hit hard on the head
Then why was he bashed on the head a few minutes later with a candlestick if he was dead already?Clue · 1985 — 第 13 / 17 章 · 3'06" · B2
Wadsworth Reveals the Secret Passage, Explained：get your hands on
Wadsworth walks the room through the night again: Boddy wasn't dead, the gunshot was meant for him, and someone slipped down a secret passage to kill the cook. "Who wasn't here with us?" turns every alibi inside out. What looks like deduction is really an interrogation, and everyone in the room is a suspect.
あらすじ
Wadsworth gathers the guests and replays the night step by step. Boddy, he argues, faked his death because the bullet was meant for him. When Yvette screamed, everyone rushed to the billiard room - and whoever stayed behind could have taken the dagger, used the secret passage, and stabbed the cook. He then reveals the cook and Yvette were Boddy's accomplices.
注目の表現
misfireknown all alongnothing to do withaccomplice
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このシーンの表現
get your hands on
obtain, grab
Wadsworth recalls how desperately the man wanted those negatives in his possession.
If you want to get your hands on cheap flights, book early.
このシーンの他の表現
- misfire
a plan goes wrong
- known all along
know from the start
- nothing to do with
not related to
- accomplice
a partner in crime
- deny
say it is not true
このシーンのメモ一覧
68 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ
get something wrong
All right, I made a mistake.act as if
Right, but if so, why was Mr. Boddy pretending to be dead?a plan goes wrong
It could only be 'cause he realized his scheme had misfired, and the gunshot was intended to kill him, not me.The d in could almost disappears and only be runs together.
It could only be 'cause he realized his scheme had misfired, and the gunshot was intended to kill him, not me.because — Casual spoken shortening of because; keep it out of formal writing.
It could only be 'cause he realized his scheme had misfired, and the gunshot was intended to kill him, not me.survive being killed
Clearly his best hope of escaping death was to pretend to be dead already.with no light
So whoever tried to grab the gun from me in the dark was trying to kill him.killing on purpose — A heavier word than kill, used for crime and news reports.
Maybe one of us was murdering the cook.be absent
Who wasn't here with us?a hidden route
And the murderer ran back down the secret passage to the study.know from the start
Wadsworth admits the house is his friend's and that he knew the passage from the start.
This house belongs to a friend of mine. I've known all along.unreal conditional: An unreal condition plus a question turns the accusation back on the speaker.
Don't be ridiculous. If I was the murderer, would I reveal to you how I did it?If I links into one sound, so listen for the whole clause.
Don't be ridiculous. If I was the murderer, would I reveal to you how I did it?modal perfect: Could have known marks a possible past fact the speaker now finds suspicious.
You found it. You could've known about it all the time.Could've blurs into one syllable before known.
You found it. You could've known about it all the time.not related to
Someone protests that the cook had no link to Boddy, which is exactly the link Wadsworth then exposes.
But what I don't understand is why was the cook murdered? She had nothing to do with Mr. Boddy.involved in wrongdoing
I gathered you all here together because you were all implicated in Mr. Boddy's dastardly blackmail.people helping a crime
The cook and Yvette were his accomplices.content clause: The that-clause states what he knows, placed after the aside about being the butler.
I know, because I was Mr. Boddy's butler, that the cook had worked for one of you.have a secret romance
My husband had an affair with her, but I didn't care, I wasn't jealous.obtain, grab
Wadsworth recalls how desperately the man wanted those negatives in his possession.
That's why you were so desperate to get your hands on those negatives, photographs of you and Yvette in flagrante delicto, remember?「Wadsworth Reveals the Secret Passage」を読み解く
What's really going on
Wadsworth isn't just solving a puzzle - he's running the room. Each step of the reconstruction narrows the suspects until every guest feels the spotlight, and his calm "This house belongs to a friend of mine. I've known all along" is as much a power move as a clue. When he says "So whoever knew that the cook was involved killed her?" the logic is airtight, but the real aim is to force a confession. The comedy sits under the menace: these people swap accusations over who handled the dagger while each of them is quietly terrified of being found out.
Theme
SecretsEvery guest hides a link to Boddy; the cook's murder exposes that his blackmail ran on secrets they never shared.
DeceptionBoddy faked his own death and the killer faked an alibi, so the scene is a chain of staged truths collapsing.
このチャプターで学べること
- A calm question can accuse harder than a shout.
- Every answer here is read as another denial.
- The cook's death is not random; it hides a network.
- Knowing all along is itself a kind of guilt.
発音のポイント
- could only be — The d in could almost disappears and only be runs together.
- If I was — If I links into one sound, so listen for the whole clause.
- could've known — Could've blurs into one syllable before known.
Don't be ridiculous. If I was the murderer, would I reveal to you how I did it?Wadsworth's defense: a real killer would never hand over his method. It sounds logical, but it also lets him steer suspicion exactly where he wants.
So you could be the murderer.A guest turns Wadsworth's own clue back on him - if he knew the passage all along, he could be the killer. The line shifts him from detective to suspect.
I gathered you all here together because you were all implicated in Mr. Boddy's dastardly blackmail.Wadsworth reveals the real reason they were summoned: each of them was being blackmailed by Boddy. It recasts the whole evening as a trap, not a dinner party.
Clearly his best hope of escaping death was to pretend to be dead already.His explanation for why Boddy played dead: with a bullet already aimed at him, pretending to be dead was the only way to survive. It reframes the first death as an act.
このシーンについての質問
Why was the cook murdered?
She was one of Boddy's accomplices - she fed him the secrets he used for blackmail. Anyone who knew she was involved had a reason to silence her before she could talk.
Why did Boddy pretend to be dead?
The gunshot was meant for him, not for Wadsworth. Since the shooter would assume he was dead, playing dead was his best chance to survive and escape.
If Wadsworth knew about the secret passage all along, could he be the killer?
That's exactly what a guest accuses him of. Wadsworth's answer - that a real murderer wouldn't explain his own method - is clever but not quite a proof.
Who was Yvette working for?
Yvette was Boddy's accomplice too, and several guests had met her before: one through her husband's affair, another as her employer, and one as a client of Miss Scarlet's.
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次のチャプター · 第 14 章hold something over someoneWadsworth's Black Market Confession
第 1 章break the iceMrs. Peacock Breaks the Ice
第 2 章over my dead bodyGuests Arrive at the Mansion
第 3 章in the same boatWadsworth Reveals the Blackmail
第 4 章behind barsBoddy Is the Blackmailer
第 5 章over his dead bodyMr. Boddy Is Found Dead
第 6 章preyed on my mindWadsworth Explains Why He Gathered Them
第 7 章defence mechanismMr. Boddy's Body Disappears
第 8 章overkillLocking Up the Weapons
第 9 章make an omeletWadsworth Won't Say Yes or No
第 10 章a likely storyTrapped in the Secret Passage
第 11 章nothing to hideUnexpected Guest Asks to Use the Phone
第 12 章step by stepWadsworth Reconstructs the Evening
再生中 · 第 13 章get your hands onWadsworth Reveals the Secret Passage
第 14 章hold something over someoneWadsworth's Black Market Confession
第 15 章whistling DixieWadsworth Recaps the Murders
第 16 章a red herringWadsworth Reveals He's the Killer
第 17 章fatal mistakeWadsworth Counts the Last Bullet第 13 / 17 章 · 残り約 12 分