Roger suddenly wanted to hit Diane．'Be quiet！'he said．'What about you？You didn't love Mother．You wanted her money，too．Don't forget that！'
罗杰突然想揍黛安娜。安静点！他说。你怎么了？你不爱妈妈，你也想要她的钱，别忘了这点！

'It's true，'Diane said．'Oh，I can't stay in this house．I'm going out．I'm going to the river with the dogs．'
不错，黛安娜说。哦，我不能再呆在这儿了。我要出去。我要和狗去河边。

'No，'Roger said．'The doctor's coming and I want you here．'
不行，罗杰说。医生就要来了，我想你留在这儿。

Diane said nothing．She went into the kitchen and at once the dogs got up and came to her．'Beautiful dogs！Daddy loved you and Mother loved you．Now I'm going to love you．'She opened the back door and went out with the dogs．
黛安娜没说话。她走进厨房。狗立即站起来走到她旁边。多漂亮的狗！爸爸爱你们，妈妈也爱你们。现在我会爱你们的。她打开后门，带着狗走了出去。

Roger did not move．He stood by the telephone．'It's true，'he thought．'I am happy about the money．I needed money，and now I'm rich．Things are going to be easier for me now．But Mother…why didn't I love her more？ And now she's dead．'Slowly，Roger went back upstairs．He wanted to dress before Dr Pratt arrived．
罗杰没动，他仍站在电话旁。不错，他想。我的确为钱高兴。我需要钱，现在我是富有的了。事情现在对我来说更容易。但是妈妈……我为什么不多爱她些呢？可现在她死了。罗杰慢慢地上了楼，他想在普拉特医生来前穿好衣服。

Dr Pratt was a little fat man without much hair．He was the family doctor and he knew all the Clarkson family very well．He went upstairs at once and looked at Molly's body．He looked carefully at the cup of coffee and the empty cup on the table next to her bed．
普拉特医生是个矮胖没有多少头发的男人，他是家庭医生并且他非常清楚克拉克森一家人。他立即上楼查看莫利的尸体。他仔细看了床边桌子上的一杯咖啡和空杯子。

'I'm sorry，Roger，'he said．'Where is Diane？She phoned me．'
抱歉，罗杰，他说。黛安娜在哪儿？她给我打了电话。

'She went out with the dogs，'Roger said．'She was angry with me—angry with everyone．'
她带着狗出去了，罗杰说。她冲我生气，对每个人都生气。

Dr Pratt said nothing for a minute．'This is going to be very difficult．I'm going to phone the police，Roger．'
普拉特医生沉默了一会。这事非常难办。罗杰，我要打电话给警察。

'Police！Why？What's wrong？
警察！为什么？出了什么事？

'I don't know．Your mother wasn't ill．I saw her on Thursday and she was very well．Why did she die？I don't understand．I want to find out．'
我不清楚，你的母亲没病，我周四见到她身体很好。她为什么会死？我不明白，我想找出原因。