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Chapter 2 A hand in the back
第二章 背后的黑手
That evening, in his hotel room in Vancouver, Nick could not stop thinking about the girl in the Whistler café. Why did she come and sit with him? She didn't know him, and that story about a party in Toronto wasn't true. And she was worried about something. But what?
那天晚上，在温哥华的酒店房间里，尼克一直在想着在惠斯勒那家咖啡馆里遇到的那个女孩儿。她为什么要过来跟他坐在一起？她不认识他，那个多伦多聚会的事也是无中生有。当时有什么事情让她很焦虑。可到底是什么事呢？
And that kiss! It was nice, of course, but why did she do it? 'Maybe she liked my face,' Nick thought. 'Or my brown eyes. But I'm not going to see her again, so it doesn't matter. Forget it.'
还有那个吻！当然是很甜蜜的一个吻，但她为什么要那样做呢？“也许她喜欢我的脸，”尼克想道，“或者是我棕色的眼睛。可是我不会再见到她了，所以也没什么。算了吧。”
He put some money in his pocket and went downstairs to the hotel restaurant. But there were no free tables, so he walked down to Gastown and found a restaurant there.
他拿了一些钱放进口袋里，下楼去了酒店的餐厅。可是那里没有空餐桌了，于是他步行去加斯敦街，在那里找了一家餐馆。
After dinner, he went for a walk. Vancouver was a friendly city, and Nick liked walking through Gastown and Chinatown, looking in the shops and watching the people. It was nearly dark now, and it was a busy time of the evening. There were a lot of cars, and a lot of people.
晚饭后他出去散了散步。温哥华是个友好的城市，尼克很喜欢逛加斯敦街和唐人街，看看这里的商店，观察观察这里的人们。天色快要黑下来了，这正是夜晚繁忙的时候。到处都有很多的车、很多的人。
After a time, Nick began to walk back to his hotel. He came to a busy street, and waited, with a small crowd of people, to go across. A tall woman in a blue dress stood next to him. She turned and smiled at him.
过了一会儿，尼克开始返回他落脚的酒店。他来到一条繁华的街道，和一小群人一道停下来等着过街。一个身着蓝色裙子的高个子女人站在他的旁边。她转过来冲他笑了笑。
'It's the first warm evening of spring,' she said. 'It's nice to be out, after the long cold winter.'
“这是开春来第一个温暖的夜晚，”她说道，“漫长寒冷的冬天过后出来走走真好。”
'Yeah,' said Nick. 'It's great. It's -'
“是的，”尼克答道，“这样太好了。这样——”
