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BOOK ONE
第一部 陷落
Chapter 01
第一章 最后一次电话
New Orleans THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20 — 11:00 P.M.
【新奥尔良　2月20日，星期四，晚11：00】
She undressed slowly, dreamily, and when she was naked, she selected a bright red negligee to wear so that the blood would not show. Doris Whitney looked around the bedroom for the last time to make certain that the pleasant room, grown dear over the past thirty years, was neat and tidy. She opened the drawer of the bedside table and carefully removed the gun. It was shiny black, and terrifyingly cold. She placed it next to the telephone and dialed her daughter’s number in Philadelphia. She listened to the echo of the distant ringing. And then there was a soft “Hello?”
她神情恍惚，慢慢地脱衣服。脱光之后，挑了一件鲜红的睡衣穿上，这样血迹将不会那么显眼。多莉丝·惠特尼最后一次环顾她的卧室，确信住了三十多年的这个亲切、安适的房间收拾得十分整洁。她拉开床头柜的抽屉，小心翼翼地取出手枪。那是一把黑亮的枪，摸在手里冰冷。她把枪搁在电话机旁，给住在费城的女儿拨电话，她听着远方电话铃的回响，那边终于传来柔和的一声：“喂？”
“Tracy… I just felt like hearing the sound of your voice, darling.”
“特蕾西……我想听听你的声音，孩子。”
“What a nice surprise, Mother.”
“妈，真没想到是您，太高兴了。”
“I hope I didn’t wake you up.”
“我没把你吵醒吧？”
“No. I was reading. Just getting ready to go to sleep. Charles and I were going out for dinner, but the weather’s too nasty. It’s snowing hard here. What’s it doing there?”
“没有。我在看书，正要睡觉。查尔斯和我原打算出去吃晚餐，可天气太糟糕了，这儿正下大雪呢。你们那边天气怎么样？”
Dear God, we’re talking about the weather, Doris Whitney thought, when there’s so much I want to tell her. And can’t.
唉，居然谈起天气来了，多莉丝想。我有那么多话要对她说，可又不能说。
“Mother? Are you there?”
“妈，您在听我说话吗？”
Doris Whitney stared out the window. “It’s raining.” And she thought, How melodramatically appropriate. Like an Alfred Hitchcock movie.
多莉丝·惠特尼朝窗外望去。“这儿在下雨。”她暗自寻思：这一切真像在做戏，像希区柯克拍的电影。
“What’s that noise?” Tracy asked.
“什么声音？”特蕾西问。
Thunder. Too deeply wrapped in her thoughts, Doris had not been aware of it. New Orleans was having a storm. Continued rain, the weatherman had said. Sixty-six degrees in New Orleans. By evening the rain will be turning to thundershowers. Be sure to carry your umbrellas. She would not need an umbrella.
打雷。多莉丝心乱如麻，竟然没听到雷声。新奥尔良来了暴风雨。天气预报说，会持续阴雨，气温华氏六十六度，傍晚转雷阵雨。出门请带雨具。她再也不需要雨具了。
“That’s thunder, Tracy.” She forced a note of cheerfulness into her voice. “Tell me what’s happening in Philadelphia.”
“是打雷，特蕾西。”她强打精神，想把话说得轻松一点。“跟我说说，你在费城过得怎么样？”
“I feel like a princess in a fairy tale, Mother,” Tracy said. “I never believed anyone could be so happy. Tomorrow night I’m meeting Charles’s parents.” She deepened her voice as though making a pronouncement. “The Stanhopes, of Chestnut Hill,” she sighed. “They’re an in ............

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