[ar:英语听力]
[ti:爱情与金钱Chapter 7]
[al:书虫系列第一级]
[00:01.32]7 Chapter
[00:04.72]On Monday morning Sergeant Foster went to Roger's office and asked some questions．
[00:12.78]And then he went to Albert's house and asked some more questions．
[00:20.14]Inspector Walsh sat in his office and telephoned．
[00:27.10]He made phone calls about Peter Hobbs and he made phone calls about Tom Briggs．
[00:36.89]And then he had some coffee and sandwiches．
[00:42.07]At three o'clock the two detectives drove to the Clarksons' house．
[00:50.41]'I would like to see everyone，'he told Roger．
[00:56.14]Everyone came into the sitting room and sat down．
[01:01.68]Inspector Walsh stood in front of the windows and looked at them，one by one．
[01:10.76]'I want to talk to you Someone killed Molly Clarkson.
[01:19.37]Someone put sleeping tablets in her hot milk and killed her.
[01:27.00]Nobody wanted to tell me the true story，
[01:32.57]but now I know the true story and I'm going to tell you．'
[01:41.03]The two dogs came slowly into the room and sat down at Diane's feet．
[01:49.10]It was very quiet in the room．
[01:52.38]The Inspector looked at Albert．
[01:56.70]'Mr King，your wife is very ill and needs a nurse．
[02:05.35]You told me this．
[02:08.76]You didn't tell me about your house．
[02:14.19]You're selling your house next month because you need the money．'
[02:21.66]Albert was angry．'
[02:25.78]Last year I asked Molly's husband for some money，and he said yes．
[02:34.83]But then he died in an accident．'
[02:41.02]'Accident！'Diane cried．'That was no accident．
[02:49.55]Mother killed Daddy because she wanted his money！ '
[02:55.64]'Let's talk about you now，Diane，'said Inspector Walsh．
[03:03.77]You visited your mother every month and you took money from her．
[03:11.56]Last month she gave you money for your television．
[03:18.06]This month she gave you money for your telephone．
[03:24.66]Every month you told your mother：“It was no accident；you killed Daddy．
[03:34.78]I'm going to tell the police．”
[03:38.30]Your mother was afraid of the police and so she gave you the money．
[03:48.55]But in the end she wanted to stop you．
[03:55.12]She told Dr Pratt．
[03:59.10]No more money，she told Dr Pratt on Thursday；and on Saturday she died．
[04:11.58]You took the hot milk to your mother－what did she tell you？'
[04:19.81]Diane began to cry．'I loved Daddy！
[04:27.80]He always gave money to me；he loved me．
[04:35.07]It was Mother－she didn't love Daddy and she didn't love me．
[04:45.17]Diane stopped．The dogs got up and went to the door．
[04:53.05]'It's true，I took a lot of money from Mother．
[04:59.50]On Saturday she told me—no more money．
[05:05.49]I wanted to kill her，but I didn't．'
[05:12.04]The dogs came back and sat down again at Diane's feet．
[05:19.49]Inspector Walsh looked at Roger．
[05:24.14]'Mr Clarkson also needed money．'
[05:29.51]Roger's face went red．'Don't tell them！Please！'
[05:37.25]'Mr Clarkson lost his job last month．
[05:43.14]He has no money．
[05:46.44]But he has an expensive house and an expensive car．
[05:54.44]He likes expensive things．'
[05:59.21]His sisters looked at him，but Roger put his hand over his eyes．
[06:06.77]'Don't talk to me！'
[06:09.79]'It doesn't matter now！'Diane said．
[06:16.01]'Mother is dead and we have a lot of money．
[06:21.55]You don't need a job．'
[06:24.82]Roger's face went red again．
[06:28.53]'Be quiet，Diane！'
[06:31.95]'Now.'Inspector Walsh began again．
[06:37.73]Peter Hobbs is a very angry young man．
