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罗伯特·莫理森现在是一位 富翁,可是他年轻时却干过不少 荒唐甚至违法的事。只有一个人 知道他的底细,那就是他学生时 代的伙伴乔治·马宁,他有几封十 分要紧的信至今攘在马宁手里。 这位马宁熬过了几年铁窗生涯, 出狱之后决计敲莫理森一笔竹杠。 他料定莫理森会出一大笔钱来换 取自己对往事的缄默。然而他却 不知道,现在的莫理森早已今非 昔比了。在给了马宁一些钱之后, 莫理森决定事情应该打住,到此 为止了。
Robert Morrison is now a rich man, but when he was young he did a lot of absurd or even illegal things. Only one person knows about him, that is, George Malen, his colleague of the student age, and he has a few very important letters in his hands so far. The Manning survived a few years prison career, decided to knock Morrison a penny after being released from prison. He expected Morrison to make a fortune in exchange for his silence on the past. However, he did not know that Morrison had gone awry. After giving Manning some money, Morrison decided that things should stop, and stop there.