Anna Harland left the prison and went to talk to the police. She waited a long time in a small office, but after an hour a policeman came into the room. He was a big man, about fifty-five years old, with brown eyes and a nice smile. He moved very slowly and quietly.
’Good afternoon, Mrs Harland,’ he said. ’My name is Detective Inspector Aziz. I ... arrested your daughter three days ago. I’m very sorry for you. This is a very unhappy thing for a mother ...’
’It’s a very unhappy thing for my daughter, Inspector,’ Anna said angrily. ’Because she didn’t do it. She’s innocent, you know. She knows nothing about those drugs.’
Detective Inspector Aziz looked at her carefully for a minute. He did not know many English women. ’She has an interesting face,’ he thought. ’Very blue eyes, and a long nose. She is not afraid of me, and she is not crying. Perhaps she wants to know the truth. Perhaps she can help me, too.’
’Well, Mrs Harland,’ he said slowly. ’It’s difficult for me. Is your daughter telling the truth? Is she innocent? Because the drugs were in her bag, you know.’
Inspector Aziz smiled. ’All right,’ he said. ’But first, tell me about your daughter. Why was she on that plane? Why did she come to this country? Tell me.’
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安娜·哈兰看着他。"他这个人不错,"她想,"他倾听别人说话。也许他想帮忙,也许他能理解萨拉。"
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Anna Harland looked at him. ’He’s a nice man,’ she thought. ’He listens to people. Perhaps he wants to help. Perhaps he can understand Sarah.’
’Then perhaps you can understand,’ Anna said. ’Sarah is nineteen. She finished school last year, and she worked for six months in a hospital to get some money. Then she and her boyfriend, Stephen, visited a lot of countries. They went to Greece, Turkey, India, Australia-and now they’re here. They’re young, and they want to see new countries and new towns and new people. That’s all.’
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"我明白,"探长说,"但是有时年轻人会做一些事情--坏事--因为他们身处异国他乡,需要钱。"
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’I see,’ the Inspector said. ’But sometimes young people do things-bad things-because they are in a different country and they need money.’
’Not Sarah,’ Anna said. ’And not heroin. Sarah worked in a hospital, and she knows about heroin. She knows it can kill people. I’m a doctor, and she wants to be a doctor, too.’
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"我明白。"探长说。他看着她,思考着什么,却什么也没说。
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’I see,’ the Inspector said again. He looked at her, and thought, but he said nothing.
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"现在,"安娜说,"告诉我这个年轻人哈桑的情况。"
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’Now,’ Anna said. ’Tell me about this young man, Hassan.’
’All right,’ the Inspector said. He took some papers from the table and began to read to her. ’But we don’t know very much about him. He’s a rich boy, from a good family. His father has two or three shops, I think. And the police in his town know him, too. Last year his father gave him a new car-a very fast car. And ... listen to this! One day he hit a police car, and the police car went into the river! What a story! His father bought a new car for the police. His father has a lot of money.’
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探长笑了,但是安娜却笑不出来。"噢,天哪,"她说,"这可不大好。"
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The Inspector smiled, but Anna looked unhappy. ’Oh dear,’ she said. ’That’s not very good.’
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"是的,"他说,"这不好,但这次海洛因的事就更糟糕了。非常糟糕。我不喜欢这个故事。"
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’No,’ he said. ’It isn’t good. But this story about the heroin is worse. Much worse. I don’t like this story.’