よみうち英語Read the classics by typingNotes Scene 57: In the Brougham
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Holmes tells the King that Adler married an English lawyer named Norton the previous day. The King doubts she can love her husband. Holmes hopes that she does, reasoning that love for Norton would remove her attachment to the King and her motive for disrupting his proposed marriage alliance.
Japanese in this scene
- はずがない
- はずがない expresses the speaker’s firm belief that something is impossible. The King cannot accept that Adler loves Norton.
- 愛していてほしい
- Verb て-form + ほしい expresses a wish for another person to act or remain in a state. Holmes hopes she loves her husband.
- ことになります
- ことになる can present a logical consequence: “that means.” Holmes works through the consequences of Adler’s new attachment.
Background
- The lawyer Norton
- Earlier Norton was identified with the Inner Temple, one of the Inns of Court to which barristers belonged. Here the general word lawyer groups that professional role under a broader term.
- Holmes’s reasoning
- If Adler loves her husband, Holmes reasons, she no longer has a motive to trouble her former lover. His cool focus on the client’s interests, without regard for the King’s lingering feelings, is characteristic.
Full text: original English and Japanese translation
"Irene Adler is married," remarked Holmes.
「アイリーン・アドラーは結婚しましたよ」とホームズが言った。
"Married! When?"
「結婚しただと！いつだ」
"Yesterday."
「昨日です」
"But to whom?"
「だが、相手は誰なのだ」
"To an English lawyer named Norton."
「ノートンという名の、イギリス人の弁護士です」
"But she could not love him."
「しかし、あの女がその男を愛せるはずがない」
"I am in hopes that she does."
「私は、愛していてほしいと願っています」
"And why in hopes?"
「なぜそう願うのだ」
"Because it would spare your Majesty all fear of future annoyance. If the lady loves her husband, she does not love your Majesty. If she does not love your Majesty, there is no reason why she should interfere with your Majesty's plan."
「そうであれば、陛下はこの先わずらわされる心配が一切なくなるからです。あの方が夫を愛しているなら、陛下を愛してはいないことになります。陛下を愛していないなら、陛下のご計画を邪魔する理由もないわけです」