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Meg sat down and her father took her hands. 'Meg, last week Johnnie Vickers came to my house. He wanted to talk about his daughter. You remember Anna, Meg? Three months ago she jumped off a bridge in Boston and died. She was young, beautiful, rich -- and she didn't want to live. Why? Because she loved a man, and the man took her money, ran away and left her. And the man was called --'
梅格坐下来，父亲握住了她的手。“梅格，上个星期约翰尼·维克斯去了我那里，他是想跟我谈谈他的女儿。梅格，你还记得安娜吗？三个月前，她从波士顿的一座桥上跳了下去，摔死了。她还很年轻，又很漂亮、富有——可她就是不想活了。为什么？因为她爱一个人，而那个人却骗走了她的钱，离她而去。那个男的叫——”
'No!' said Meg. 'NO!'
“不会的！”梅格说道，“不会的！”
'Yes, Meg, yes. He was called Mr Hollywood.'
“是的，梅格，是的。他叫好莱坞先生。”
'No!' shouted Meg. She began to cry.
“不会的！”梅格喊道。她哭了起来。
'That's right, Miss Hutson,' said detective Keat quietly. 'To you, he gave the name Craig Winters. When Anna Vickers knew him, he was Carl Windser. But he liked all his ... er ... girlfriends to call him Mr Hollywood. He took nearly 50,000 dollars from Anna Vickers. And there was a girl before that ...'
“这是事实，赫特森小姐，”基特侦探语气平静地说道，“他跟你说他叫克雷格·温特斯。安娜认识他的时候，他又叫卡尔·温莎。可他喜欢他的……呃……他所有的女朋友叫他好莱坞先生。他从安娜·维克斯那里骗走了5万块钱。这之前还有另外一个女孩……”
