よみうち英語Read the classics by typingNotes Scene 35: An Idea for a Monograph
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Holmes shows that Hosmer’s four letters contain the same defects as Windibank’s note. When the visitor tries to leave, Holmes locks the door and announces that he has already caught the missing man. Windibank turns pale and looks helplessly around the room.
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- 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
"And now I will show you what is really a very interesting study, Mr. Windibank," Holmes continued. "I think of writing another little monograph some of these days on the typewriter and its relation to crime. It is a subject to which I have devoted some little attention. I have here four letters which purport to come from the missing man. They are all typewritten. In each case, not only are the 'e's' slurred and the 'r's' tailless, but you will observe, if you care to use my magnifying lens, that the fourteen other characteristics to which I have alluded are there as well."
「では、ウィンディバンクさん、本当に面白い観察をお見せしましょう」とホームズは続けた。「そのうち、タイプライターと犯罪との関係について、もう一本短い論文を書こうかと思っています。私が多少なりとも注意を注いできた題材です。ここには、姿を消した男性から来たとされる四通の手紙があります。すべてタイプで打たれています。どれもeはかすれ、rには末尾のはねがありません。それだけでなく、よろしければこの拡大鏡でご覧になると、先ほど触れたほかの十四の特徴も、同じようにあると分かるはずです」
Mr. Windibank sprang out of his chair and picked up his hat. "I cannot waste time over this sort of fantastic talk, Mr. Holmes," he said. "If you can catch the man, catch him, and let me know when you have done it."
ウィンディバンクさんは椅子から跳び上がり、帽子を取った。「こんな突飛な話に付き合って時間を無駄にするわけにはいきません、ホームズさん」と彼は言った。「その男を捕まえられるなら捕まえて、済んだら知らせてください」
"Certainly," said Holmes, stepping over and turning the key in the door. "I let you know, then, that I have caught him!"
「もちろんです」とホームズは言い、戸のところへ歩いて鍵を回した。「では、お知らせします。私はもう、その男を捕まえました」
"What! where?" shouted Mr. Windibank, turning white to his lips and glancing about him like a rat in a trap.
「何ですって、どこに」とウィンディバンクさんは叫んだ。唇まで白くなり、わなにかかったネズミのように周りを見回した。