smoke and we aint got
nothing to smoke: come on kid
let's go to sleep
if you can't smoke you got to
Sing and we aint got
nothing to sing; come on kid
let's go to sleep
if you can't sing you got to
die and we aint got
Nothing to die, come on kid
let's go to sleep
if you can't die you got to
dream and we aint got
nothing to dream(come on kid
Let's go to sleep)”
[4] 化用自莎士比亚《裘力斯·凯撒》，朱生豪译：“凯撒的冤魂借着从地狱的烈火中出来的阿提的协助，将要用一个君王的口气，向罗马的全境发出屠杀的号令，让战争的猛犬四出蹂躏，为了这一个万恶的罪行，大地上将要弥漫着呻吟求葬的臭皮囊。”
（And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.）
[2][3][5][6] 引自阿尔加侬·查尔斯·斯温伯恩（Algernon Charles Swinburne）的诗歌O lips that mine have grown into. 原诗已经放到过十八章的尾注里了，这里放一下带译文的……希望回顾全诗能帮助大家理解这段对话，因为这几句字面意义上的逻辑属实没有那么连贯……（当时以为自己在文中翻了前半首诗就算应付过去了……结果后半首诗又出现在这儿了orz还是没能逃掉渣翻全诗的宿命。
“O lips that mine have grown into
哦我正亲吻的那唇瓣
Like April's kissing May,
如同春色亲吻夏日
O fervent eyelids letting through
哦透过炽热的眼睑
Those eyes the greenest of things blue,
那双眼是灰色事物中最为湛蓝
The bluest of things grey,
湛蓝事物中最为青碧
If you were I and I were you,
如若你我灵魂交换
How could I love you, say?
请讲，我还怎么会爱你？
How could the roseleaf love the rue,
玫瑰花瓣如何能够爱上芸香
The day love nightfall and her dew,
白天如何爱上日暮和她的露珠
Though night may love the day?
尽管夜晚也许爱着白日？”
[7] 古代美索不达米亚的阶梯式金字塔形建筑。
[8] 林肯汽车下的一款奢侈车型。
[9] 这里原作太太又将加尔文·马丁的性别写成了“她”，与前文男性青年的设定相冲突；却与《沉默的羔羊》电影中马丁议员被绑架的孩子性别相同（凯瑟琳·马丁）。应该为笔误吧。
第二十八章 大象天使小孩
Notes:
作者注：哇哦。抱歉拖了这么久。最后的冲刺阶段了，我真的想要好好结尾而非草率收场。有这一点铭记于心，最后一章将会在一月末更新。我真的很抱歉；我会努力尽快写完编辑完它的。如若必要的话，我会把最后一章分为两部分，这样就能早点上传些什么了，尽管我真的不想那么做。
一些糟糕又悲伤的桥段警告（没有什么没写在tag里；没有什么会杀死威尔或汉尼拔）。来源于《灵指神探》（译注：也是腐勒编剧的，李佩斯主演）的情节设计警告。无礼威尔和无礼奇尔顿就檫木*出言不逊警告。（译注：原文"Warnings for sassy Will and sassy Chilton sassing over sassafras."是在玩压头韵的文字游戏啦）
一如往常，谢谢你们每个阅读和/或评论的人。你们让这一切都值得。
*檫木并非真的包含其中。
译者注：不管原作乐不乐意终章分部分发出，我反正要把最后两章分别割成至少两部分发出来……要不然攒自己手里真的不知道要何年何月才能翻译完了……万圣节快乐。
这是一种奇怪的感觉，在别人的皮肤里。更奇怪的是一次身处数人的皮中。弗莱德里克对这种感知并不陌生，但他的体验通常没有那么直接和字面意义。
他原本计划的是丝带。像剥橘子一样剥开它们，他曾想道，想象着一条缠绕着的深红色带子，但这比他预想的要难。那时，他曾计划着把自己像木乃伊一样裹起来，把一条又一条的闪耀皮肤的丝带缠绕在四肢和躯干上。这个想法不仅缺乏实践性，还毫无优雅。
尖叫声透过半阖的门传了进来。弗莱德里克皱起眉头，他的手伸向音量按钮，以提高弦乐的碰撞声，音乐膨胀着几乎响到足以淹没尖叫。不过他还是能听到从门厅对面房间的井里传出的哀鸣，仿佛某种陌生乐器所演奏出的走调声音。他不知道自己是否喜欢它带给他的感觉。它确然影响到了他。