[06:42.86]Mrs Clarkson was not very nice to him．
[06:48.48]He got the sleeping tablets from the shop．
[06:53.07]But did he put the tablets in the hot milk？
[06:59.30]I think not．
[07:02.30]Tom Briggs wanted half the garden for his farm．
[07:09.49]He was in the kitchen that night．
[07:14.33]Did he put sleeping tablets in the hot milk？
[07:20.98]I think not．'
[07:24.29]Suddenly it began to rain．
[07:28.49]For a minute everyone watched it through the window．
[07:33.13]Jackie took a cigarette from her bag and began to smoke．
[07:39.64]'But someone wanted Peter Hobbs to come into the kitchen that night．
[07:48.67]She wanted everyone to see him，and listen to him，'Inspector Walsh said．
[07:57.80]'She…？I don't understand，'Roger began，and stopped．
[08:07.41]Inspector walsh moved away from the window and sat down．
[08:14.48]'I'm going to tell you the true story now．
[08:20.02]Miss Clark-son，you wanted Peter Hobbs to come to the house that night．
[08:29.85]He was very angry with your mother because of that letter．
[08:35.98]He said：“I want to kill her．”
[08:41.38]And you wanted everyone to hear that． Why？'
[08:48.73]Jackie's face went white．
[08:52.63]It's not true！What about Diane？You found the empty bottle in her bag！'
[09:03.58]Diane stood up．'In my bag？Jackie！What are you talking about？'
[09:14.18]'Be quiet，please，and sit down，'
[09:20.12]Inspector Walsh said．He looked at Jackie．
[09:25.97]'It's true：we found the bottle in Diane's bag．
[09:32.58]But how do you know that？We didn't tell you．'
[09:39.02]'You did…before…you told me before！'
[09:46.17]'No．We found the empty bottle in Diane's room．
[09:55.80]We told you that．
[09:58.97]You talked about Diane's bag；
[10:05.00]we didn't tell you．
[10:07.62]Sergeant foster wrote it all down．'
[10:11.90]Inspector Walsh looked carefully at Jackie．
[10:18.04]'A long time ago，you knew Tom Briggs．
[10:25.61]He was the gardener here and you loved him．
[10:32.17]But your mother didn't like him．'
[10:36.72]Jackie put her hands to her head．
[10:41.69]'No！No！' 'We found your picture-an old one-in Mr Briggs'house．
[10:53.05]You were younger then，
[10:56.44]and your hair was long．
[10:59.97]Last year Tom Briggs came back，
[11:05.00]and you wanted him．
[11:07.80]He loved you，too，
[11:11.48]but he had no money．
[11:14.83]He wanted the garden for his farm，
[11:19.70]he wanted money，
[11:22.60]he wanted you．
[11:25.07]But your mother said no．
[11:28.82]In the end，
[11:31.84]you wanted to kill your mother…and you did kill her．
[11:41.20]Your mother went downstairs to see the dogs and you put the sleeping tablets in her hot milk．
[11:55.14]Later，you put the empty bottle in Diane's bag．
[12:02.86]Jackie stood up．Her eyes were dark and afraid．
[12:10.55]'You don't understand！she cried．
[12:15.24]'Mother gave me nothing…all those years．
[12:21.62]I wanted to be happy…to be with Tom．That's all．
[12:30.26]I love Tom，and he loves me．
[12:35.35]But Mother said no．Always no．'
[12:43.48]Then she began to cry．Nobody looked at her．
[12:51.20]Jackie left the house in a police car．
[12:57.08]Inspector Walsh watched and then walked slowly to his car．
[13:05.36]He felt tired and hungry．
[13:09.97]He stopped and looked back at the house．
[13:15.45]'Well，'he said to Sergeant Foster，'
[13:20.66]in the end，they go the money：
[13:26.17]Albert，Roger，Diane．
[13:31.82]They're all rich now．
[13:36.73]But are they going to be happy？'
[13:41.42]He got into the car．
[13:45.11]'Let's go，'he said．'I'm hungry；I need a sandwich．'