よみうち英語Read the classics by typingNotes Scene 3: Peterson the Commissionaire
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Holmes recalls other harmless puzzles and introduces Peterson, the commissionaire who brought him the old hat. The scene establishes this development clearly and closes before the next step begins, preserving the original passage's order and the limits of what the characters know at this point.
Japanese in this scene
- 今度のちょっとした一件も
- In 今度のちょっとした一件も, ちょっとした modifies the following noun as small but noteworthy rather than completely trivial.
- そのとおり
- そのとおり is the fixed reply ‘Exactly’ or ‘That is right.’ Holmes confirms Watson's identification of Henry Baker.
- きっと同じ罪のない部類に入るだろう
- In きっと同じ罪のない部類に入るだろう, 同じ states that the following noun shares the identity or quality already mentioned.
- ああ
- In ああ, ああ shows the speaker's immediate recognition or emotional reaction.
Background
- commissionaire
- A commissionaire was a uniformed attendant, often a former soldier, who guarded entrances, guided visitors, and carried messages or parcels for hotels, theatres, and companies.
Full text: original English and Japanese translation
"Precisely. You allude to my attempt to recover the Irene Adler papers, to the singular case of Miss Mary Sutherland, and to the adventure of the man with the twisted lip. Well, I have no doubt that this small matter will fall into the same innocent category. You know Peterson, the commissionaire?"
「そのとおり。アイリーン・アドラーの書類を取り戻そうとした件や、メアリー・サザーランド嬢の奇妙な事件、それに唇のねじれた男の冒険のことだね。まあ、今度のちょっとした一件も、きっと同じ罪のない部類に入るだろう。守衛のピーターソンを知っているね？」
"Yes."
「ああ」
"It is to him that this trophy belongs."
「この戦利品は彼のものなのだ」
"It is his hat."
「彼の帽子なのかい」