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1、BADMonkeysMATTRUFFForPhilCainsaidtohisbrotherAbel,“Letusgoouttothefield...”—Genesis4:8Conscience:theinnervoicethatwarnsussomeonemaybelooking.—H.L.MenckenContentsEpigraphiiiwhiteroom(i)1NancyDrew,ReconsideredasaBadSeed6whiteroom(ii)45WeAllMaketheWorld50
2、whiteroom(iii)74LookBothWays77whiteroom(iv)105Malfeasance108whiteroom(v)136ScaryClowns,Shibboleths,andtheDesertofOzymandias139whiteroom(vi)163BadMonkeys,Inc.167whiteroom(vii)184TheGoodJaneandtheBadJane188whiteroom(viii)218AcknowledgmentsAbouttheAuthorO
3、therBooksbyMattRuffCreditsCoverCopyrightAboutthePublisherwhiteroom(i)IT’SAROOMANUNINSPIREDPLAY-wrightmightconjurewhilestaringatablankpage:Whitewalls.Whiteceiling.Whitefloor.Notfeatureless,butcloseenoughtoraisesuspicionthatitsfewcontentsareallcrucialtot
4、heupcomingdrama.Awomansitsinoneoftwochairsdrawnuptoarect-angularwhitetable.Herhandsarecuffedinfrontofher;sheisdressedinanorangeprisonjumpsuitwhosebrighthueseemsdullinthewhiteness.Aphotographofasmilingpoliticianhangsonthewallabovethetable.Occasionallyth
5、ewomanglancesupatthephoto,oratthedoorthatistheroom’sonlyexit,butmostlyshestaresatherhands,andwaits.Thedooropens.Amaninawhitecoatstepsin,bringingmoreprops:afilefolderandahandheldtaperecorder.“Hello,”hesays.“JaneCharlotte?”“Present,”shesays.“I’mDr.Vale.”
6、Heshutsthedoorandcomesovertothetable.“I’mheretointerviewyou,ifthat’sallright.”Whensheshrugs,heasks:“Doyouknowwhereyouare?”“Unlesstheymovedtheroom...”Then:“LasVegas,ClarkCountyDetentionCenter.Thenutwing.”2MattRuff“Anddoyouknowwhyyou’rehere?”“I’minjailbe
7、causeIkilledsomeoneIwasn’tsup-posedto,”shesays,matter-of-factly.“AsforwhyI’minthisroom,withyou,IguessthathassomethingtodowithwhatItoldthedetectiveswhoarrestedme.”“Yes.”Hegesturesattheemptychair.“MayIsitdown?”Anothershrug.Hesits.Holdingthetaperecorderto
8、hislips,herecites:“June5th,2002,approximatelynineforty-fivea.m.ThisisDr.RichardVale,speakingwithsubjectJaneCharlotte,of...What’syourcurrenthomeaddress?”“I’mkindofbetweenhomesrightnow.”“...ofnofixedaddress.”Hesetsthetaperecorder,stillrun
