よみうち英語Read the classics by typingNotes Scene 25: Dr. Grimesby Roylott
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Blocking the doorway, the huge visitor bluntly demands to know which man is Holmes. Holmes calmly identifies himself, and the stranger announces that he is Dr. Grimesby Roylott of Stoke Moran. Holmes offers him a chair, but Roylott refuses to sit while Watson watches the confrontation in silence. The scene begins from this carefully established point.
Japanese in this scene
- ほう、博士でしたか
- でしたか is the polite past copula used here on recognising the visitor's identity: ‘Oh, so you are the doctor.’
- どうぞ
- どうぞ makes the invitation courteous despite the tense encounter. Holmes calmly offers the angry Roylott a seat rather than matching his aggression.
- おかけ
- おかけください is a respectful request to sit down. The honorific お and ください make Holmes's invitation formally polite.
- そんな
- そんな refers dismissively to the action just suggested. Roylott rejects Holmes's invitation and insists he will do no such thing.
Background
- crocus
- Crocuses flower in early spring and are familiar signs of the season in Britain. Holmes's calm remark about them deliberately frustrates the angry visitor.
Full text: original English and Japanese translation
"Which of you is Holmes?" asked this apparition.
「貴様らのどちらがホームズだ」とその怪物じみた男は尋ねた。
"My name, sir; but you have the advantage of me," said my companion quietly.
「私の名ですよ、あなたのことは存じませんがね」と連れは静かに言った。
"I am Dr. Grimesby Roylott, of Stoke Moran."
「おれはグリムズビー・ロイロット博士、ストーク・モランの者だ」
"Indeed, Doctor," said Holmes blandly. "Pray take a seat."
「ほう、博士でしたか」とホームズは愛想よく言った。「どうぞおかけください」
"I will do nothing of the kind. My stepdaughter has been here. I have traced her. What has she been saying to you?"
「そんなことをするものか。おれの義理の娘がここへ来ただろう。あとをつけてきたのだ。あれは貴様に何を話した」
"It is a little cold for the time of the year," said Holmes.
「この時季にしては少し寒いですね」とホームズは言った。
"What has she been saying to you?" screamed the old man furiously.
「あれは貴様に何を話したのだ」と老人は猛り狂ってわめいた。
"But I have heard that the crocuses promise well," continued my companion imperturbably.
「ですが、クロッカスは今年よく咲きそうだと聞いていますよ」と連れは平然と続けた。