“Extension phones. A call can be picked up on any telephone. Or you can pick up any telephone and call an outside number. There are three lines, in case one is busy, and every telephone has a little switch connected with it.”
“那么你可以在这所房子里的任何一部电话上打电话，而不会被其他人察觉吗？”
“Then you could make a telephone call from any phone in the house, without anyone else knowing it?”
“是的，除非你打电话的时候有人恰好拿起同一条线路上的另一部电话。但如果发生这种情况，拿起电话的人应该按下小开关，除非他出于好奇就是想偷听。”
“Yes, unless someone happened to pick up another phone hitched to the same line while you were making it. When that happens, the person picking up the phone is supposed to press the little switch, unless he’s curious and feels like eavesdropping.”
“谢谢。” 马龙说。他沉默了一会儿。“现在我想打个电话。最近的电话在哪里？”
“Thanks,” Malone said. He was silent a moment. “Now I want to make a call. Where’s the nearest phone?”
她带他来到走廊尽头的一个小壁橱处。他说：“在这儿等我一下。” 然后关上了门，拨打了他自己办公室的号码。过了一会儿，玛吉的声音回答道。
She led him to a little closet down the hall. He said, “Wait for me,” closed the door, and dialed the number of his office. After a minute Maggie’s voice answered.
“我正要回家呢，马龙先生。”
“I was just going home, Mr. Malone.”
“去吧。但先告诉我，在过去的一个小时左右的时间里，有没有人打过电话找我？”
“Go ahead. Tell me first, have I had any calls in the past hour or so?”
“有两个。一个是路易打来的，关于他的支票。另一个我不知道是谁打来的。”
“Two. One from Louie, about his check. I don’t know who the other was from.”
“你什么意思，怎么会不知道？”
“What do you mean, you don’t know?”
“我的意思是打电话的人没说。我接起电话，一个奇怪的声音说：‘马龙。’声音听起来像是从火星来的。我刚要开口说你不在，那个声音又说：‘马龙。114。114。’然后我还没来得及再说一个字，他就挂了电话。就这样。”
“I mean whoever it was didn’t say. I answered the phone and a funny-sounding voice said, ‘Malone.’ It sounded like a voice from Mars. I started to say you weren’t in, and the voice said, ‘Malone. One-fourteen. One-fourteen.’ Then before I had a chance to say another word, he hung up. Just like that.”
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