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片段对白
nicholas 1: there he is. fred.
frederick aiken: hey.
nicholas baker: hamilton here has offered to be your second chair.
frederick aiken: oh. re...
hamilton: not a chance in hell.
nicholas baker: no? you sure?
hamilton: oh, yeah. i'll carry his 2, but i'm not...
frederick aiken: sarah.
sarah: fred.
frederick aiken: why are you here?
sarah: i'm trying to understand why you're here. i suppose i should wish you luck.
general hunter: come to order.
mary surratt: how is anna, mr. aiken?
frederick aiken: she's fine... looking forward to when you come home.
mary surratt: that's very nice of you to say, mr. aiken.
general hunter: judge advocate holt, will you please proceed?
joseph holt: in the matter of mary surratt, the 3 calls as its first witness mr. louis weichmann.
frederick aiken: i thought he was like family. why are they calling him?
joseph holt: place your right hand on this bible.
mary surratt: i don't know.
joseph holt: do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you, god?
louis weichmann: i do.
joseph holt: please. are you acquainted with the 4, mary surratt?
louis weichmann: yes. yes, i am. i attended divinity college with her son john.
joseph holt: and until recently, you resided at the boarding house owned by mary surratt. is that correct?
louis weichmann: that is correct, sir.
joseph holt: were any of these men ever present in her home?
louis weichmann: yes, sir. these three over there on several occasions.
joseph holt: let the record reflect that the witness has identified the prisoners herold, payne and atzerodt. and who invited these men?
louis weichmann: john surratt.
frederick aiken: objection.
joseph holt: objection?
frederick aiken: uh, uh...there's no way to prove that john surratt even knew these men, let alone invited them.
joseph holt: mr. surratt's absence from this 5 is mr. surratt's problem.
general hunter: objection overruled. continue, mr. holt.
joseph holt: was john wilkes booth also a frequent guest of john surratt?
louis weichmann: indeed, but all the surratts adored him...john, his sister anna and their mother, too.
joseph holt: and were there ever meetings held at the boarding house involving mr. booth?
louis weichmann: many, sometimes 6 two, three hours and always in secret, behind closed doors.
joseph holt: and did you ever see mary surratt object to these, uh, meetings?
louis weichmann: no, sir.
joseph holt: or to the presence of those men?
louis weichmann: no, she did not.
joseph holt: thank you.
louis weichmann: she appeared to welcome them.
joseph holt: thank you. that'll be all, mr. weichmann.
frederick aiken: how long did you say these secret meetings lasted?
louis weichmann: at least two, three hours.
frederick aiken: you were 7 them? eh, if you were timing them, i suppose these secret meetings were not, in fact, kept secret from you.
louis weichmann: i knew about them, sir, but i had no knowledge of what they were about.
frederick aiken: and that is because you never attended any yourself, correct?
louis weichmann: exactly.
frederick aiken: why was that?
louis weichmann: i thought them suspicious.
frederick aiken: suspicious? well, then, you see, you did know what they were about.
louis weichmann: no, sir, i did not.
frederick aiken: then why were your suspicions aroused?
louis weichmann: by the snatches of rebel conversation i overheard in the hallways and by their frequent whisperings.
frederick aiken: well, in that case, if it was of such great concern to you, why did you not report your suspicions to your superiors at the war department?
louis weichmann: i did.
frederick aiken: excuse me?
louis weichmann: i did reveal my suspicions. i made a confidant of captain gleason in the war department.
general hunter: mr. aiken, if there's nothing else... 8, will that be all?
frederick aiken: uh, yes. uh, no. no. no, i do have something else. tell me, mr. weichmann. tell us all. you ever been in richmond?
joseph holt: objection.
frederick aiken: i merely wish to know if the witness has ever visited the capital of the confederacy.
louis weichmann: i don't recall.
frederick aiken: then perhaps this train receipt will refresh your memory. it indicates passage to richmond, and it has your initials on it.
louis weichmann: yes. that's right. i considered continuing my divinity studies there after the war. i plan on becoming a priest.
frederick aiken: that's very nice. do you recall, mr. weichmann, at which institute in richmond you were thinking of 9?
louis weichmann: the name?
frederick aiken: yes, mr. weichmann, the name.
louis weichmann: well, uh...
frederick aiken: there is no academy of the kind...
joseph holt: objection.
frederick aiken: ...in richmond, is there, mr. weichmann? in fact, perhaps you visited richmond...
joseph holt: objection, general.
frederick aiken: ...for another purpose 10.
general hunter: objection sustained.
frederick aiken: you worked for the general in charge of rebel prisoners, did you not?
louis weichmann: yes. so?
frederick aiken: perhaps a 11 clerk like yourself knew certain information.
louis weichmann: what sort of information?
frederick aiken: information that might have been of divine interest to certain rebels within the capital of the confederacy.
joseph holt: objection, general. the witness is not on trial here.
lewis payne: well, he ought to be!
general hunter: objection sustained. the witness is not on trial.
frederick aiken: sir, i am merely trying to establish the witness' credibility or rather the lack of credibility of this man.
general hunter: mr. aiken, you are incriminating the witness.
frederick aiken: incriminating? sir, louis weichmann shared a room with john surratt. i have a ticket that puts him in richmond. i think it reasonable to assume that he knows more about this plot to 12 our president than he supposedly reported.
joseph holt: what mr. aiken thinks is entirely immaterial.
general hunter: counselor, unless you have something more relevant to ask, the witness will step down.
frederick aiken: no. no, i have nothing more...relevant to ask.
妙语佳句 活学活用
1. let alone: 更不用说，更别提。
2. objection overruled: 抗议无效/反对无效。
3. time: 记录……的时间。
4. snatch: 片段。请看例句：we heard snatches of their conversation as they raised their voices from time to time.（当他们不时地提高嗓门说话时，我们听到了他们谈话的片段。）
5. of great concern: 非常重要。看一下例句：it's a matter of great concern.（这件事至关重要。）
6. objection sustained: 抗议有效/反对有效。
7. incriminate: 暗示（或显示）……有罪。
8. immaterial: 无关紧要的。
9. step down: 退下。
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