so soon following
I hesitated before asking you to come here so soon after your loss.Double Indemnity · 1944 — 第 15 / 21 章 · 4'34" · B2
Norton Questions the Widow, Explained：a leg to stand on
Norton offers the widow condolences, then says the company suspects her husband's death was suicide and offers a partial settlement. She hears the accusation—"You want to bargain with me, at a time like this"—and walks out. Keyes then proves the suicide theory collapses, so the company must pay.
あらすじ
Norton and Keyes meet Mrs. Dietrichson at the office to discuss her husband's accident policy. They suspect suicide, which would void the claim, and Norton offers her a smaller settlement instead. She refuses and leaves in anger. Once she's gone, Keyes explains why their suicide theory won't hold—and why the company will have to pay.
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extend our sympathyplunge intoso-calledget rid of
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このシーンの表現
a leg to stand on
a valid basis
Keyes mocks Norton's collapse with the image of a man who has no leg left to stand on.
You'll need a leg to stand on in that argument.
このシーンの他の表現
- extend our sympathy
offer condolences
- plunge into
dive right into
- so-called
supposed, allegedly
- get rid of
remove or send away
- bargain with someone
negotiate a price with me
このシーンのメモ一覧
85 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
dive right into
Norton asks her pardon, then goes straight to business without a pause.
But now that you're here I hope you won't mind if I plunge straight into business?now that clause: Now that marks a reason that has just become true: since you are already here.
But now that you're here I hope you won't mind if I plunge straight into business?bought a policy
Your husband took the policy out a few days later, Mrs. Dietrichson.several things
but there are a few things we should like to know.the death inquiry
We have the report of the coroner's inquest.not at all pleased
In fact, we are not satisfied at all.supposed, allegedly
Norton calls the official accident a so-called one, quietly reopening the case.
Let us examine this so-called accident.send away
So he gets rid of this Jackson with some flimsy excuse about cigars.take it to court
You know that, of course. Now, we could go to court...a middle ground
What I want to suggest is a compromise on both sides.at a moment like this
You want to bargain with me, at a time like this.recover your footing
Now you can't pick yourself up because you haven't got a leg to stand on.management — Jargon for headquarters, not the counter.
Yeah, in the front office.tag question: After never, the tag flips to positive have you, pressing him to agree.
Come now, you've never read an actuarial table in your life, have you?Stress Suicide, weaken by, and let the list build speed.
Suicide by race, by color, by occupation...and so on
alkaloid, protein, and so forth.no way — Old casual slang, fine among friends.
No. No soap, Mr. Norton.pay far too much
We're sunk, and we'll have to pay through the nose, and you know it.Land stress on pay and nose, and glide over through the.
We're sunk, and we'll have to pay through the nose, and you know it.doomed — Says a situation is hopeless; avoid in formal talk.
We're sunk, and we'll have to pay through the nose, and you know it.「Norton Questions the Widow」を読み解く
What's really going on
The company's approach is pure strategy dressed as courtesy. Norton opens with sympathy and then floats a compromise, but the offer is really an accusation: pay the widow a fraction, or take the risk of a court fight. Mrs. Dietrichson sees the trap and refuses to play, attacking the method rather than the money—"You want to bargain with me, at a time like this." When she stalks out, Keyes turns on Norton: the suicide theory was never viable. He delivers the verdict flatly—"We're sunk, and we'll have to pay through the nose, and you know it"—meaning the company must pay in full. The scene is a lesson in how insurers test a claim, and in how quickly a confident theory collapses against the numbers.
Theme
MoneyThe whole meeting is a fight over how much the company will pay, with a cheap settlement offered as leverage.
JusticeKeyes' actuarial proof shows the claim is legitimate, forcing the company to honor a payout it hoped to dodge.
このチャプターで学べること
- Mrs. Dietrichson refuses sympathy that arrives with a price tag.
- So-called lets Norton doubt the coroner without saying he lies.
- No soap is how Keyes ends a theory he cannot disprove.
- Pay through the nose is the company's admission that the case is lost.
発音のポイント
- Suicide by — Stress Suicide, weaken by, and let the list build speed.
- pay through the nose — Land stress on pay and nose, and glide over through the.
In fact, I don't like you, Mr. Norton. Goodbye, gentlemen.The widow drops all politeness: she names her dislike to his face and walks out, refusing both the deal and the manner of it.
Now you can't pick yourself up because you haven't got a leg to stand on.Keyes mocks Norton with a double meaning: the failed play leaves Norton flat, and his case has no evidence to stand on.
We're sunk, and we'll have to pay through the nose, and you know it.Keyes' verdict: the company is beaten and will pay far more than it wanted, whether Norton admits it or not.
You want to bargain with me, at a time like this.The widow's accusation: haggling over her dead husband's insurance while she is still grieving is indecent, not business.
このシーンについての質問
Why do they suspect suicide?
The policy was taken out quietly, just days after the idea came up; the husband traveled alone; and he made his way to the observation platform on crutches. The company reads all of that as a man arranging his own death to look like an accident.
Why does the widow refuse the settlement?
Norton offers her part of the policy as a compromise, but the offer is built on the claim that her husband killed himself. She takes it as an insult and a bargain struck at the worst moment, so she rejects both the money and the men.
Why is Keyes sure it wasn't suicide?
He knows the suicide statistics by heart. People use poison, firearms, drowning, or leaps from high places—but no recorded case exists of someone leaping from the rear of a moving train to kill himself, and a slow train wouldn't do it anyway.
What does Keyes's insult about the front office mean?
Norton says he grew up in the insurance business; Keyes snaps that he grew up in the front office, not on the street or in the claims files. It's a jab at a boss who talks about the trade without knowing its data.
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第 1 章for my moneyWalter Meets Phyllis
第 2 章a honey of aNeff Flirts With Phyllis
第 3 章tie knots in one's stomachKeyes Busts Garlopis's Fake Claim
第 4 章worried sickPhyllis Pitches Accident Insurance
第 5 章knock someone offPhyllis Proposes Killing Her Husband
第 6 章a red-hot pokerPhyllis Returns in the Rain
第 7 章get ideasPhyllis Tells Walter Her Story
第 8 章crook the houseNeff's Roulette Wheel Speech
第 9 章at a crackNeff Fools Dietrichson Into Signing
第 10 章take it or leave itWalter Drives Lola to Nino
第 11 章accidentally on purposeWalter Meets Phyllis at the Market
第 12 章shaking like a leafKeyes Offers Neff the Claims Job
第 13 章back inWalter Builds His Alibi
第 14 章got the ballNorton Says It Wasn't an Accident
再生中 · 第 15 章a leg to stand onNorton Questions the Widow
第 16 章through the wringerKeyes Suspects the Beneficiary
第 17 章gets his teeth intoLola Tells Neff About the Nurse
第 18 章like a hawkKeyes Explains the Dietrichson Murder
第 19 章come apart at the seamsKeyes Exposes the Impersonation
第 20 章hang on to your hatKeyes Blames the Wrong Man
第 21 章brushed offWalter Confronts Phyllis第 15 / 21 章 · 残り約 20 分