【惊险悬疑小说】红玫瑰追杀令21
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He held out a well-manicured hand.
‘My name is Cesare Vincenzo.'In perfect English,he added,'I am a lawyer and I have just arranged for your release.'
I found the news too good to believe.
‘I am telling you that you are free to go.There will be no charge against you.Collect your things at the desk.My car is waiting outside.'
I started to ask some questions.( 文章阅读网：www.sanwen.net )
‘Please,'he said.'I am a busy man.There will be time for questions and answers when we are in the car.'
For a while I thought of little else except how relieved I was to be out of that piece of trouble.Slowly I realised that Vincenzo's white Alfa Romeo was taking us out of Palermo,and I began to feel uneasy again.I asked where we were going.
‘Adrano,'was the reply.
My thought turned to Captain Jameson,but then Vincenzo added,‘to meet the man who pays my fees.I know that you have heard of him.His name is Lippari.Adrano is three hundred kilometres.What I suggest is that you sit back and enjoy our beauyiful countryside.'
Vincenzo had just answered one or two other questions which were in my mind-like how he knew I was being held by the police on a drugs charge;and how easily the charge appeared to have been dropped.I knew that someone had wanted me to stay on the island.I was now fairly certain that the ‘somebody'was Lippari.I had thought about telling him the story,but I owed him nothing for getting me out of jail if it was he who put me there!
We stopped in Adrano to fill the car with petrol.The town was bigger than I expected and,judging from the two coaches nearby which were unloading tourists,it obviously had some attractions.Vincenzo had left me in the car while he went to pay for the petrol.
Did I really want to meet Alberto Lippari(25)?If I stayed where I was,I was going to have no option.I couldn't be certain,but this was Adrano and it might be that I did have a friend here.I could see Vincenzo standing with his back to me.I could easily slip out of the car and lose myself among the tourists(26).
注释：
1，well-manicured：指甲经过精心修剪的；manicure：修剪指甲。
2，release：释放。
3，too good to believe: It's too good to be true!（消息）太好了，好得不敢相信是真的。
4,charge against:指控。
5， For a while I thought of little else except how relieved I was to be out of that piece of trouble：那一刻，除了感到无比轻松，别的什么也想不起，因为即将脱离那件麻烦事儿。
6，Alfa Romeo：小车的牌子。
7，meet the man who pays my fees：去见付给我律师费的那个人。fee：支付给专业人士的费用；fare：交通费；tuition：学费。
8，questions which were in my mind：萦绕于心的问题。
9, on a drugs charge:因为被指控携带毒品。
10，I owed him nothing for getting me out of jail if it was he who put me there!假如正是他把我整进了班房又把我弄出来的话，那我就什么都不欠他的！it was he who···：正是他；这句是强调句。
11，fill the car with petrol：给小车加油。
12,two coaches nearby which were unloading tourists:附近有两车游客正从长途公共汽车上下来；which的先行词是two coaches，在从句中作主语；unload：（从车上）卸（客），卸（货）。
13，attractions：吸引人之处；此处指旅游名胜。
14，If I stayed where I was，I was going to have no option：如果呆在车上，我将别无选择（只能去见李帕利）。where I was：我所在的地方；option：选择。
15，standing with his back to me：背向着我站立。
16，slip out of：溜出。
17，lose oneself among：使自己消失在。
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这名男子与我握手，他的指甲是精心修剪过的。“我叫切萨·文森诺，律师。”他的英语无可挑剔。“我是律师，刚办好了释放你的手续。”
竟有这等好事，简直不敢相信！
“ 我在给你说，你可以走了。不会有人指控你了。快收好桌上的东西，我的车还等在外面”。
我刚要开口问，他就打断了我。
“ 求求你，我忙得很。上了车有时间说”。
那一刻，除了感到无比轻松，别的什么也想不起，因为即将脱离那件麻烦事儿。慢慢地，我意识到文森诺的这辆白色的阿尔法·罗密欧已经驶出了巴勒莫，不觉又不安起来，就问，这是去哪儿。
“阿德拉诺”。
我一下就想到了詹姆森上尉。但是文森诺接着说：“去见那个付给我律师费的人。我知道你听说过他，就是李帕利。到阿德拉诺有三百公里呢，请靠背安坐，欣赏田园风光。”
我一直萦绕于心的问题，文森诺也回答了：他是如何知道我被指控走私毒品而被警方羁押的，这指控被撤销又显得如何的容易。我原本就知道是某人想阻止我离岛。现在，我有相当的把握，这个“某人”，就是李帕利。我本来想把我的遭遇告诉他；但是，假如是他把我整进了班房又把我弄出来的话，我就什么也不欠他的了。
到了阿德拉诺，小车停下来加油。这个镇子比我预料的要大。附近停着两辆长途公共汽车，从下车的游客人数判断，这个地方显然有几处颇值得一游。文森诺下车付款，我独留车上。
我真的需要去见阿尔贝托·李帕利吗（25）？我很纠结。如果呆在车上，我将别无选择!可是，这儿就是阿德拉诺呀，或许，真的有个贵人可以帮我呢。此刻，文森诺站在那儿背向着我；我可以看着他，很容易地溜出小车，瞬间便消失在那群游客之中（26）。