解説　場面 60「朝食のあとで」

My first impulse was to tell Sir Henry all my plans. My second and wisest one is to play my own game and speak as little as possible to anyone. He is silent and distrait. His nerves have been strangely shaken by that sound upon the moor. I will say nothing to add to his anxieties, but I will take my own steps to attain my own end.

最初は、計画をすべてヘンリー卿に話そうと思った。だが考え直して、自分のやり方で動き、誰にもできるだけ話さない方が賢明だと決めた。彼は黙り込み、心ここにあらずという様子である。荒れ地で聞いたあの声に、ひどく神経を揺さぶられている。これ以上不安を増すことは何も言わず、自分の目的へ向けて、私自身の手を打つつもりだ。

We had a small scene this morning after breakfast. Barrymore asked leave to speak with Sir Henry, and they were closeted in his study some little time. Sitting in the billiard-room I more than once heard the sound of voices raised, and I had a pretty good idea what the point was which was under discussion. After a time the baronet opened his door and called for me. "Barrymore considers that he has a grievance," he said. "He thinks that it was unfair on our part to hunt his brother-in-law down when he, of his own free will, had told us the secret."

今朝、朝食のあとで、ひと騒ぎあった。バリモアがヘンリー卿に話したいと申し出て、二人はしばらく書斎にこもった。ビリヤード室に座っていると、二人が声を荒らげるのが何度か聞こえ、何を論じているかは、ほぼ見当がついた。やがて準男爵が扉を開け、私を呼んだ。「バリモアは、自分には不服を申し立てる理由があると言うんだ」と彼は話した。「義弟が自分の意思で秘密を打ち明けたのに、僕たちがその義弟を追い立てたのは不公平だと言っている」