よみうち英語Read the classics by typingNotes Scene 28: Parting for the Night
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Holmes records Adler’s address at Briony Lodge on Serpentine Avenue in St. John’s Wood and confirms that the photograph is cabinet size. He bids the King good night and promises news. As the carriage departs, he asks Watson to come back at three the next afternoon to discuss the case.
Japanese in this scene
- お住まい
- 住まい means a dwelling or residence. お makes the question polite when Holmes asks for the woman’s address.
- 来てもらえるとありがたい
- てもらえるとありがたい is a considerate way to request help: “I would appreciate it if you could come.”
- しておきたい
- ておく means doing something in preparation. たい adds the speaker’s wish to have the conversation beforehand.
Background
- Cabinet photograph
- Mounted on card, cabinet photographs appeared in the mid-1860s and became widely popular in the 1870s. They were somewhat larger than calling-card-sized cartes de visite. Exchanging formal studio portraits was customary.
- Brougham
- A brougham was a small, roofed four-wheeled carriage popular with the upper classes for traveling around town. Here it serves as the royal carriage.
Full text: original English and Japanese translation
"And Mademoiselle's address?" he asked.
「それで、マドモアゼルのお住まいは？」と彼は尋ねた。
"Is Briony Lodge, Serpentine Avenue, St. John's Wood."
「セント・ジョンズ・ウッドのサーペンタイン通り、ブライオニー荘だ」
Holmes took a note of it. "One other question," said he. "Was the photograph a cabinet?"
ホームズはそれを書き留めた。「もう一つ質問があります」と彼は言った。「その写真はキャビネ判でしたか」
"It was."
「そうだ」
"Then, good-night, your Majesty, and I trust that we shall soon have some good news for you. And good-night, Watson," he added, as the wheels of the royal brougham rolled down the street. "If you will be good enough to call to-morrow afternoon at three o'clock I should like to chat this little matter over with you."
「では、おやすみなさいませ、陛下。近いうちに、何かよい知らせをお届けできるものと存じます。それから、おやすみ、ワトソン」と、王家の箱馬車の車輪が通りを遠ざかっていくなか、彼は付け加えた。「明日の午後三時に来てもらえるとありがたいね。このちょっとした件について、きみと話をしておきたいんだ」