よみうち英語Read the classics by typingNotes Scene 40: Where the Goose Went
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Notes on this scene
Holmes produces the blue carbuncle and explains that Ryder's goose came to Baker Street and laid a blue egg after death. 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
- 客はよろめきながら立ち上がり
- In 客はよろめきながら立ち上がり, ながら links the action before it with the action or state that follows.
- 小さな青い卵を
- In 小さな青い卵を, 小さな modifies the following noun as small; it is used only before a noun.
- ああ、旦那」と彼
- In ああ、旦那」と彼, ああ shows the speaker's immediate recognition or emotional reaction.
- その鳥がどこへ行ったか
- In その鳥がどこへ行ったか, その points to the specific person or thing already established in the conversation.
Background
- mantelpiece
- A mantelpiece was the shelf over and around a fireplace, used for clocks, letters, and ornaments; Ryder grabs it for support.
Full text: original English and Japanese translation
Ryder quivered with emotion. "Oh, sir," he cried, "can you tell me where it went to?"
ライダーは気が高ぶって身を震わせた。「ああ、旦那」と彼は叫んだ。「その鳥がどこへ行ったか、ご存じなんですか？」
"It came here."
「ここへ来たのですよ」
"Here?"
「ここへ？」
"Yes, and a most remarkable bird it proved. I don't wonder that you should take an interest in it. It laid an egg after it was dead—the bonniest, brightest little blue egg that ever was seen. I have it here in my museum."
「ええ、それがじつに驚くべき鳥でしてね。あなたが気にかけるのも無理はない。なにしろ、死んでから卵を産んだのですからね——世にも美しい、きらきら輝く、小さな青い卵を。その卵は、ここの私のささやかな博物館にしまってありますよ」
Our visitor staggered to his feet and clutched the mantelpiece with his right hand. Holmes unlocked his strong-box and held up the blue carbuncle, which shone out like a star, with a cold, brilliant, many-pointed radiance. Ryder stood glaring with a drawn face, uncertain whether to claim or to disown it.
客はよろめきながら立ち上がり、右手で炉棚をつかんだ。ホームズが金庫の鍵を開けて青いガーネットを掲げると、それは星のように、冷たく、まばゆく、幾筋もの光を放って輝いた。ライダーはこわばった顔でそれをにらみつけたまま、自分の物だと言うべきか、知らないと言うべきか決めかねて、立ちつくしていた。