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Four Pounds a Week
A pawnbroker’s busiest time is the evening before payday, so morning work suits Wilson well and his trusted assistant can manage the shop. Once he becomes interested, Wilson asks about the pay and learns that it is four pounds a week. Ross calls the work purely nominal, prompting Wilson to ask what that curious description means.
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A pawnbroker’s busiest time is the evening before payday, so morning work suits Wilson well and his trusted assistant can manage the shop. Once he becomes interested, Wilson asks about the pay and learns that it is four pounds a week. Ross calls the work purely nominal, prompting Wilson to ask what that curious description means.
"Now a pawnbroker's business is mostly done of an evening, Mr. Holmes, especially Thursday and Friday evening, which is just before pay-day; so it would suit me very well to earn a little in the mornings.「ところで、質屋の商売というのはたいてい夕方のものでしてね、ホームズさん、とりわけ給料日の直前にあたる木曜と金曜の晩が忙しいものですから、午前中に少し稼げるのは私にはまことに好都合だったんです。
Besides, I knew that my assistant was a good man, and that he would see to anything that turned up.それに、助手はよくできた男ですから、何が起きてもうまく片づけてくれるとわかっていましたしね。
"'That would suit me very well,' said I.「『それなら私にはとても好都合です』と私は言いました。
'And the pay?'『で、お給金のほうは？』
"'Is £ 4 a week.'「『週に四ポンドです』
"'And the work?'「『仕事のほうは？』
"'Is purely nominal.'「『ほんの名ばかりのものです』
"'What do you call purely nominal?'「『名ばかりとは、どういうことです？』