よみうち英語Read the classics by typingNotes Scene 41: By the Fire
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Ryder nearly collapses as Holmes announces that the game is over and connects him to the stolen jewel. 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
- 平然としていられるほどの度胸はない
- This means “he does not have enough nerve to remain composed.” 平然としていられる describes being able to stay outwardly calm, while ほど sets the degree of courage that he lacks.
- 事件をすっかり仕上げるために
- In 事件をすっかり仕上げるために, verb + ために marks purpose: Holmes wants the remaining detail clarified in order to complete the case.
- 重罪に手を染めて平然としていられるほどの度胸はないのだ
- In 重罪に手を染めて平然としていられるほどの度胸はないのだ, ほど sets the degree or extent expressed by the surrounding description.
- そのわずかなところもはっきりさせておいたほうがいいだろう
- In そのわずかなところもはっきりさせておいた, ところ means the small remaining detail or aspect of the case.
Background
- brandy
- Brandy was commonly given as a stimulant to someone faint or shocked. Watson, as a doctor, administers it to Ryder.
Full text: original English and Japanese translation
"The game's up, Ryder," said Holmes quietly. "Hold up, man, or you'll be into the fire! Give him an arm back into his chair, Watson. He's not got blood enough to go in for felony with impunity. Give him a dash of brandy. So! Now he looks a little more human. What a shrimp it is, to be sure!"
「もう観念したまえ、ライダー」とホームズは静かに言った。「しっかりしたまえ、きみ、火の中に倒れ込むぞ！ワトソン、腕を貸して椅子に戻してやってくれ。この男には、重罪に手を染めて平然としていられるほどの度胸はないのだ。ブランデーを少し飲ませてやりたまえ。よし！これで少しは人間らしい顔になった。それにしても、まったくちっぽけな男だ！」
For a moment he had staggered and nearly fallen, but the brandy brought a tinge of colour into his cheeks, and he sat staring with frightened eyes at his accuser.
一瞬、彼はよろめいて倒れかけたが、ブランデーで頬にいくらか赤みが戻り、自分を責める相手を、おびえた目で見つめて座っていた。
"I have almost every link in my hands, and all the proofs which I could possibly need, so there is little which you need tell me. Still, that little may as well be cleared up to make the case complete. You had heard, Ryder, of this blue stone of the Countess of Morcar's?"
「鎖の輪はほとんどすべてこの手にあるし、必要な証拠もすっかりそろっているから、きみから聞くことはほとんどない。それでも、事件をすっかり仕上げるために、そのわずかなところもはっきりさせておいたほうがいいだろう。ライダー、きみはモーカー伯爵夫人のこの青い石のことを、耳にしていたのだね？」
"It was Catherine Cusack who told me of it," said he in a crackling voice.
「教えてくれたのは、キャサリン・キューザックです」と、彼はかすれた声で言った。