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この場面の解説
ワトソンには息子の有罪が明白に思えるが、ホームズの判断を信じて調査に加わる。道中ホームズは沈黙して考え続け、希望を感じたホールダーは少し元気を取り戻し、一行は質素なフェアバンク邸へ到着する。
表現・文法のポイント
- My friend insisted upon my accompanying them in their expedition, which I was eager enough to do, for my curiosity and sympathy were deeply stirred by the story to which we had listened.
- insisted upon my accompanying them は、ホームズがワトソンの同行を強く求めたという形である。which I was eager enough to do は、ワトソンにも同行する意欲があったと続ける。
- A short railway journey and a shorter walk brought us to Fairbank, the modest residence of the great financier.
- A short railway journey ... brought us は、旅程を主語として到着を表す。modest residence と great financier の組合せが、所有者の地位に比べて控えめな住まいを示す。
全文の対訳
My friend insisted upon my accompanying them in their expedition, which I was eager enough to do, for my curiosity and sympathy were deeply stirred by the story to which we had listened. I confess that the guilt of the banker's son appeared to me to be as obvious as it did to his unhappy father, but still I had such faith in Holmes' judgment that I felt that there must be some grounds for hope as long as he was dissatisfied with the accepted explanation. He hardly spoke a word the whole way out to the southern suburb, but sat with his chin upon his breast and his hat drawn over his eyes, sunk in the deepest thought. Our client appeared to have taken fresh heart at the little glimpse of hope which had been presented to him, and he even broke into a desultory chat with me over his business affairs. A short railway journey and a shorter walk brought us to Fairbank, the modest residence of the great financier.
友は私にも一行に加わるよう強く求めた。私も、聞いた話に好奇心と同情を深く揺さぶられていたので、喜んで同行した。銀行家の息子の罪は、不幸な父親が考えるのと同じくらい明白だと私にも思えたことは認めよう。それでも私はホームズの判断を深く信頼していたため、彼が一般に受け入れられた説明に納得しない限り、何か希望の根拠があるに違いないと感じていた。彼は南の郊外へ向かう間、ほとんど一言も話さず、顎を胸に落とし、帽子を目深にかぶり、深い思索に沈んで座っていた。依頼人は、わずかに示された希望で新たな気力を得たらしく、事業について私と取り留めのない話さえ始めた。短い鉄道の旅と、それより短い徒歩の末に、私たちは大金融家の質素なフェアバンク邸に着いた。