他在这个地下世界里养的一只大黑蛾子扑闪着飞过，在他的肩膀上短暂停留了一下，随后在他面前的全身镜的右上角找到了一个舒适的栖息处。这个生物并没有吓到他；在这下面还有很多，是他以蛹购来的原始昆虫的后代。它们从来没有让他害怕过。他看过最初那只旋转它的蛹，看着它一段段缓缓消失，直到它像一具微缩的木乃伊一样挂在缸里的刺柏枝上。当他看着它孵出，像焦油一样漆黑的湿漉漉的翅膀缓缓展开时，他感觉自己和这个经历了如此显著蜕变的小动物之间有了一种强烈的联系。弗莱德里克在自己的生命中也经历过这样的转变，却很难称得上像这般优雅、自主。
他挺直背脊，更仔细地审视着自己的镜像。一件制作精良的服装应该紧贴身体，扬长避短。他算不上是个裁缝，但他的双手，在他需要的时候仍能奇迹般地保持稳定。他制作得很慢，一丝不苟，物尽其用。他细心劳动的成果，尽管还不完整，却已令他深感满意。
只需要再过不久就能完成这件外套。现在坑里那个会很适合缝在胸前。那是块好料子——大概是最好的，抑或是次好的——毫无瑕疵，迸发着正义的勇气。然而，弗莱德里克无法控制他的思绪转向一个完全不同的捐献者。
自从他开始获取捐献以来，他一直在期待威尔·格雷厄姆的再次出现。局里与那只残害他们羊羔的牧羊犬取得联系的时间比他预想的要久；最终，杰克还是需要发现米利亚姆尸体来推一把。弗莱德里克还记得尸体下沉的样子，它的手臂上举着，指尖和漂浮的头发是它最后的踪迹。他想知道杰克的团队发现它的时候它是什么样子的。到那时，就连他们也一定很难把它看成一个人吧。
他抚摸着肩头光滑的皮革，身体因一阵突然的激动而颤抖起来。在镜子里，他的眼睛回望着他，充满一种新鲜的力量，一种陌生的勇气。威尔·格雷厄姆回来了，正如弗莱德里克一直以来所深信的那样。那个夺走他皮肤的人——和多拉海德同样肯定地，将它从他的身体上烧掉。他也许还亲手点燃了火柴。而现在他就在这里，在这个最完美的时刻，回来为他从弗莱德里克身上拿走的东西付出代价。
尖叫声转为了细高的哀号，乱七八糟的词语，乞求着，绝望着。弗莱德里克皱了皱眉。他更喜欢它们不说话；这让他更容易假装它们甚至不知道如何说话。坑里的东西没有给他如此的安慰，它一直在胡言乱语，弗莱德里克不得不再次调整音响的音量。再过几分钟，他就会脱下他的半成品，回到楼上的厨房，而尖叫声会继续下去，却不被听到，被沉重的金属门所阻挡。
他用双手抚摸过自制的皮革。狩猎，收割，在家里鞣制，用他自己那双稳定的双手。在一个袖子的肘部有一个雀斑。
当他把人皮外套披回缝制假人上时——他用手指抚平衣服柔韧的皮肩，感觉着双手在自己缝补起来的皮肤上的触感——弗莱德里克被左臀部震动的轻柔嗡鸣声唤回了现实。他从口袋里掏出手机，以阅读照亮小屏幕的信息。是弗雷迪发来的。
午饭？
弗莱德里克哼了一声，笑容像油彩一样在他改换过的面容上蔓延。边走上楼梯，眼睛边盯着他打出的回复信息，弗莱德里克几乎没把那个穿透黑暗跟着他来到上方的声音认作人类。
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汉尼拔为他们的见面选了个很合适的地点。他等待着，下巴和鼻子被裹在纱布和绷带里，在马库斯酒店的酒吧里，位于巴尔的摩最受欢迎的整形外科诊所的正对面。对于那些希望有个远离窥视的恢复地、既不乏奢华又足够隐秘的富人患者来说，这里是个热门的目的地。他缠着绷带的脸和深色墨镜在这个酒吧里并不起眼。
面色冷峻，布满伤痕，凯特林很容易就能被误以为是某个术前入住的病人。睡前享受最后一杯酒来平复神经，注定明天会嘴唇胀得像坟墓里的虫子、皮肤因激光重塑而变得闪亮娇嫩地再次出现在这里，点上一杯定价过高的矿泉水或一杯包治百病的果汁，抑或者，汉尼拔瞥了一眼酒吧周围坐着的其他顾客、注意到，完全无视医生的命令，将马提尼和止痛药混在一起。凯特林环视了一下这家酒店，但却没有认出他来。他坚定地大步走向吧台，双手插在外套口袋里。汉尼拔能听到他跟着酒吧钢琴上弹奏的科尔·波特[2]的曲子哼唱起来。
他等到凯特林接过酒水，在房间的一个无人角落中的卡座里找了个位置坐下来，才上前和他搭话。“凯特林先生。”他致意道，微微偏了一下缠着绷带的头。“介意我和你一桌吗？”
“如果我不想你和我一桌，我就不会在这里了。”对方粗声粗气地说，摊开手掌示意包厢空着的一侧。汉尼拔坐下，纱布下的脸冷漠难以捉摸。联系保镖，给他一个确切的时间和地点，一直是个风险。汉尼拔不确定凯特林会出现，他仍旧不能打消这是某种陷阱、或者凯特林以后可能会背叛他的念头。但这是通往威尔所希望达到的最直接路径，而汉尼拔从来都是一个不惧风险的人。到目前为止，他的大胆似乎得到了回报。“假设你有我想要的吧。”
“但光是钱是不足以使你不忠的，”汉尼拔替他说完，“毕竟布鲁姆博士和维杰女士已经付给你这么多了。”
“我非常怀疑你能不能给足我的报酬。”凯特林同意道，他喝了一口啤酒，然后舔去上唇的泡沫。汉尼拔笑了。
“你可能会大吃一惊，”他反驳道，“但我要提供给你的，是你现在的雇主所不能提供的。”
他将信封推过桌子，凯特林不说二话地接了过去。当他抽出那叠照片时，他的神情暗了下来，阴云密布的脸色像暴风雨天。“你从哪儿弄来的这些？”
汉尼拔耸耸肩。今天早些时候他们在美术馆外的人群中经过彼此时，千代戴着黑手套的手把信封递给他的记忆在他脑海短暂闪过。她在哪里找到的，他没有问。
“中情局拿不到这些，”凯特林坚称，声音急促嘶哑。“政府里没有人能找到她。”
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