よみうち英語Read the classics by typingNotes Scene 18: A Goose in Its Place
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Notes on this scene
Peterson is sent to place the advertisement and buy a replacement goose while Holmes keeps the blue stone safe. 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
- この紳士に渡すものが要るのでね
- In この紳士に渡すものが要るのでね, ので presents the preceding clause as the reason for what follows.
- ありがとう
- In ありがとう, ありがとう is the speaker's direct expression of thanks in this exchange.
- それから、そうだ、ピーターソン
- In それから、そうだ、ピーターソン, それから moves the account on to the next action in sequence.
- それで、この石は
- In それで、この石は, それで introduces the result or next step arising from what was just said.
Background
- newspapers
- The Globe, Star, Pall Mall Gazette, St. James's Gazette, Evening News, Standard, and Echo were all London newspapers current when the story was written.
Full text: original English and Japanese translation
"In which, sir?"
「どの新聞にです、旦那？」
"Oh, in the Globe, Star, Pall Mall, St. James's Gazette, Evening News, Standard, Echo, and any others that occur to you."
「ああ、グローブ紙、スター紙、ポール・モール紙、セント・ジェイムズ・ガゼット紙、イヴニング・ニューズ紙、スタンダード紙、エコー紙、それにほかに思いつくものなら何でもいい」
"Very well, sir. And this stone?"
「かしこまりました、旦那。それで、この石は？」
"Ah, yes, I shall keep the stone. Thank you. And, I say, Peterson, just buy a goose on your way back and leave it here with me, for we must have one to give to this gentleman in place of the one which your family is now devouring."
「ああ、そうだ、石は私が預かっておく。ありがとう。それから、そうだ、ピーターソン、帰りにガチョウを一羽買ってきて、ここに置いていってくれたまえ。きみの家族がいま平らげている一羽の代わりに、この紳士に渡すものが要るのでね」