よみうち英語Read the classics by typingNotes Scene 48: The Passage to the Cells
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Bradstreet readily agrees to the early visit and tells Holmes he may leave the bag, but Holmes keeps it. The inspector guides both men through a barred door, down a winding stair, and into a whitewashed corridor lined with cells.
Japanese in this scene
- 鞄は置いていらして構いませんよ
- いらして is the honorific form of いて, and 構いません says Bradstreet does not mind if Holmes leaves the bag.
- 曲がりくねった階段を下り
- The past-form modifier 曲がりくねった describes the winding staircase down which Bradstreet leads them.
- いや、持っていこう
- いや rejects the suggestion, and the volitional 持っていこう states Holmes's decision to take the bag along.
- では、こちらへどうぞ
- では marks the transition after agreement, and こちらへどうぞ is a polite invitation to follow.
Full text: original English and Japanese translation
"Would you? That is easily done. Come this way. You can leave your bag."
「そうですか。それは簡単です。こちらへ。鞄は置いていらして構いませんよ」
"No, I think that I'll take it."
「いや、持っていこう」
"Very good. Come this way, if you please." He led us down a passage, opened a barred door, passed down a winding stair, and brought us to a whitewashed corridor with a line of doors on each side.
「分かりました。では、こちらへどうぞ」警部は私たちを廊下の奥へ案内し、格子戸を開け、曲がりくねった階段を下り、両側に扉が並ぶ白塗りの廊下へ連れていった。
"The third on the right is his," said the inspector. "Here it is!" He quietly shot back a panel in the upper part of the door and glanced through.
「右から三つ目が彼の部屋です」と警部は言った。「ここですよ」扉の上部にある小窓の板を静かに滑らせて開け、中をのぞいた。
"He is asleep," said he. "You can see him very well."
「眠っています」と言った。「よく見えますよ」