Scene 13 · Notes

Notes　Scene 13: Rules at Home

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Mary says that her stepfather disapproved of visitors and believed women should find happiness at home. Hosmer thought it safer not to meet until Windibank left for France again. During the interval, he and Mary exchanged letters every day instead.

Japanese in this scene

は
は marks the topic of the sentence and can also contrast it with another topic. It is written ha but normally pronounced wa.
が
が marks the grammatical subject or introduces newly focused information. It can also connect clauses with a mild contrast.
を
を marks the direct object of a verb. With a movement verb, it can instead mark the route or place being crossed.
に
に can mark a destination, target, time, recipient, purpose, or resulting state. The predicate shows its role here.

Full text: original English and Japanese translation

"No?"

「来られないのですか」

"Well, you know father didn't like anything of the sort. He wouldn't have any visitors if he could help it, and he used to say that a woman should be happy in her own family circle. But then, as I used to say to mother, a woman wants her own circle to begin with, and I had not got mine yet."

「ええ、父はそういうことが何でも嫌いでしたから。できることなら誰も訪ねて来させたくない人で、女は家族の輪の中で幸せでいるべきだと、よく言っていました。でも私は母に、女だってまず自分の家庭の輪が欲しいし、私にはまだそれがないと言っていたんです」

"But how about Mr. Hosmer Angel? Did he make no attempt to see you?"

「では、エンジェルさんのほうはどうでしたか。あなたに会おうとはしなかったのですか」

"Well, father was going off to France again in a week, and Hosmer wrote and said that it would be safer and better not to see each other until he had gone. We could write in the meantime, and he used to write every day. I took the letters in in the morning, so there was no need for father to know."

「それが、一週間後には父がまたフランスへ行くことになっていたので、ホズマーから手紙が来て、父が行ってしまうまで会わないほうが安全で、都合もよいと言うんです。その間は手紙を書けますし、彼は毎日書いてくれました。朝には私が手紙を受け取ったので、父に知られる必要もありませんでした」

Japanese words in this scene (with English meanings; ☆ saves a word)

  • そういう — such; like that; that sort of; very
  • でも — As a conjunction, means but; With a noun or another expression, highlights an example: even, or something like that; With a question word, expresses unrestricted choice: any.
  • できる — to be able to; to form; to arise
  • 人（ひと） — person; people
  • 中（なか） — among; inside
  • 私（わたし） — I; me
  • だって — after all; because; but; even
  • 自分（じぶん） — oneself; self

Next scene: His Place of Work

Holmes asks whether Mary and Hosmer were already engaged at that time. She says they became engaged after their first walk together. Hosmer worked as a cashier in an office in Leadenhall Street. Holmes follows with a series of short questions about the office where he worked and the place where he lived.

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