Hawker and Jude looked at Arla, and then laughed.

霍克和裘德看着阿拉， 然后笑了起来。

'Oh, come on, Arla, ' Jude said. 'You don't mean that. '

“哦，来吧，阿拉，”裘德说。“你不是那个意思。'

'You can't, ' said Arla. 'He's dead.'

“你不能，”阿拉说。 '他死了。'

Hawker looked at Jude, and then back at Arla. 'He was alive yesterday, ' said Hawker.

霍克看了看裘德，然后又看了看阿拉。 “他昨天还活着，”霍克说。

'You can sleep later, ' said Arla. 'Just catch this thing.'

“你可以晚点睡，”阿拉说。“抓住这东西就行了。”

'He wants to sell a story to a newspaper, ' Arla said.

“他想把一个故事卖给一家报纸， ” 阿拉说。

Arla phoned them every morning. 'Get on with it, ' he said. 'Before this thing kills someone. '

阿拉每天早上都给他们打电话。“继续吧，”他说。“在这东西杀人之前。'

The next day Jude and Hawker flew back to Brussels and went to Arla's office.

第二天，裘德和霍克飞回布鲁塞尔， 来到阿拉的办公室。

Arla listened to Johnny Cook's story, but he didn't say anything.

阿拉听了约翰尼·库克的故事， 但他什么也没说。

'There's a young man in London called Johnny Cook, ' Arla said.

“伦敦有一个年轻人， 名叫约翰尼·库克， ” 阿拉说。

'Got your sun hats? ' said Arla.

“你带遮阳帽了吗？”阿拉说。

'Perhaps it's crazy, and perhaps it's not, ' said Arla.

“也许这很疯狂， 也许并不疯狂， ” 阿拉说。

'It kills sheep, cats, and dogs, ' Arla said.

“它会杀死羊、猫和狗， ” 阿拉说。

Arla picked up his telephone. 'Come back in an hour, ' he said. 'Get a coffee or something.'

阿拉拿起电话。“一个小时后回来，”他说。“喝杯咖啡什么的。”