よみうち英語Read the classics by typingNotes Scene 58: Before Breakfast
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Bradstreet agrees to keep the matter out of court only if Hugh Boone never appears again. St. Clair gives his solemn promise to abandon the disguise. The inspector thanks Holmes for uncovering the truth and asks how he reached it. Holmes credits a night spent sitting on five pillows and smoking an ounce of tobacco, then suggests returning to Baker Street for breakfast.
Japanese in this scene
- ここでやめてもらわなければ
- 〜てもらう frames stopping as something required from St. Clair; the conditional leaves Bradstreet's consequence to follow.
- これ以上の措置は取らずに済むでしょう
- 〜ずに済む means managing without an action. The police can avoid further measures if the condition is honored.
- もうヒュー・ブーンは現れてはいけません
- 〜てはいけない expresses prohibition: the beggar identity Hugh Boone must never appear again.
- 最も厳かな誓いを立てました
- 誓いを立てる is the set expression for making an oath; 最も厳かな emphasizes its solemn force.
Full text: original English and Japanese translation
"It must stop here, however," said Bradstreet. "If the police are to hush this thing up, there must be no more of Hugh Boone."
「しかし、ここでやめてもらわなければ」とブラッドストリートは言った。「警察がこの件を表沙汰にしないのであれば、もうヒュー・ブーンは現れてはいけません」
"I have sworn it by the most solemn oaths which a man can take."
「人ができる限りの、最も厳かな誓いを立てました」
"In that case I think that it is probable that no further steps may be taken. But if you are found again, then all must come out. I am sure, Mr. Holmes, that we are very much indebted to you for having cleared the matter up. I wish I knew how you reach your results."
「それなら、これ以上の措置は取らずに済むでしょう。ですが、また見つかれば、すべて明るみに出ます。ホームズさん、真相を明らかにしていただき、私たちは実に大きな恩を受けました。どうやって結論へたどり着くのか、知りたいものです」
"I reached this one," said my friend, "by sitting upon five pillows and consuming an ounce of shag. I think, Watson, that if we drive to Baker Street we shall just be in time for breakfast."
「今回は」と友人は言った。「枕を五つ重ねて座り、刻みたばこを一オンス吸って、たどり着きました。ワトソン、ベイカー街へ馬車を走らせれば、ちょうど朝食に間に合うと思うよ」