よみうち英語Read the classics by typingNotes Scene 21: An Evening Caller
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Watson returns after half past six and finds the tall Henry Baker waiting outside the door in the winter cold. 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
- 上着のボタンをあごまで留めた背の高い男が
- In 上着のボタンをあごまで留めた背の高い男が, まで marks the preceding item as the endpoint or outer limit reached in this statement.
- 私はある患者のところで手間取り
- In ある患者のところで手間取り, a person + のところ means that person's place. Watson was delayed at a patient's home.
- 扉の上の明かり取り窓から落ちる明るい半円の中で
- In 扉の上の明かり取り窓から落ちる明るい半円の中で, から marks the source, starting point, or reason supplied by the preceding phrase.
- ヘンリー・ベイカーさんですね
- In ヘンリー・ベイカーさんですね, です is the polite copula closing this statement.
Background
- fanlight
- A fanlight is the semicircular window above a front door, named for its fan-like shape. At night it casts light from the hall onto the steps outside.
Full text: original English and Japanese translation
I had been delayed at a case, and it was a little after half-past six when I found myself in Baker Street once more. As I approached the house I saw a tall man in a Scotch bonnet with a coat which was buttoned up to his chin waiting outside in the bright semicircle which was thrown from the fanlight. Just as I arrived the door was opened, and we were shown up together to Holmes' room.
私はある患者のところで手間取り、ふたたびベイカー街に着いたときには、六時半を少し回っていた。家に近づくと、スコットランド帽をかぶり、上着のボタンをあごまで留めた背の高い男が、扉の上の明かり取り窓から落ちる明るい半円の中で、外に立って待っているのが見えた。ちょうど私が着いたところで扉が開き、私たちはそろってホームズの部屋へ案内された。
"Mr. Henry Baker, I believe," said he, rising from his armchair and greeting his visitor with the easy air of geniality which he could so readily assume. "Pray take this chair by the fire, Mr. Baker. It is a cold night, and I observe that your circulation is more adapted for summer than for winter. Ah, Watson, you have just come at the right time. Is that your hat, Mr. Baker?"
「ヘンリー・ベイカーさんですね」とホームズは肘掛け椅子から立ち上がり、彼がいつでもたやすく身にまとえる、気さくで愛想のよい態度で客を迎えた。「どうぞ、暖炉のそばのこの椅子へ、ベイカーさん。寒い晩ですし、お見受けしたところ、あなたの血のめぐりは冬より夏に向いているようですからね。ああ、ワトソン、ちょうどいいところに来た。これはあなたの帽子ですか、ベイカーさん？」
"Yes, sir, that is undoubtedly my hat."
「ええ、間違いなく私の帽子ですな」