4.Double Cross(1652)

Passage Four 

Roy Ray's article narrates the tale of a spy who, while gathering intelligence, unintentionally causes harm to others. The story highlights the complexities of espionage and the moral dilemmas faced by those in such roles. It teaches us about the importance of considering the consequences of our actions, even when we are trying to do what we believe is right.

罗伊·雷的文章讲述了一个间谍的故事，他在收集情报的过程中无意中伤害了他人。这个故事突出了间谍活动的复杂性，以及这些角色所面临的道德困境。它教会我们考虑行为后果的重要性，即使我们试图做我们认为正确的事情。

Double Cross

Roy Ray

【1】Janet pulled the page from her typewriter and looked nervously at her wristwatch.It was almost time. From the inner office came sounds of her boss preparing to leave, the sounds of doors opening and closing. These sounds were well-known to her after eight years as his secretary. Then her boss himself stood at the door,pushing a long arm into his topcoat. She saw how good he looked in his gray suit.It seemed just right against his graying hair.

【2】“Good night, Mr. Mason.” She said with a weak smile.

“Good night, Janet. I'll see you Monday morning as usual.’

He was quick and friendly. Perhaps, she only imagined the look of concern in his eyes as he walked out.

【3】Janet covered her typewriter. She pulled a lipstick and mirror from her purse. Her hands were cold and shaky when she began to redden her lips and ran a comb through her hair. There would be no time to stop at the women's restroom this evening to do this. She felt a terror slowly rising up inside herself. How could she ever go through with it? But she knew she must. It was too late to retreat. She reached into a drawer and pulled out a knitting basket and a ball of wool with needles sticking out.

【4】At the bottom of the basket, lay three microfilms, each in a metal case. She stared at them, feeling guilty. She felt a nervous shock as the whistle blew. She stuffed the wool back into the basket,seized her purse, and took a last look around the office. Then she walked into the hall filled with secretaries and clerks hurrying home. Doors opened, and more workers walked out into the hall. The click of high-heels made the pounding of Janet's heart seem louder, as she moved along with the crowd. It was like every Friday. There was a noisy excitement in the air. Everyone was in a hurry to leave their desks. The weekend lay ahead.

【5】Janet held her purse in one hand with the netting basket hooked over her wrist. She pushed her way outside into the afternoon sunshine. “Easy, now," she told herself, She stopped to let the crowd flow past her. As she looked ahead down the long ramp leading to the guard's gate,her heart sank, Beside the regular guard,Scotty, there was a guard she never saw before. He was helping Scotty inspect the people moving through the gate. He looked at their passes and badges. He peered into their purses and lunch pails more carefully than Scotty, it seemed.

【6】Janet retreated to the doorway of the building. As a rule, she did not leave so early and had forgotten that an extra guard was stationed at the gate at this hour. She noticed how tightly she was holding her purse. “Be calm,” she said to herself, “be natural. Everything depends on getting through that gate.” Getting the microfilms had been easy enough with her security clearance but getting them past the guard would be the test.

【7】She remembered how she and her husband Charles had gone over step by step what she was to do. They had prepared for a month. It sounded easy when Charles gave her the plan. He had worked it all out even before he told her what he wanted her to do. It was well known that Janet was still a young bride. It seemed natural, therefore, to use a knitting basket to smuggle the films out of the plant. They chose the night when her old friend Scotty, a senior guard on the force, took his turn at the gate.

【8】She had spent the whole past month working on him. She often left the plant late and stopped at the gate to chat with him. She talked about his boy who was in the navy,and she spoke about the little things she was knitting. A few times, she tested him by being chatty, saying nothing about the knitting, and then passing the knitting through without inspection.

【9】The crowd at the gate got thin and the extra guard waved to Scotty as he moved off in the opposite direction. Janet closed her eyes a second and took a deep breath.Now! As naturally as possible, she moved down the ramp. She hoped the smile on her face did not appear as stiff as it felt.

【10】She swallowed twice before she greeted her friend. “Hello, Scotty! How are you?”

She felt a rush of guilt as a grin broke across his face.

“Good evening, Mrs. Heath. You are early tonight.”

“Yes, my husband is meeting me, Scotty.”She held out her pass with her picture on it, and pulled back her coat so he could see her badge pinned to her dress.

Scotty nodded, “How's the knitting?”

【11】“This was it!’ She removed a baby's woolen bootee and held it out for his inspection.“I've finished this one, but haven't done much on the other.” A horn honked. “Oh, there's my husband.I have to run. Good night, Scotty.” She wondered if her voice sounded as shaky to him as it did to her own ears. She tossed the bootee back into the basket,and squeezed past the guardhouse. She half ran along the sidewalk, Scotty's goodnight following her.

【12】She forced herself to remain calm, and slowed down. She walked toward the green car parked at the curb, its motor running. She was shaking so much that she could not turn the handle of the door.Charles reached over to open it for her and she slid into the seat beside him.

【13】He looked at her, “Did you get them?”His voice was tense. He showed the pressure he must have been feeling while sitting there waiting for her to come through the gate.

