解説　場面 58「窓の外へ」

"As long as she was on the scene he could not take any action without a horrible exposure of the woman whom he loved. But the instant that she was gone he realised how crushing a misfortune this would be for you, and how all-important it was to set it right. He rushed down, just as he was, in his bare feet, opened the window, sprang out into the snow, and ran down the lane, where he could see a dark figure in the moonlight. Sir George Burnwell tried to get away, but Arthur caught him, and there was a struggle between them, your lad tugging at one side of the coronet, and his opponent at the other. In the scuffle, your son struck Sir George and cut him over the eye. Then something suddenly snapped, and your son, finding that he had the coronet in his hands, rushed back, closed the window, ascended to your room, and had just observed that the coronet had been twisted in the struggle and was endeavouring to straighten it when you appeared upon the scene."

彼女がその場にいる限り、愛する女性を恐ろしい形で暴くことなく、彼は何の行動も取れませんでした。しかし彼女が去った瞬間、これがあなたにとってどれほど壊滅的な不幸か、そして正すことがどれほど重要かを悟りました。裸足のまま階下へ駆け下り、窓を開け、雪の中へ飛び出し、月明かりに黒い人影が見える小道を走りました。バーンウェル卿は逃げようとしましたが、アーサーが追いつき、二人は争いました。息子さんが宝冠の一方を、相手がもう一方を引っ張りました。取っ組み合いの中で、息子さんはバーンウェル卿を殴り、目の上を切りました。その時、何かが突然折れました。息子さんは宝冠が自分の手にあると分かると、走って戻り、窓を閉め、あなたの部屋へ上がりました。そして争いで宝冠がねじれたことに気づき、直そうとしていたところへ、あなたが現れたのです」