よみうち英語Read the classics by typingNotes Scene 26: Plans for the Evening
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Lestrade's permission covers only himself and Holmes. Holmes changes his earlier decision about going out and asks whether they can still reach Hereford by train in time to visit James that night. Reassured that they can, he decides to go and tells Watson that the absence should last only about two hours.
Japanese in this scene
- きみと私の分だけ
- 分 is read ぶん when it means a person's share or allocation. With だけ, the phrase limits the permission to the two named people. It is not the minute counter.
- 考え直そう
- Verb stem + 直す means to do something again or revise it. In the volitional, 直す becomes 直そう, so 考え直そう means ‘let me reconsider.’ Holmes revises his earlier decision about going out.
- ほんの二時間ほど
- ほんの minimizes the amount: ‘only’ or ‘a mere.’ ほど makes it approximate. Together they reassure Watson that the two men's absence will be relatively short.
Full text: original English and Japanese translation
"Yes, but only for you and me."
「あるが、きみと私の分だけだ」
"Then I shall reconsider my resolution about going out. We have still time to take a train to Hereford and see him to-night?"
「では、出かけることについての決心は考え直そう。まだ列車でヘリフォードへ行き、今夜彼に会う時間はあるかね」
"Ample."
「十分にある」
"Then let us do so. Watson, I fear that you will find it very slow, but I shall only be away a couple of hours."
「では、そうしよう。ワトソン、きみには退屈かもしれないが、ほんの二時間ほど留守にするだけだ」