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A Passage to India · 1984 — 第 10 / 19 章 · 5'00" · C1

Fielding Picks a Defence Lawyer, Explained：of no consequence

With Aziz arrested, his friends scramble to find a defence counsel. Fielding argues they need "someone from a distance, someone who cannot be intimidated," while Godbole, asked to help, answers only that "nothing you do will change the outcome."

あらすじ

After the Marabar disaster, Aziz has been arrested. Fielding and Aziz's friends meet to choose a defence lawyer, settling on Amritrao, the anti-British Calcutta barrister. Meanwhile Mrs. Moore insists Aziz is innocent while Ronny tells her the case must now go to a magistrate. Fielding then visits Godbole to ask for help, and finds him calmly detached, speaking of destiny and karma.

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このシーンの表現

of no consequence

not important

Godbole says whether he cares is of no consequence, calm and almost cold.

The delay is of no consequence.

このシーンの他の表現

  • based on

    founded on

  • intimidated

    frightened into compliance

  • substantiate

    prove with evidence

  • take charge of

    be in control of

  • indifferent

    not caring at all

このシーンのメモ一覧

65 行のセリフに 19 件のメモ

スラング · B1Nonsense

that is absurd — blunt spoken dismissal, avoid in formal settings

Nonsense. This is no way to be thinking.
表現 · B2be based on something

founded on

Fielding sets the defence principle: everything must be based on Aziz's innocence.

Aziz is innocent, and everything we do must be based on that.
発音based on that

Based on that runs together.

Aziz is innocent, and everything we do must be based on that.
表現 · B1be on someone's side

supporting someone

Mr Fielding, are you on our side against your own people?
表現 · C1be intimidated by someone

frightened into compliance

Fielding wants a defence lawyer who cannot be intimidated by local pressure.

We need someone from a distance, someone who cannot be intimidated.
表現 · B1from a distance

from far away

We need someone from a distance, someone who cannot be intimidated.
表現 · C1substantiate something

prove with evidence

Fielding predicts she can never substantiate the charges, sounding almost legal.

She'll never be able to substantiate the charges.
表現 · B1get rid of something

remove or escape

- What about the echo? - She can't get rid of it.
表現 · C1come before someone

be brought to

Whatever you think, the case has got to come before a magistrate now.
表現 · A2be in a hurry

rushing

- Godbole. - I see you are in a hurry.
表現 · B2take charge of something

be in control of

Godbole says he is going home to take charge of education there.

I'm returning to the place of my childhood to take charge of education there.
表現 · A2as ... as possible

as much as one can

I want to start a school that will be as much like this as possible.
文法 · B2that will be as much like this

relative clause: The relative clause describes the school he wants to build.

I want to start a school that will be as much like this as possible.
表現 · B2think something over

consider it again

Yes. I only meant that when you're less worried you might think the matter over.
表現 · C1be under the impression that ...

believe mistakenly

Godbole, let me ask you something. I was under the impression that you liked Aziz.
文法 · C1I was under the impression that

appositive clause: The that-clause spells out what the impression was.

Godbole, let me ask you something. I was under the impression that you liked Aziz.
表現 · C1be indifferent to something

not caring at all

Fielding asks how Godbole can be so indifferent if he likes Aziz.

- Most certainly. - Then how can you be so indifferent?
表現 · C1be of no consequence

not important

Godbole says whether he cares is of no consequence, calm and almost cold.

- Don't you care what happens to him? - It is of no consequence if I care or not.
発音change the

Change the blends across the words.

Excuse me, but nothing you do will change the outcome.

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What's really going on

Two kinds of certainty collide here. The English law is already moving — 'The machinery has started' — and Fielding knows the machine will treat Aziz's race as evidence; he wants a lawyer who cannot be leaned on. Mrs. Moore is certain of the opposite thing, that Aziz is innocent because 'it's not the sort of thing he would do,' and her certainty is intuition, not proof. Godbole offers a third position that unnerves Fielding: 'we are all part of a pattern we cannot perceive.' It is not indifference exactly — Godbole says he does care — but a belief that human effort is beside the point. Fielding's whole ethic, that the right action matters, is quietly dismantled by a man who answers a request for help with 'nothing you do will change the outcome.'

Theme

JusticeThe English legal machine is already turning against Aziz, and the friends' only weapon is choosing a counsel who cannot be intimidated.
FaithGodbole answers a plea for help with destiny and karma, insisting the outcome is fixed and human effort beside the point.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Take charge of means taking control of something.
  • Substantiate means back a claim with evidence.
  • Of no consequence is a cool way to say unimportant.
  • Godbole's calm makes Fielding's urgency stand out.

発音のポイント

  • based on that — Based on that runs together.
  • change the — Change the blends across the words.
Aziz is innocent, and everything we do must be based on that.

Fielding sets the group's working principle: they will defend Aziz from the assumption of innocence, not wait for proof.

We need someone from a distance, someone who cannot be intimidated.

Fielding's criterion for a defence lawyer: an outsider, powerful enough that the colonial establishment cannot pressure him.

She'll never be able to substantiate the charges.

Fielding's confidence that Adela cannot produce real evidence, so the case will collapse if it is fought properly.

Mr Fielding, we are all part of a pattern we cannot perceive.

Godbole's fatalism: individual choices are pieces of a larger design no one can see, so striving is beside the point.

Excuse me, but nothing you do will change the outcome.

Godbole's blunt reply to Fielding's offer of help — not cruelty, but a belief that the result is already settled.

このシーンについての質問

Why do they choose Amritrao as the defence lawyer?

They want a barrister from outside Chandrapore who cannot be intimidated by the local English establishment. Amritrao is notorious for being anti-British, which some fear will turn the trial into a political fight.

Does Mrs. Moore believe Aziz is innocent?

Completely. She says 'it's not the sort of thing he would do,' and insists Aziz is certainly innocent even when Ronny warns her she cannot know that.

Why is Godbole so calm about Aziz's arrest?

He sees the outcome as fixed by destiny or karma, so caring or acting changes nothing. He tells Fielding they are all part of a pattern they cannot perceive.

What does 'the machinery has started' mean?

It means the colonial legal process has already been set in motion and will grind on to its conclusion. Ronny says it as a fact, and Fielding repeats it bitterly about Adela.

What kind of help does Godbole ask Fielding for?

He wants advice on a name for the school he plans to run back home — the Richard Fielding High School, or failing that, King Emperor George V. It shows how far his mind is from the trial.

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