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My aunt, Mrs flower, died three weeks ago.

我的伯母弗勞爾夫人3周前去世。

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Her husband had built up a large business during his lifetime, and when he died ten years ago in 1989 he left all his money to his wife.

她的丈夫一生中逐步建立起一家大商行，而當他10年前即于1985年去世后，他把全部財產留給了他的妻子。"

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So your aunt was a wealthy woman?

那么你伯母就是一位富有的女人了？

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That's right.

對啦。

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And she's left about $4 million in her will to her husband's daughter by his first marriage.

而她在其遺囑中將大約400萬美元留給她丈夫第一次結婚所生的女兒。

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The young woman's name is Clare Flower.

這位年輕女人名叫克萊爾·弗勞爾。

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She was born in 1966.

她生于1963年。

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She left home when she was eighteen and has lived in Los Angeles for the past fifteen years.

18歲時，她離開了家。過去的15年里她一直住在洛杉磯。

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She didn't visit her step-mother much, though I believe that they used to speak on the phone from time to time.

她不常看望她的繼母，雖然，我相信她們過去時不進在電話里聊一聊。

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None of the family apart from her father and my aunt have seen her since.

自從她離開家以后，家里人除了她父親與我伯母外沒有人見過她。

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So what do you want me to do? asked the detective.

那么你想要我做什么呢？偵探問。

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I want you to check out this Clare Flower and see that she has the right to get my aunt's money, because something somewhere smells funny.

我要求你查清這個克萊爾·弗勞爾，且一定要弄清她是不是有權獲得我伯母的錢，因為某些情況令人感到有點奇怪。"

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Coal nodded. OK. I can do that. First, I'll need some information about Clare. For a start, how old was she when her father married again?

科爾點點頭。"好吧。這我可以辦。首先，我需要有關克萊爾的資料。首先，當他父親再婚時，她多大歲數了？"

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He married my aunt in 1971, so Clare would have been five years old.

他1968年與我伯母結婚，那么克萊爾應該已經5歲了。"

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I see. Maybe there are some things among your aunt's papers, like Clare' school reports, old photographs, and so on.

我明白了。或許，在你伯母的文件中可能有些諸如克萊爾的學校成績報告單、舊的照片之類的東西吧。

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Can you go through them and give me whatever you find?

你把它們仔細查閱一下并把凡是你能找到的東西給我好嗎？

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I'll also need a list of all your and her relations' addresses and telephone numbers.

我還需一張你與她的全部親屬的地址清單與電話號碼。

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I also need your permission to speak to the family lawyer about this matter.

我還需要你的許可，就關于這件事跟你們的家庭律師談話。

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Present at the meeting were Clare Flower, Tom Goode, the lawyer and the detective, who was introduced to everyone as the lawyer's assistant.

出席會議的有克萊爾·弗勞爾、湯姆·古德、律師與被當作律師助理介紹給大家的偵探

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There was another unknown man.

還有一個不認識的人。

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When everyone had taken his/her place, the lawyer spoke as follows.

當大家都入座以后，律師作了如下的發言

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Mrs Flower's house has now been sold.

弗勞爾夫人的房子現已售出。

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It only remains for me to pass all the money that she had to the right person.

對我來說，剩下的只是將她所有的錢交給合法的繼承人。

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Will Clare Flower please step forward?

克萊爾·弗勞爾請你走上前好嗎？

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The young woman stood up and stepped forward.

年輕的女人站起來走向前。

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You name is Clare Flower?

你叫克萊爾·弗勞爾嗎？

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It is.

是的。

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Mrs Flower directed that all the money that belonged to her should come to you.

弗勞爾夫人指示她所有的錢應當全部歸你。

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Here is a cheque for 4,725,466.

這是一張4，725，466美元的支票。

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Please sign here to show that you have received the money.

請在這兒簽字以表明你已收到這筆錢。"