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I got up from that chair there...

萊斯利的案發回放 · 香箋淚 (1940)

I got up from that chair there...

我從那邊那把椅子上站起來……

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And I stood in front of the table here.

不停頓，跟上原速

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1I got up from that chair there...我從那邊那把椅子上站起來……
2And I stood in front of the table here.站到了這張桌子前面。
3He Rose and came around the table and stood in front of me.他起身繞過桌子，站到我面前。
4I held out my hand.我伸出手。
5"Good night," I said... But he didn't move.我說：晚安……可他一動不動。
6He just stood there looking at me, and his eyes were all funny .他就那麼站在那兒看著我，眼神怪怪的。
7"I'm not going," he said.他說：我不走。
8Then I began to lose my temper.我這才動了氣。
9"Poor fool, don't you know "I've never loved anyone but Robert?可憐的傻瓜，難道你不知道，除了羅伯特，我從沒愛過任何人？
10"And even if I didn't love him , you'd be the last man in the world I should care for."就算我不愛他，你也是這世上我最不可能看上的人。
11"Robert's away," he said.他說：羅伯特不在家。
12Well, that was the last straw .這句話讓我忍無可忍。
13I wasn't in the least bit frightened, just angry.我一點也不害怕，只是生氣。
14"If you don't leave immediately," I said, "I shall call the boys and have you thrown out."我說：你要是不馬上走，我就叫僕人們把你扔出去。
15But I walked past him toward the veranda to call the boys, but he took hold of my arm and swung me back.我繞過他往遊廊走去，想叫僕人，可他抓住我的胳膊，把我拽了回去。
16Well, I tried to scream, but he flung his arms about me and began to kiss me.我想喊，可他用雙臂摟住我，開始親我。
17I struggled to tear myself away from him.我拼命想從他懷裡掙脫。
18He seemed like a madman .他像個瘋子一樣。
19He kept talking and talking and saying he loved me and...他不停地說啊說，說他愛我，還……
20it's horrible. I can't go on.太可怕了。我說不下去了。
21I'm sorry, Leslie, but we have to know the rest.抱歉，萊斯利，可剩下的我們必須知道。
22He lifted me in his arms and started carrying me.他把我抱起來，開始往屋裡走。
23Somehow he stumbled on those steps.不知怎麼的，他在臺階上絆了一下。
24We fell, and I got away from him.我們摔倒了，我趁機掙脫了他。
25Suddenly I remembered Robert's revolver in the drawer of that chest.我突然想起羅伯特那把左輪手槍就在那個櫃子的抽屜裡。
26He got up and ran after me, but I reached it before he could catch me.他爬起來追我，可我趕在他抓住我之前拿到了槍。
27I seized the gun as he came toward me.他朝我撲過來時，我一把抓起槍。
28I heard a report and saw him lurch toward the door.我聽見一聲槍響，看見他踉蹌著往門口倒去。
29It was all instinctive . I didn't even know I'd fired.全是本能反應。我甚至沒意識到自己開了槍。
30Then I followed him out to the veranda.然後我跟著他走到外面的遊廊。
31He staggered across the porch, grabbed the railing, but it slipped through his hand, and he fell down the steps.他搖搖晃晃穿過門廊，抓住欄杆，可手一滑，摔下了臺階。
32I don't remember anything more, just the reports one after another till there was a funny little click, and the revolver was empty.後面的事我記不清了，只記得一聲接一聲的槍響，直到最後咔噠一下輕響，槍裡空了。
33It was only then I knew what I'd done.直到那時我才明白自己做了什麼。

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