よみうち英語Read the classics by typingNotes Scene 33: The Morning Carriage
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As the party leaves at nine, Lestrade reports that Turner is gravely ill and unlikely to recover. His health had already declined, and the tragedy has affected him badly. Lestrade also reveals that Turner let McCarthy occupy Hatherley Farm without rent and helped him in many other ways. Holmes finds the information interesting.
Japanese in this scene
- とおり
- After a plain-form clause, とおり means ‘just as.’ The clear morning matches what Holmes predicted. It introduces agreement between an earlier statement and what actually happens.
- 悪いそうだ
- Plain form + そうだ reports information from someone else: ‘is said to be very ill.’ This differs from 悪そうだ, without い, which describes how someone appears to the speaker.
- 数え切れないほど
- Verb stem + 切る can mean to complete an action fully. Its potential negative, 切れない, means the acts of help are too numerous to count completely. ほど emphasizes their great number.
Full text: original English and Japanese translation
There was no rain, as Holmes had foretold, and the morning broke bright and cloudless. At nine o'clock Lestrade called for us with the carriage, and we set off for Hatherley Farm and the Boscombe Pool.
ホームズが予言したとおり、雨は降らず、晴れた雲一つない朝を迎えた。九時にレストレードが馬車で迎えに来て、私たちはハザリー農場とボスコム池へ出発した。
"There is serious news this morning," Lestrade observed. "It is said that Mr. Turner, of the Hall, is so ill that his life is despaired of."
「今朝は、深刻な知らせがある」とレストレードは言った。「館のターナーさんは、もう助からないと思われるほど具合が悪いそうだ」
"An elderly man, I presume?" said Holmes.
「年配の方だろうね」とホームズは言った。
"About sixty; but his constitution has been shattered by his life abroad, and he has been in failing health for some time. This business has had a very bad effect upon him. He was an old friend of McCarthy's, and, I may add, a great benefactor to him, for I have learned that he gave him Hatherley Farm rent free."
「六十歳くらいだが、外国での暮らしで体を損ない、しばらく前から健康が衰えていた。この事件が、ひどくこたえたのだ。彼はマッカーシーの古い友人で、付け加えれば、大恩人でもあった。ハザリー農場を、ただで貸してやっていたと分かったからね」
"Indeed! That is interesting," said Holmes.
「ほう。それは興味深い」とホームズは言った。
"Oh, yes! In a hundred other ways he has helped him. Everybody about here speaks of his kindness to him."
「ああ、そうだとも。ほかにも数え切れないほど、助けてやっている。この辺りでは誰もが、あの男への親切を口にしているよ」