Scene 24 · Notes

Notes　Scene 24: The Blue Sheet

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Under the lamp, Holmes and Watson examine the torn blue page. It is dated March 1869 and contains several brief diary entries. The notes record orange pips being sent to named people and describe what happened to those people afterward.

Japanese in this scene

ものだと分わかった
ものだと分かった means “it was understood to be a thing that….” Here もの is a noun and だと marks the quoted conclusion before 分かった.
ホームズ
ホームズ is used here as name. In this context it means “Holmes.”
ランプ
ランプ is used here as noun. In this context it means “lamp.”

Full text: original English and Japanese translation

Holmes moved the lamp, and we both bent over the sheet of paper, which showed by its ragged edge that it had indeed been torn from a book. It was headed, "March, 1869," and beneath were the following enigmatical notices:

ホームズがランプを動かすと、私たちは二人で紙片をのぞき込んだ。ぎざぎざの端から、確かに本から破り取られたものだと分かった。見出しは「一八六九年三月」で、その下に次のような謎めいた記載があった。

"4th. Hudson came. Same old platform.

「四日。ハドソン来訪。例の綱領。

"7th. Set the pips on McCauley, Paramore, and John Swain of St. Augustine.

「七日。マコーリー、パラモア、セント・オーガスティンのジョン・スウェインに種を送る。

"9th. McCauley cleared.

「九日。マコーリー去る。

"10th. John Swain cleared.

「十日。ジョン・スウェイン去る。

"12th. Visited Paramore. All well."

「十二日。パラモアを訪問。すべてよし」

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

  • 綱領（こうりょう） — general plan; main points; summary; platform (e.g. for a campaign)hard
  • 私たち（わたしたち） — we; us
  • 紙片（しへん） — scrap of paper
  • のぞき込む（のぞきこむ） — to peer into; to look closely inside
  • ぎざぎざ — jagged edge; serration
  • 端（はじ） — end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge
  • れる — passive auxiliary
  • 見出し（みだし） — heading; headline; title; caption

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After studying the paper, Holmes returns it to John. He says there is something that must be done immediately, before they spend time discussing the case further. John asks what action he should take. Their conversation moves from reconstructing past events to deciding on a specific measure that must be carried out that very night.

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