【14】“Yes," she nodded with a dead feeling.

“Good girl, I knew you could do it.” The car moved off into the traffic.

“Did you have any trouble getting the stuff ?” Charles was pleasant again and gave her a cigarette. “Just try to relax,” he said, “everything is all right. I will drop you off at the apartment as planned, and then deliver the microfilms.” He turned on the radio,“Maybe some music will calm you.”

【15】At last, the car turned into a quiet street.Charles reached into the knitting basket and took the three shiny disks. He put them inside his coat pocket, and then handed her the basket. He kissed her. “See you later.”

【16】She entered her apartment like a person in a fog. She crossed to the wide window and looked out. Her husband's green car was pulling away from the stoplight at the end of the street. She looked up and down the street, and then saw what she was looking for. A black car moved out from the driveway beyond the apartment house and followed her husband. Behind the black car was another one. Inside the car was her boss.“Well,” she said to the empty room, “that's that.” But she continued standing, looking out into the street, long after the three cars had disappeared from sight.

【17】She still felt numb, dead. She wondered when she would begin to feel something the pain and guilt of a wife who had betrayed her husband. She thought back over everything that led up to that betrayal, to the night less than six weeks after their marriage. She lay with her head on his arm, and his hand gently stroked her hair.

【18】He confessed to her his connections and told her what he expected her to do. She remembered the horror she felt over this terrible request,the shock and disbelief. Her instinct had been to cry out, to rebel. But some inner voice had warned her to be careful.This was something bigger than just herself and her marriage, a marriage now broken into little pieces. And it had been something bigger than herself which made her tell her boss the facts. His calmness quieted her. She was able later to listen to a plan he developed together with the FBl for her to go along with her husband's plans.

【19】It was almost dark outside when she turned from the window and reached for a table lamp. She crossed the room she had shared with Charles Heath. She took off her coat and opened a door to the clothes closet. She reached for a clothes hanger. Suddenly she stopped. One side of the closet was empty. All his clothes were gone. She looked around the room.

【20】All his things were gone, as if there never had been such a person as Charles Heath. She was sharply hit by the full meaning of the situation. Charles had never meant to return, She had just been his tool, married her for his purpose.She wondered how many other tools there had been before her. She started to laugh. Then her laughter turned into sobs, great heaving sobs, and she threw herself across the bed. As she gave in to her misery, there was a fleeting thought:“I'll cry tonight. Tomorrow, I'll call my lawyer.”

第四课

双十字

【1】珍妮特从打字机上抽出那一页，紧张地看了看手表。时间差不多了。里面的办公室传来了老板准备离开的声音，还有门开关门的声音。她做了他8年的秘书，对这些声音耳熟能详。然后，她的老板亲自站在门口，把一只长长的手臂塞进大衣里。她看到他穿灰色西装很好看。在他花白的头发的映衬下，似乎正合适。

【2】“晚安，梅森先生。”她微微一笑说。

“晚安，珍妮特。像往常一样，星期一上午见。”

他反应很快，很友好。也许，她只是想象着他走出去时关心的眼神。

【3】珍妮特盖上了她的打字机。她从钱包里拿出一支口红和一面镜子。当她开始涂红嘴唇，用梳子梳理头发时，她的手又冷又发抖。今晚没有时间在女洗手间停下来做这件事了。她感到一种恐惧在她内心慢慢升起。她怎么能做到呢?但她知道她必须这样做。撤退已经太晚了。她把手伸进抽屉，拿出一个编织篮子和一团插着针的毛线。

【4】在篮子的底部，放着三张缩微胶卷，每一张都装在一个金属盒里。她盯着他们，感到很内疚。哨声响起时，她感到一阵神经紧张。她把毛线塞回篮子里，抓起钱包，最后环视了一下办公室。然后她走进大厅，大厅里挤满了匆忙回家的秘书和职员。门开了，更多的工人走到大厅里。当珍妮特跟着人群移动时，高跟鞋的咔哒声使她的心跳得更厉害了。就像每个星期五一样。空气中充满了喧闹的兴奋。每个人都匆忙离开自己的办公桌。周末就在眼前。

【5】珍妮特一手拿着钱包，手腕上挂着网筐。她挤到外面，沐浴在下午的阳光下。“放轻松，现在，”她对自己说。她停下来，让人群从她身边流过。当她沿着通往警卫门的长长的斜坡往下看时，她的心往下一沉。除了固定的警卫斯科蒂，还有一个她以前从未见过的警卫。他正在帮斯科蒂检查穿过大门的人。他看了看他们的通行证和徽章。他似乎比斯科蒂更仔细地查看他们的手提包和午餐桶。

【6】珍妮特退到大楼门口。按照惯例，她是不会走得这么早的，而且她忘记了这个时候门口还有一个额外的警卫。她注意到自己紧紧地攥着钱包。“冷静点，”她对自己说，“自然点。一切都取决于能否通过那扇门。”通过她的安全检查，拿到缩微胶卷已经很容易了，但要让它们通过警卫却是一个考验。

