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     英语话剧《金钱与爱情》

1 Chapter
　　The Clarkson family lived in the country near Cambridge，about half a mile from the nearest village and about a mile from the river．They had a big，old house with a beautiful garden，a lot of flowers and many old．trees．
　　One Thursday morning in July，Jackie came in from the garden．She was a tall，fat woman，thirty years old．It was the hottest day of the year，but she wore a warm brown skirt and yellow shirt．She went into the kitchen to get a drink of water．Just then the phone rang．
　'Hello．This is Diane．I want to talk to Mother．'
　　'Mother isn't here，'Jackie said．'She's at the doctor's．'
　　'Why？What's Wrong？'
　　'Nothing's wrong，'Jackie said．'Why are you telephoning？ You are going to come this weekend？ Mother wants everyone to be here．'
　　'Yes，I want to come，'Diane said．'I'm phoning because I have no money for the train ticket．'
　　'No money！Mother is always giving you money！'
　　'This phone call is very expensive，'Diane said coldly．'Tell Mother please．I need the money．'
2 Chapter
It was seven o'clock on Saturday evening．　Everyone stood up and went to the table．Roger set down next to Diane.Roger was Molly's son，her second child．He lived in Cambridge，in an expensive house．
'That's a beautiful dress，Diane．Is it new？'Jackie asked．
　　'Thank you，Jackie．Yes，it's new，and very expensive．I got it on Wednesday，'Diane said．She smiled at Jackie．
　　'All your things are expensive，'Jackie said．She remembered the phone call on Thursday about the train ticket．
　　'I don't like cheap things，'Diane said．'And I'm going to need more money soon．I want to go to America．Can you help me，Roger？'
'Oh no，'Roger said．'Nobody wants to help you， Diane．You don't like working，we all know that，but we all want you to get a job．'
　Diane laughed．'It doesn't matter，Roger．I don't need your help．Mother always helps me．Mother loves me best．'She suddenly smiled，a quick，beautiful smile．But her eyes were cold．
Peter Hobbs came here this morning．He's very angry with you about that letter．He lost his job，you know．He says… he says he's going to kill you！''Jackie said
3 Chapter
　　Early next morning the house was quiet．Suddenly there was a cry from the room next to Roger's，his mother's room．Roger opened his eyes and looked at the clock．It was nearly seven o'clock．He got out of bed and opened the door quietly．At the same time the door of his mother's room opened and Diane came out．Her face was very white．
'Roger！It' s Mother！I brought a cup of coffee for her and I found her dead．She's dead…dead in her bed，'she cried．
　'I'm going to call the doctor，'Diane said．
　　'Dr Pratt，this is Diane Clarkson．It's my mother—she's dead．Can you come quickly？'
　'I'm sorry，'he said．
　　　Dr Pratt said nothing for a minute．'This is going to be very difficult．I'm going to phone the police，Roger．'
'Police！Why？What's wrong？
　　'I don't know．Your mother wasn't ill．I saw her on Thursday and she was very well．Why did she die？I don' t understand．I want to find out．'
　　'Your mother took sleeping tablets，'Dr Pratt said．'Did you know？On Thursday she had a new bottle of tablets，but I can't find it here in her room．'
　　'I didn't know，'Roger said．'Very well．Let's go down-stairs and you can phone the police．'

