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A Passage to India · 1984 — 第 9 / 19 章 · 4'21" · B2

Fielding Defends Aziz After the Charge, Explained：go over the top

The charge against Aziz has been made, and the English now gather evidence at his house. McBryde reads his private letters aloud and calls them proof of bad morals; against that, one voice insists, "If he had assaulted her, he'd scarcely bring the evidence back with him." Fielding can't see Adela or Aziz, and can only ask a magistrate.

あらすじ

After Adela accuses Aziz of assault, the police search his house and lay out what they found. McBryde quotes Aziz's private letters as evidence about his morals. Fielding, convinced Aziz is innocent, wants to ask Adela whether she is certain it was him, but she is sedated and seeing no one, so he seeks a magistrate's order to visit the jail.

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go over the top

become excessive

McBryde says he always fears the festivals might go over the top.

The celebration went over the top.

このシーンの他の表現

  • scarcely

    hardly, almost not

  • in regard to

    concerning

  • bearing on

    relevance to

  • in no state to

    not fit to do something

  • an alarmist

    someone who exaggerates danger

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58 行のセリフに 19 件のメモ

表現 · B2go over the top

become excessive

McBryde says he always fears the festivals might go over the top.

Always have a feeling they might go over the top.
表現 · C1scarcely do something

hardly, almost not

Fielding argues that a guilty man would scarcely carry the evidence back.

If he had assaulted her, he'd scarcely bring the evidence back with him.
文法 · B2If he had assaulted

past conditional: The if-clause imagines the opposite of what happened.

If he had assaulted her, he'd scarcely bring the evidence back with him.
表現 · C1in regard to something

concerning

McBryde claims the local psychology differs, especially in regard to women.

The psychology's different here. And particularly in regard to women.
発音regard to

Regard to runs together, hiding the d.

The psychology's different here. And particularly in regard to women.
表現 · B2go through something

examine carefully

I've been going through his wallet.
表現 · C1have a bearing on something

relevance to

McBryde wants the private letters quoted in court as bearing on Aziz's morals.

It'll have to be quoted in court as bearing on his morals.
スラング · C1tarts

prostitutes, offensive slang — offensive slang; avoid entirely in modern speech

Our respectable young doctor was fixing up to see tarts in Calcutta.
表現 · B2throw stones at someone

criticise harshly

You may have the right to throw stones for that sort of thing, but I haven't.
発音have the

Have the blends into one sound.

You may have the right to throw stones for that sort of thing, but I haven't.
表現 · B1out of danger

safe now

Staying with the Callendars until she's out of danger.
表現 · B2be in no state to do something

not fit to do something

Fielding is told Adela is in no state to see anyone, a refusal that sounds like care.

She's in no state to see anyone.
表現 · B2be dead certain

completely sure

I want to ask her if she's certain, dead certain, that it was Aziz.
表現 · B1be surrounded by someone

have many around

She is surrounded by people who don't trust Indians.
文法 · B1who don't trust Indians

relative clause: The relative clause describes the people around her.

She is surrounded by people who don't trust Indians.
表現 · B2be an alarmist

someone who exaggerates danger

McBryde denies being an alarmist before warning that things will get nasty.

Look, I don't want to be an alarmist, but, in my opinion, the situation will become very nasty in the next few weeks.
表現 · A2in my opinion

as I see it

Look, I don't want to be an alarmist, but, in my opinion, the situation will become very nasty in the next few weeks.
表現 · B2press on with something

continue with

I see. Well, I must press on with the report.
表現 · C1in a ... fashion

in a certain manner

You are very good to greet us in this public fashion.

「Fielding Defends Aziz After the Charge」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter is less a whodunit than a study in how a charge hardens into a verdict. The physical evidence is thin — cactus spines, a broken car, letters — and one man points out the flaw in the prosecution's logic: 'If he had assaulted her, he'd scarcely bring the evidence back with him.' Yet the case is being built on Aziz's private life, not the cave: 'It'll have to be quoted in court as bearing on his morals.' Fielding's plea to see Adela is an attempt to reach the one person who could stop it, but she is sedated and 'in no state to see anyone.' Around them, the English are deciding who Aziz is before any trial begins, and Fielding's warning — that someone doesn't want to be 'an alarmist' but expects the situation to become nasty — tells us the charge is already larger than one man.

Theme

JusticeA charge against Aziz is treated as proof before trial, while his letters are used to judge his morals.
PowerThe English decide who is guilty and control access to Adela and Aziz; Fielding must ask a magistrate.

このチャプターで学べること

  • In regard to is a formal way to say about.
  • To have a bearing on something is to affect it.
  • Scarcely is a cooler, more formal hardly.
  • Fielding attacks the charge with logic, not anger.

発音のポイント

  • regard to — Regard to runs together, hiding the d.
  • have the — Have the blends into one sound.
If he had assaulted her, he'd scarcely bring the evidence back with him.

The defense's logic: a guilty man would not carry the incriminating evidence back home, so the charge makes no sense.

When you think of crime, you think of English crime.

The claim that the psychology of crime differs here, so an Indian case cannot be judged by English habits.

You may have the right to throw stones for that sort of thing, but I haven't.

A refusal to join the moral condemnation of Aziz — the speaker will not throw stones he has no right to throw.

I want to ask her if she's certain, dead certain, that it was Aziz.

Fielding's aim in seeing Adela: not to pressure her, but to test whether her identification of Aziz is truly unshakable.

Look, I don't want to be an alarmist, but, in my opinion, the situation will become very nasty in the next few weeks.

A warning that the charge will not stay a private matter — it will inflame the whole town.

このシーンについての質問

Why is Aziz charged with assaulting Adela?

Adela accuses him after the Marabar caves trip. She is found injured with cactus spines, and the English take her word, building the case before hearing Aziz's side.

Why does Fielding think Aziz is innocent?

He points to the evidence itself: a guilty man would not carry the incriminating objects back home. He also knows Aziz and trusts him.

Why can't Fielding see Adela?

She is sedated by Callendar and 'in no state to see anyone.' He wants a believer in Aziz, not a hostile doctor, to ask her whether she is certain.

What does 'tarts' mean in McBryde's line?

It is old slang for women, here prostitutes. McBryde says the respectable doctor was going to see 'tarts in Calcutta,' using Aziz's private life against him.

What does Fielding need to visit Aziz in jail?

A magistrate's order. He asks whom to apply to and is told the city magistrate, Ronny Heaslop.

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