sent back by order
Yes, sir, until I was ordered back to the trenches by Captain Renouart.Paths of Glory · 1957 — 第 10 / 17 章 · 2'54" · B2
Arnaud Testifies at His Court-Martial, Explained：you mean to tell me
On the stand, Private Arnaud admits he never got past his own wire, and the prosecutor's incredulous question — 'You mean to tell me...' — becomes the trial's cruelest moment. The court rules his past bravery immaterial, and the prosecutor argues that choosing him by lot was fair. Dax can only point out that no one, himself included, reached the German wire.
あらすじ
Arnaud takes the stand and is asked how far he advanced. He says he got as far as his own wire, no further, and did not urge the others on. The prosecutor suggests that picking him by lot was fair; the court refuses Dax's attempt to cite Arnaud's past bravery, calling it immaterial, and lets him only prove he did not reach the German wire.
注目の表現
you mean to tell medead or woundedurge onat ease
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このシーンの表現
you mean to tell me
are you really saying
The prosecutor restates Arnaud's plain answer as an accusation he cannot deny.
You mean to tell me you've never heard of it?
このシーンの他の表現
- dead or wounded
killed or injured
- urge on
push someone forward
- at ease
in a relaxed stance
- by lot
by lottery
- immaterial
not relevant
このシーンのメモ一覧
49 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ
Link ordered back, and run back to into one unit.
Yes, sir, until I was ordered back to the trenches by Captain Renouart.barbed-wire line — Military jargon for the barbed wire before the trenches.
No, sir. It was our wire.no further than
You mean to tell me that you didn't advance any further than our wire?to the limit of my ability
Well, I advanced as far as I could.as far as clause: As far as marks the limit reached, with the verb left understood.
Well, I advanced as far as I could.killed or injured
Arnaud says most of his comrades fell before they left the trenches, so no advance was possible.
Most of them were dead or wounded before they got three steps beyond the trenches.Link dead or into dead-er, then land on wounded.
Most of them were dead or wounded before they got three steps beyond the trenches.voice something aloud
Aside from your sad failure to give throat to spirited battle cries...in any way
was your behavior different in any respect from that of the other men in your company?pronoun that: That stands in for behavior, so the noun is not repeated.
was your behavior different in any respect from that of the other men in your company?something based on guesswork
Objection. That's a matter of conjecture.guesswork — Formal; in court it rejects evidence based on guessing.
Objection. That's a matter of conjecture.by lottery
The prosecutor defends the lottery as perfectly fair, given the whole company barely moved.
It's accepted practice in the French army to pick examples by lot.Keep eminently light and press fair to bring out the irony.
picking by lot was eminently fair in this case.not relevant — Formal legal usage for evidence that does not matter.
First, citations in the Orders in the Army for bravery — That's immaterial, Colonel.to face trial for
The accused is not being tried for his former bravery...not a valid excuse
Medals are no defense.bring witnesses to court
But you may call witnesses to the effect that he reached the German wire.meaning that
The president lets Dax call witnesses, but only ones who can show Arnaud reached the German wire.
But you may call witnesses to the effect that he reached the German wire.to the effect that: To the effect that introduces the gist of what is said or shown.
But you may call witnesses to the effect that he reached the German wire.myself as well
got anywhere near the German wire, including myself .「Arnaud Testifies at His Court-Martial」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene makes the absurdity of the trial visible in small details. Arnaud answers honestly and precisely, and that honesty destroys him: 'No, sir. It was our wire.' The prosecutor turns the truth into an accusation — 'You mean to tell me that you didn't advance any further than our wire?' — as if the wire were his fault. Then the court's logic becomes openly circular: because the whole company failed, picking him by lot was fair; because the accused is on trial for cowardice, his earlier bravery is immaterial. Dax's defense is stripped down to a single factual correction, that nobody reached the German wire, which the court duly ignores. What the trial protects is not the truth but the army's version of itself.
Theme
JusticeThe court twists every fact against the accused and refuses any defense, so the verdict is settled before the testimony ends.
PowerRank decides what counts as evidence: bravery is immaterial, and a lottery is called fair because the army says so.
このチャプターで学べること
- A lottery can be dressed up as perfect fairness.
- Bravery in old battles counts for nothing in this room.
- The accused answers honestly and still loses ground.
- Immaterial is the word that closes the door on honor.
発音のポイント
- ordered back to — Link ordered back, and run back to into one unit.
- dead or wounded — Link dead or into dead-er, then land on wounded.
- eminently fair — Keep eminently light and press fair to bring out the irony.
No, sir. It was our wire.Arnaud's honest correction, which is devastating: he never crossed into enemy ground at all, only his own defenses.
You mean to tell me that you didn't advance any further than our wire?The prosecutor's incredulous question, used not to learn the truth but to make the truth sound like a confession.
Most of them were dead or wounded before they got three steps beyond the trenches.Arnaud's plain description of the attack, explaining why advancing was impossible — and getting him scolded for not answering the question.
was your behavior different in any respect from that of the other men in your company?The defense's question trying to show Arnaud acted no differently from anyone else, which the court dismisses as conjecture.
picking by lot was eminently fair in this case.The prosecutor's argument that a lottery is justice, since the whole company failed and someone had to be punished.
The accused is not being tried for his former bravery...The ruling that shuts out Arnaud's record of courage, leaving the court free to judge one moment of the war.
このシーンについての質問
What does Arnaud say about how far he advanced?
He says he went as far as his own wire and no further, because Captain Renouart ordered him back to the trenches. His honesty is then used against him.
Why does the prosecutor ask 'you mean to tell me'?
He is not asking for information; he is framing Arnaud's answer as absurd in front of the court, turning a fact into a confession of cowardice.
Why does the court reject Arnaud's past bravery?
It rules that the citations are immaterial, since he is being tried for recent cowardice, not for earlier courage. The defense is left with almost nothing.
What argument does the prosecutor make about picking by lot?
He claims that because the whole company failed to advance, choosing an example by lot was fair and standard practice in the French army.
What point does Dax make at the end?
He says no one in the regiment, himself included, got near the German wire, so Arnaud's conduct was the same as everyone else's — an argument the court ignores.
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