4 Chapter
The police arrived very quickly．He was a big man in an old black suit and a black hat and coat．He wore a coat because he always felt cold．
'Good morning．I am Detective Inspector Walsh. 'Last night someone put sleeping tablets in Mrs Clarkson's hot milk．We are going to question everybody，and we need a room，please．'
　　Roger stood up．'I'm Roger Clarkson．You can have my father's old office．Come with me，it's along here，'
Jackie came in and sat down．She looked down at her hands and said nothing．
　　'We found the empty bottle of your mother's sleeping tablets in Diane's room，'the Inspector said suddenly．Then he waited．Jackie's face did not change and she said nothing．
　　'Tell me，did your mother get her tablets from the shop in the village？'
'Yes．My mother usually took a sleeping tablet every night so she needed a lot of tablets．Sometimes she got them from the shop，sometimes I did．
　'I see．Your mother wanted to stay in this house．How about you？Did you want to move？'
　　Jackie looked up for a minute and then down at her hands a－gain．'This is Mother's house．I loved my mother．She was good to me．'
　　'Did you see your mother in her room last night？'
　　'Yes，everyone did．Diane made hot milk and took it to Mother．She usually drank a cup of hot milk before she slept．'
　'She wanted to go downstairs again．I went to my room and she went downstairs．'
'What time was this？'
　　'I don't remember．About midnight，I think．'
　　'And the cup of hot milk？'
　　'It was on the table by her bed．'
　　'Did you need your mother's money？'
　　'No，Inspector．Money is not important to me．There are more important things，'Jackie said quietly．Don't forget Peter Hobbs．He lost his job because of my mother．He wanted to kill her，you know．And what about Diane？You found the empty bottle in her bag．
Inspector Walsh listened carefully．'We're going to question everyone，Miss Clarkson．' ‘Now I want to talk to Roger.’
Now，Mr Clarkson．
Tell me about your job，Mr Clarkson．Your mother is dead and now you're rich．Do you need money？'
　Roger's face was suddenly afraid．'What are you saying？I didn't kill my mother．I need money，that's true．A friend and I want to build ten houses here，in this garden．We can get a lot of money for them．So．I wanted Mother to sell this house．she said no．She loved the house and didn't want to sell it．
Inspector Walsh watched Roger for a minute．'I see．We found the empty bottle of sleeping tablets，Mr Clarkson，in Diane's room．'
　　Roger's face did not change．'Oh？Someone put them there．Diane did not kill my mother，I know that．She found the body．'
　　'Very well．I would like to see Diane next．'
　Diane came into the room and sat down．
'Well，Miss Clarkson，'Inspector Walsh said，'I want you to talk about last night．
Mother went to bed early and I made hot milk for her.
When did you take the milk upstairs？'
　　'I went up after Roger．'She stopped for a minute．Then she began again．'I didn't like my mother，Inspector．She killed my father，you know．Last winter，after Christmas，she drove the car into a tree and killed my father．'
Inspector Walsh watched Diane's face carefully．'I see．So you wanted to kill your mother？'
Diane laughed．'I wanted to kill her，but I didn't．I can tell you a lot of things about this family，Inspector．Everyone wanted Mother to die．Just like Jackie．Do you know that Jackie didn't like Mother？A long time age，a nice boy worked here．He was the gardener．Jackie loved him very much，but Mother said no．A gardener was not a good husband for a Clarkson girl！'

　5 Chapter
Inspector Walsh stood in front of the windows and looked at them，one by one．'I want to talk to you Someone killed Molly Clarkson．Someone put sleeping tablets in her hot milk and killed her Nobody wanted to tell me the true story，but now I know the true story and I'm going to tell you．'
Jackie , Peter was very angry with your mother because of that letter．He said：“I want to kill her．”And you wanted everyone to hear that． Why？'
Jackie's face went white．It's not true！What about Diane？You found the empty bottle in her bag！'
It's true：we found the bottle in Diane's bag．But how do you know that？We didn't tell you．' Inspector Walsh said
'We found your picture-an old one-in Mr Briggs'house．You were younger then，and your hair was long．Last year Tom Briggs came back，and you wanted him．He loved you，too，but he had no money．He wanted the garden for his farm，he wanted money，he wanted you．But your mother said no．In the end，you wanted to kill your mother…and you did kill her．
　Jackie stood up．Her eyes were dark and afraid．'You don't understand！she cried．'Mother gave me nothing…all those years．I wanted to be happy…to be with Tom．That's all．I love Tom，and he loves me．But Mother said no．Always no．'Then she began to cry．Nobody looked at her．