馬龍探案卷五 之 盛怒的審判 一
傑克遜縣法庭那條長長的、昏暗的走廊寂靜得如同墳墓，幾乎密不透風。高高的天花板邊緣，陰影聚攏成一片漆黑，煙霧瀰漫，難以穿透；而下方廣闊的空間裡，只有一抹奇異、昏暗的半明半暗的光線，這光線更偏藍色而非灰色，彷彿是自成一派。巨大的雙扇大門外是烈日當空的正午，這條走廊裡卻宛如黃昏。
the long, dark rridor of the jackn unty a urthoe was as still as a grave, and alost as airlessalong the eds of the high ceilg, the shadows gathered to darkness, soky and iperable; the vast space below there was only a stran, urky half-light, ore be than gray, a light that seed to be of its own akgoutside the great double doors it was bzg noon, but this rridor it was dk
即便是在那個夏天最炎熱的日子裡，靜止的空氣中也帶著一絲微弱而令人不適的寒意。
even on that day, the hottest of the sur, there was a fat and unfortable chill the otionless air
清潔工哈維?巴頓正要從瓷磚地板上撿起一片微不足道的廢紙，這時他停了下來，站在那裡傾聽，彷彿他希望能聽到一些令人安心的聲音。
harvey button, the janitor, paed the act of pickg up an fitesial scrap of wastepaper fro the tile floor, and stood listeng, alost as though he hoped to hear reassurg und
當然，後來他聲稱自己有過預感。他說，這個預感在清晨就隨著他醒來了。其實也不完全算是預感，而是一種隱約讓人感到不愉快的感覺。沒錯，這可能只是天氣的原因，或者是前一晚啤酒的影響，但他得意地指出，這背後有更宿命的意味。
ter, of urse, he cid to have had a preonition it had, he said, wakened with hi early the orng not exactly a preonition, either, but a kd of vaguely unpleasant feelg yes, it uld have been the weather, or even the st night’s beer, but, he poted out triuphantly, it was thg uch ore fateful
一扇厚重的大門突然猛地開啟，湧入的陽光讓他不禁眨了眨眼。伴隨著陽光，一股彷彿來自熔爐的熾熱空氣也隨之湧入。他能看到，外面的樹上方的天空中，出現了一道巨大的黑色條紋，開始遮蔽住刺眼的陽光。每一棵樹的每一片葉子都紋絲不動。
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