Chapter 8
At eleven o'clock that morning, Sarah and Hassan were free. Sarah stood with her mother, Inspector Aziz, and Mr Cheng. She smiled happily.
'Mother, you're wonderful! Now I can be happy! But ... how did you know about Stephen?'
Inspector Aziz answered. 'Young woman,' he said. 'Remember, your mother is a doctor. She knew Stephen was ill because of his eyes, and his body. His eyes are very big and dark, and his body is always moving ...'
'Well, yes,' Anna said. 'But you helped me, Sarah. You said he was different-remember? And I looked at him carefully, and began to think. Heroin does that to people.'
'He did a very bad thing,' Sarah said slowly, 'but I feel sorry for him now. When is he going to court, Inspector?'
'I don't know,' the Inspector said. 'In two weeks, perhaps. But don't think about him. Would you like to see our beautiful country, Mrs Harland? Where would you like to go?'
Anna smiled at him. 'Thank you. But I can't stay. Tomorrow, I'm going back to England, to talk to Stephen's mother and father.'
Inspector Aziz looked at her, and said nothing for a minute. Then he said quietly: 'Yes. I feel very sorry for them. It kills a lot of young people, this heroin.'
'Yes. But it isn't going to kill my daughter. She isn't going to die now.' Anna took Sarah's hand. 'So thank you again, Inspector Aziz and Mr Cheng. And goodbye. Now I'm going to have a long cold drink in a quiet garden with my daughter and her new young man. I want to know a lot more about him.'
Hassan stood with his mother and father near the door of the court. Anna Harland put her hand on her daughter's arm, and smiled at them.

第八章
那天上午11点，萨拉和哈?；袷土恕Ｈ退穆杪?、阿齐兹探长以及程先生站在一起。她开心地笑了。
"妈妈，你真了不起!我现在可以高高兴兴的啦!但是......你是怎么知道是斯蒂芬的呢?"
阿齐兹探长回答说："姑娘，"他说，"记住，你妈妈是医生?？吹剿沟俜业难劬蜕硖遄纯?，她就知道他有病。他的眼睛很大，但黯淡无光，他的身子还总是在颤抖......"
"哦，是的，"安娜说，"不过，你帮了我，萨拉。你说过，他和以前不一样了--还记得吗?然后我很认真地观察他，开始思考。海洛因会使人变成那样的。"
"他确实干了一件坏事，"萨拉慢慢地说，"但是我现在很同情他。他什么时候上法庭，探长?"
"我不知道，"探长说，"也许两个星期后。不过不要想他了。您愿意看看我们美丽的国家吗，哈兰太太?您想去哪儿?"
安娜冲他笑了笑。"谢谢你。可我不能待在这儿。我明天就回英格兰，把这事跟斯蒂芬的父母谈谈。"
阿齐兹探长看着她，沉默了一会儿。然后他平静地说："是呀，我为他们感到难过。海洛因毁了很多年轻人。"
"是啊，但是它不会伤害我女儿。现在她不会死了。"安娜拉住萨拉的手，"所以再次谢谢你们，阿齐兹探长，程先生，再见。现在，我要去找一个安静的花园，和我的女儿，还有她的新任男朋友，慢慢地喝冷饮。我要多了解一些他的情况。"
哈桑和他的父母站在法庭门口不远的地方。安娜·哈兰手挽着她的女儿，冲着他们微笑。