よみうち英語Read the classics by typingNotes Scene 43: The Crown Inn
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Notes on this scene
Holmes gives Helen a series of specific instructions. He first asks whether the village inn visible across the grounds can be seen from her bedroom window. He then explains how she must act that evening. The arrangement will allow Holmes and Watson to spend the night inside her room. The scene begins from this carefully established point.
Japanese in this scene
- それから、義父が寝室に引き上げる音を聞いたら
- それから introduces the next step in Holmes's instructions: after the earlier preparations, Helen must wait until Roylott retires.
- 閉じこもりなさい
- 閉じこもりなさい is a firm instruction to shut herself inside her room. Holmes tells Helen to use a headache as her excuse.
- そこで
- そこで refers to the room under repair. Holmes says Helen can spend one night there after secretly leaving her usual bedroom.
- 義父が寝室に引き上げる音
- Here 引き上げる means ‘to retire’ or ‘withdraw’ to one's room, not physically pull something upward.
Background
- village inn
- A country inn provided rooms and meals for travellers and also served as a local meeting place. Holmes and Watson use one as their observation post.
Full text: original English and Japanese translation
"Yes, that is the Crown."
「ええ、あれがクラウン亭です」
"Very good. Your windows would be visible from there?"
「結構。あなたの部屋の窓は、あそこから見えますか？」
"Certainly."
「ええ、見えます」
"You must confine yourself to your room, on pretence of a headache, when your stepfather comes back. Then when you hear him retire for the night, you must open the shutters of your window, undo the hasp, put your lamp there as a signal to us, and then withdraw quietly with everything which you are likely to want into the room which you used to occupy. I have no doubt that, in spite of the repairs, you could manage there for one night."
「義父が戻ったら、頭痛を口実にして、自分の部屋に閉じこもりなさい。それから、義父が寝室に引き上げる音を聞いたら、窓の鎧戸を開け、掛け金を外し、私たちへの合図にそこへランプを置いて、必要になりそうな物をすべて持ち、以前使っていた部屋へ静かに移りなさい。修理中でも、一晩ならそこで十分に過ごせると思いますよ」
"Oh, yes, easily."
「ええ、ええ、簡単です」
"The rest you will leave in our hands."
「あとは私たちにお任せなさい」
"But what will you do?"
「でも、どうなさるのですか？」
"We shall spend the night in your room, and we shall investigate the cause of this noise which has disturbed you."
「あなたの部屋で夜を明かし、あなたを悩ませてきたその物音の原因を調べるのです」