よみうち英語Read the classics by typingNotes Scene 44: The Whole Truth
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Holmes postpones any decision about punishment and orders Ryder to explain how the jewel entered a goose and reached the market. 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
- それについては
- In それについては, について marks the preceding noun as the topic being discussed.
- それしかないのだから
- In それしかないのだから, しか works with the negative predicate to limit the statement to the preceding item.
- 次の幕について本当のところを聞かせてもらおう
- In 本当のところを聞かせてもらおう, 本当のところ means ‘the truth of the matter.’ Holmes asks Ryder for the real account of the next part.
- この国を出ていきます
- In この国を出ていきます, この points to the specific nearby or currently discussed noun that follows.
Full text: original English and Japanese translation
"I will fly, Mr. Holmes. I will leave the country, sir. Then the charge against him will break down."
「逃げます、ホームズさん。この国を出ていきます、旦那。そうすれば、あの人への訴えも成り立たなくなるでしょう」
"Hum! We will talk about that. And now let us hear a true account of the next act. How came the stone into the goose, and how came the goose into the open market? Tell us the truth, for there lies your only hope of safety."
「ふむ！それについては、あとで話そう。では、次の幕について本当のところを聞かせてもらおう。石はどうやってガチョウの中に入り、そのガチョウはどうやって市場に出回ったのか？本当のことを話したまえ。きみが助かる望みは、それしかないのだから」