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I will not listen. Instead, you will listen to me. Her eyes were riveted on his face, her handsome, high cheek boned features set in their most imperious mold.
她蠻橫地打斷他的話。我不要聽你的，你給我聽著。她目光緊緊盯住他的臉，同時她那漂亮、高顴骨的俏臉上展出一副霸道的神態。
We would achieve nothing by paying you, except possibly a few days' respite . You have made that abundantly clear. That's a chance you gotta...
我們即使付錢給你也得不到什么好處，頂多也只是拖延幾天時間罷了。你把這一點已經講得很清楚了。這對你們可是一個難得的機會…
Silence! Her voice was a whiplash. Eyes bored into him. Swallowing, sullenly , he complied.
住口!她眼睛死死地盯住他，厲聲呵斥道。他忍氣吞聲，滿臉不高興地住口了。
What came next, the Duchess of Croydon knew, could be the most significant thing she had ever done.
克羅伊敦公爵夫人知道，接下來的行動也許會是她一生中所作出的最重大的決定。
There must be no mistake, no vacillation or dallying because of her own smallness of mind.
決不能因自己的見識有限而出半點差錯，決不能優柔寡斷或舉棋不定。
When you were playing for the highest stakes, you made the highest bid.
要想贏大錢，就得下大注。
She intended to gamble on the fat man's greed. She must do so in such a way as to place the outcome beyond any doubt.
她想利用這大肥佬的貪心大賭一場，而且恰到好處，使結果能保證萬元一失。
She declared decisively, We will not pay you ten thousand dollars. But we will pay you twenty-five thousand dollars. The house detective's eyes bulged.
她果斷地宣布，我們不會付給你一萬美元，但我們會付給你二萬五千美元。探長的眼珠子都鼓起來了。
In return for that, she continued evenly, You will drive our car north.
作為回報，她不動聲色地繼續說道，你得將我們的汽車開到北方。
Ogilvie continued to stare.
歐吉維依然是一副目瞪口呆的樣子。
Twenty-five thousand dollars, she repeated.Ten thousand now. Fifteen thousand more when you meet us in Chicago.
二萬五千美元，她重復道。現在先付一萬，等你到芝加哥與我們碰面時再付一萬五。
Still without speaking, the fat man licked his lips. His beadyeyes, as if unbelieving, were focused upon her own. The silence hung.
大胖子舔了舔自己的嘴唇，依然一言未發，那雙圓圓的小眼睛似乎不相信似的直盯住她的雙眼。一陣沉默。
Then, as she watched intently, he gave the slightest of nods.
后來，在她目不轉睛的逼視下，他微微點了一下頭。
The silence remained. At length Ogilvie spoke. This cigar bother in' you, Duchess?
場面還是一片寂靜。最后還是歐吉維開了腔：這支雪茄讓您討厭了吧，公爵夫人?
As she nodded, he put it out.
她點了點頭，他隨即將它掐滅了。
