よみうち英語Read the classics by typingNotes Scene 19: An Inn at Ross
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After crossing the Stroud Valley and the Severn, Holmes and Watson reach Ross near four o'clock. Lestrade meets them and takes them to the Hereford Arms. He has arranged a carriage, expecting Holmes to insist on seeing the scene immediately. Holmes says it depends on the barometer, leaving Lestrade puzzled by his response.
Japanese in this scene
- 気が済まないだろう
- 気が済む means to feel satisfied or settled. Its negative suggests being unable to rest until something is done. Lestrade expects Holmes will not be content before visiting the scene.
- 頼んでおいた
- 〜ておく means to do something in advance for a later purpose. The past おいた shows that Lestrade has already arranged the carriage in preparation for their investigation.
- 気圧次第なのだ
- Noun + 次第 means ‘depending on.’ Holmes makes the weather-related measurement the deciding factor. なのだ presents this as an explanation, though it is not the explanation Lestrade expected.
Full text: original English and Japanese translation
It was nearly four o'clock when we at last, after passing through the beautiful Stroud Valley, and over the broad gleaming Severn, found ourselves at the pretty little country-town of Ross. A lean, ferret-like man, furtive and sly-looking, was waiting for us upon the platform. In spite of the light brown dustcoat and leather-leggings which he wore in deference to his rustic surroundings, I had no difficulty in recognising Lestrade, of Scotland Yard. With him we drove to the Hereford Arms where a room had already been engaged for us.
美しいストラウド谷を抜け、広くきらめくセヴァン川を渡って、ようやくロスという美しい小さな田舎町に着いたときには、四時近くになっていた。やせた、フェレットのような男が、こそこそした、ずるそうな様子でホームに待っていた。田舎の周囲に合わせて薄茶色のほこりよけコートと革の脚絆を着けていたが、スコットランド・ヤードのレストレードだと、私にはすぐに分かった。彼と一緒に馬車でヘリフォード・アームズへ向かうと、そこには、もう私たちの部屋が取ってあった。
"I have ordered a carriage," said Lestrade as we sat over a cup of tea. "I knew your energetic nature, and that you would not be happy until you had been on the scene of the crime."
「馬車を頼んでおいた」と、お茶を飲みながらレストレードは言った。「きみの精力的な性分は知っているし、犯罪の現場へ行くまでは気が済まないだろうと思ってね」
"It was very nice and complimentary of you," Holmes answered. "It is entirely a question of barometric pressure."
「それは実に親切で、ありがたい評価だね」とホームズは答えた。「まったく、気圧次第なのだよ」
Lestrade looked startled. "I do not quite follow," he said.
レストレードは面食らった様子だった。「どうも話が分からない」と彼は言った。