よみうち英語Read the classics by typingNotes Scene 40: One Condition
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Holmes insists that Watson remain completely uninvolved in the disturbance he expects. Holmes himself will be carried inside the house, and the sitting-room window will open a few minutes later. Watson must position himself close to that window and continue to obey the instruction not to interfere with events.
Japanese in this scene
- 何が起ころうと
- Question word + volitional form + と means “whatever happens.” It removes all exceptions to the instruction.
- してはいけない
- Verb て-form + はいけない expresses prohibition: “must not.” Holmes forbids Watson from intervening.
- 運び込まれる
- 運び込む means carrying something or someone inside. The passive 運び込まれる makes Holmes the person carried in.
Full text: original English and Japanese translation
"And what then?"
「それから？」
"You must leave that to me. I have already arranged what is to occur. There is only one point on which I must insist. You must not interfere, come what may. You understand?"
「それは私に任せてくれ。何が起こるかは、もう手はずを整えてある。ひとつだけ、どうしても守ってもらいたいことがある。何が起ころうと、きみは手出しをしてはいけない。いいね？」
"I am to be neutral?"
「中立を守れというのかい？」
"To do nothing whatever. There will probably be some small unpleasantness. Do not join in it. It will end in my being conveyed into the house. Four or five minutes afterwards the sitting-room window will open. You are to station yourself close to that open window."
「何ひとつしないことだ。おそらく、ちょっとした騒ぎが起こるだろう。それに加わってはいけない。最後には、私が家の中へ運び込まれることになる。その四、五分後に、居間の窓が開く。きみはその開いた窓のすぐそばに陣取っていてくれ」