【惊险悬疑小说】红玫瑰追杀令20
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The next morning,I was at Palermo airport and waiting for a flight to Rome from where I could make a connection to the States.
I had nothing to declare and expected to pass quickly through customs.I was one of the few,unluckly enough to be asked to open my suitcases.I waited,pationtly,while the customs officer rummaged through my belongings.I saw that he had taken something out from the bottom of one of the cases.He held it out towards me.
It looked like a block of dark brown toffee.I told him,truthfully,that I had no idea what it was or how it came to be there.I was asked to go into a side room.Two more customs officers came in and I was given a body search.Nothing more was found.I was told to wait.Locked in the room and left with my thought.Though I had never actually seen the substance before,I could make a guess as to what the block of ‘toffee'actually was.If I was right,then someone was making certain that I did not leave the island!
After half an hour,two brown-uniformed Carabinieri appeared.My worst fear was confirmed.I was under arrest for being in possession of a quantity of an illegal drug-cannabis resin.
I was taken back to the police station in Palermo.I asked about my rights to have a lawyer or to to make a phome call,but was told that that would come later.Meanwhile,I was locked in a cell.( 文章阅读网：www.sanwen.net )
It seemed that my troubles were unending.I certainly needed some help.One thought which did cross my mind was that I might just have a friend on the island.My father had fought with the US Marines in Sicily.He had often spoken of a ‘buddy’,a Captain Jim Jameson.I knew that zhis Captain Jameson had married a Sicilian girl and settled on the island after the war.I even remembered he lived some small town called Adrano.I had no means of knowing whether he was still there or whether he was even alive.like my father,he could be dead.
I decided that if I was given the opportunity then my best hope was to be allowed to contact the American Embassy.It was at that moment that the cell door was unlocked.The man who stepped in was in plain clothes and looked a bit too expensively dressed for a policeman(21).
注释：
1，a flight to Rome：到罗马的航班。
2，Rome where I could make a connection to the States.到了罗马，就能与美国联系了。where引导定语从句，作from 的宾语，其先行词是Rome，from where在从句中做地点状语。
3，declare：过海关申报纳税。
4，unluckly enough：真够倒霉的。
5，rummage：翻箱倒柜地搜寻。
6，belongings：随身物品。
7，toffee：乳脂糖。
8，I was under arrest for···cannabis resin:我因私藏大量非法药品——大麻——而被捕了。be under arrest：被捕；in possession of ：拥有，持有；a quantity of：大量的，若干的；cannabis：大麻； resin：树脂，树脂一样的东西，此处指那块大麻。
9，unending：没有尽头的。
10,One thought which did cross my mind ···on the island:我的确突然想起，可能恰好有一个人可以求助。全句主干：One thought was that ···。which引导定语从句，其先行词是thougt，which在从句中作主语；did：助动词，表示强调；cross one's mind：（想法、念头等）闪现、掠过头脑；
11， had fought with the US Marines：曾随美国海军陆战队作战。with：作为······的一员；与·····一起（工作，行动）。
12，had often spoken of a ‘buddy’：常常谈起一个“哥们” ;buddy：好朋友（常指男子的男性朋友）。
13，a Captain Jim Jameson：一位名叫吉姆·詹姆森的上尉。
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第二天一早，我就到了巴勒莫机场，等候到罗马的航班；到了罗马，就能够与美国国内联系了。
我可没有什么东西需要申报纳税的，因此料想会很快通过海关。真够倒霉的，没几个人被要求打开箱子检查，我就是其中之一。我耐心地等着，随那个官员怎么翻查我的随身物品。只见他从我的一个箱子底部抽出了一样什么东西，然后递到我面前。
这玩意儿像一块深棕色的乳脂糖。我如实告诉他，我压根儿不知道那是什么东西，也不知它是怎么到我箱子里去的。他们把我带到旁边的一个房间，接着又进来两名官员，对我搜身,并没有发现有其他什么违禁品。他们把我锁在那间屋里，要我呆在那儿，好好想一想。尽管我事实上从来没有见过那块像乳脂糖一样的东西，我还是能猜出来这究竟是怎么回事。如果我的猜测不错的话，那就是，有人为了把我困在西西里岛而玩的阴招。
半小时后，来了两个身穿棕色制服的警察，我最害怕的事终于得到了证实：我因私藏大量非法药品——大麻——而被捕了。
我被带回了巴勒莫警察局。我要求聘请律师的权力，要求打个电话。他们说，要过些时候才行，当时把我关在一个很小的房间里。
看来，我的麻烦远没有完,得有人帮我才行。我突然想起，在这个岛上，可能真的恰好有一个人我还可以求助！我家老爷子曾经随美国海军陆战队在西西里打过仗。他常常谈起一个“哥们”，一位名叫吉姆·詹姆森的上尉。我早就知道，这位詹姆森上尉娶了一位西西里姑娘，战后就在这个岛上定居了。我甚至记得，他就住在一个叫阿德拉诺的小镇上。但他是否还住在那儿呢？甚至，他是否还健在？他也很有可能像我父亲一样，已经过世了。
我打定主意，如果有机会，首先要求同美国大使馆联系。就在那时，门锁打开了，一名身穿便服的男子跨了进来；此人若是警察的话，那么这身衣服似乎昂贵了一些（21）。
注释：
西西里岛登陆战役:第二次世界大战期间,盟军于1943年7月10日至8月17日在意大利西西里岛实施的大规模登陆作战。美国第七集团军参加了该次战役。在西西里战役中，虽然没能消灭德军大量有生力量，但达到了迫使意大利退出战争的政治目的。盟军占领了西西里岛，从此在地中海往来无阻，打开了登陆欧洲的大门，从而加速了意大利的投降。
