵的，而且是荷枪实弹的。我想进到房子里去，却不能，因为警长说‘不行’。而且士兵们也在监视着这所房子。但是我想在他们之前抓住迪农。”
“那会很难。”亚当说，“士兵们总是先开枪，后问话。”
“是呀，”费利克斯慢慢地说，“他们会杀了迪农，而我却无法阻止。”
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