【7】她记得她和她的丈夫查尔斯是如何一步一步地检查她该做什么。他们准备了一个月。查尔斯给她的计划听起来很容易。甚至在他告诉她他想让她做什么之前，他就已经把一切都想好了。大家都知道珍妮特还是个年轻的新娘。因此，用编织篮把胶卷偷偷带出工厂似乎是很自然的事。他们选择了她的老朋友斯科蒂，一名高级警卫，在门口值班的那个晚上。

【8】她花了整整一个月的时间在他身上。她经常很晚才离开工厂，在门口停下来和他聊天。她谈到了他在海军服役的儿子，还谈到了她正在编织的小东西。有几次，她对他的考验是，她喋喋不休，对编织的事只字不提，然后不经检查就把编织的东西送了过去。

【9】门口的人越来越少了，那个额外的警卫向斯科蒂挥了挥手，他朝相反的方向走去。珍妮特闭上眼睛，深吸了一口气。她尽可能自然地走下斜坡。她希望脸上的笑容不要显得那么僵硬。

【10】她在向朋友打招呼之前吞了两口口水。“你好，斯科蒂!”你好吗?”

当他咧嘴一笑时，她感到一阵内疚。

“晚上好，希斯太太。你今晚来得真早。”

“是的，我丈夫要来接我，斯科蒂。”她拿出自己的通行证，上面有她的照片，然后把外套往后拉，让他看看别在裙子上的徽章。

斯科蒂点点头，“编织得怎么样了?”

【11】“就是这样!她脱下一个婴儿的羊毛靴子，递给他看。“我完成了这一个，但另一个还没完成多少。”喇叭响了。“哦，那是我丈夫。我得走了。晚安，斯科蒂。”她不知道他听来她的声音是否和她自己听来的声音一样颤抖。她把靴子扔回篮子里，挤过警卫室。她沿着人行道半跑半跑，斯科蒂的晚安跟在她后面。

【12】她强迫自己保持冷静，放慢了脚步。她朝停在路边的那辆绿色汽车走去，汽车的发动机还在运转。她抖得厉害，连门把手都转不动了。查尔斯伸手为她打开车门，她滑到他旁边的座位上。

【13】他看着她，“你拿到了吗?”他的声音很紧张。当他坐在那里等她通过大门时，他一定感到了压力。

【14】“是的，”她没精打采地点了点头。

“好孩子，我就知道你能行。”汽车驶进了车流中。

“你拿东西有什么困难吗?”查尔斯又高兴起来，递给她一支烟。“试着放松，”他说，“一切都很好。我会按计划把你送到公寓，然后把缩微胶卷送过去。他打开收音机，“也许有些音乐能让你平静下来。”

【15】最后，汽车驶入了一条安静的街道。查尔斯把手伸进编织筐，拿了三个闪闪发光的圆盘。他把它们放进大衣口袋里，然后把篮子递给她。他吻了她。“再见。”

【16】她走进自己的公寓，像一个在雾中的人。她走到宽大的窗前向外望去。她丈夫的绿色汽车正驶离街道尽头的红绿灯。她在街上上下打量了一番，终于找到了她要找的东西。一辆黑色轿车从公寓外的车道上开出来，跟着她的丈夫。黑车后面还有一辆。车里是她的老板。“好了，”她对空荡荡的房间说，“就这样了。”但她继续站着，望着外面的街道，那三辆车早已从视线中消失了。

【17】她仍然感到麻木、死亡。她不知道什么时候她才会开始感觉到一种背叛丈夫的妻子的痛苦和内疚。她回想起导致那次背叛的一切，回想起婚后不到六个星期的那个晚上。她把头靠在他的胳膊上躺着，他的手轻轻地抚摸着她的头发。

【18】他向她坦白了自己的关系，并告诉她他希望她做什么。她还记得听到这个可怕的请求时的恐惧、震惊和难以置信。她的本能是大声喊叫，反抗。但内心有个声音警告她要小心。这件事比她自己和她的婚姻更重要，她的婚姻现在已经支离破碎。这是一件比她自己更重要的事情，促使她把事实告诉了老板。他的冷静使她平静下来。她后来能够听到他和联邦调查局一起制定的计划，让她配合她丈夫的计划。

【19】当她从窗口转过身去拿台灯时，外面几乎黑了。她穿过与查尔斯·希斯合住的房间。她脱下外套，打开衣橱的门。她伸手去拿衣架。她突然停了下来。壁橱的一边是空的。他所有的衣服都不见了。她环顾了一下房间。

【20】他所有的东西都不见了，好像查尔斯·希斯这个人从来没有存在过。她猛然意识到形势的全部意义。查尔斯从未想过要回来，她只是他的工具，为了他的目的娶了她。她想知道在她之前还有多少其他的工具。她笑了起来。接着，她的笑声变成了呜咽，一阵又一阵的呜咽，她扑到床上。当她屈服于痛苦时，一个念头闪过:“今晚我要哭。明天我就打电话给我的律师。”