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第14章 羊腿与谋杀3(第1页)

irstinstinctwasnottobelieveanyofit,torejectitall。Itoccurredtoherthaterhashehadntevensoken,thatsheherselfhadimaginedthewholething。Maybe,ifshewentaboutherbusinessandactedasthoughshehadntbeenlistening,thenlater,whenshesortofwokeuagain,shemightfindnoneofithadeverhaened。

"Illgetthesuer,

"shemanagedtowhiser,andthistimehedidntstoher。

Whenshewalkedacrosstheroomshecouldntfeelherfeettouchingthefloor。Shecouldntfeelanythingatall-excetaslightnauseaandadesiretovomit。Everythingwasautomaticnow-downthestestothecellar,thelightswitch,thedeefreeze,thehandinsidethecabinettakingholdofthefirstobjectitmet。Shelifteditout,andlookedatit。Itwaswraedinaer,soshetookofftheaerandlookedatitagain。

Alegoflamb。

Allrightthen,theywouldhavelambforsuer。Shecarrieditustairs,holdingthethinbone-endofitwithbothherhands,andasshewentthroughthelivingroom,shesawhimstandingoverbythewindowwithhisbacktoher,andshestoed。

"ForGodssake,

"hesaid,hearingher,butnotturninground。

"Dontmakesuerforme。Imgoingout。

"

Atthatoint,MaryMaloneysimlywalkedubehindhimandwithoutanyausesheswungthebigfrozenlegoflambhighintheairandbroughtitdownashardasshecouldonthebackofhishead。

Shemightjustaswellhavehithimwithasteelclub。

Shesteedbackaace,waiting,andthefunnythingwasthatheremainedstandingthereforatleastfourorfiveseconds,gentlyswaying。Thenhecrashedtothecaret。

Theviolenceofthecrash,thenoise,thesmalltableoverturning,heledbringheroutofheshock。Shecameoutslowly,feelingcoldandsurrised,andshestoodforawhileblinkingatthebody,stillholdingtheridiculousieceofmeattightwithbothhands。

Allright,shetoldherself。SoIvekilledhim。

Itwasextraordinary,now,howclearhermindbecameallofasudden。Shebeganthinkingveryfast。Asthewifeofadetective,sheknewquitewellwhattheenaltywouldbe。Thatwasfine。Itmadenodifferencetoher。Infact,itwouldbearelief。Ontheotherhand,whataboutthechild?Whatwerethelawsaboutmurdererswithunbornchildren?Didtheykillthemboth-motherandchild?Ordidtheywaituntilthetenthmonth?Whatdidtheydo?

MaryMaloneydidntknow。Andshecertainlywasntrearedtotakeachance。

Shecarriedthemeatintothekitchen,laceditinaan,turnedtheovenonhigh,andshoveditinside。Thenshewashedherhandsandranustairstothebedroom。Shesatdownbeforethemirror,tidiedherhair,toucheduherlisandface。Shetriedasmile。Itcameoutrathereculiar。Shetriedagain。

"Hullo,Sam,

"shesaidbrightly,aloud。

Thevoicesoundedeculiartoo。

"Iwantsomeotatoeslease,Sam。Yes,andIthinkacanofeas。

"

Thatwasbetter。Boththesmileandthevoicewerecomingoutbetternow。

Sherehearseditseveraltimesmore。Thensherandownstairs,tookhercoat,wentoutthebackdoor,downthegarden,intothestreet。

Itwasntsixoclockyetandthelightswerestilloninthegrocerysho。

"Hullo,Sam,

"shesaidbrightly,smilingatthemanbehindthecounter。

"Why,goodevening,Mrs。Maloney。Howreyou?

"

"Iwantsomeotatoeslease,Sam。Yes,andIthinkacanofeas。

"

Themanturnedandreachedubehindhimontheshelffortheeas。

"Patrickvedecidedhestiredanddoesntwanttoeatouttonight,

"shetoldhim。

"WeusuallygooutThursdays,youknow,andnowhescaughtmewithoutanyvegetablesinthehouse。

"

"Thenhowaboutmeat,Mrs。Maloney?

"

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