a heavier, more formal sorry
A visitor opens with a heavy apology for a move that cannot be avoided.
May I say how truly sorry I am that you must leave Kellynch.Persuasion · 2007 — 第 1 / 7 章 · 2'33" · C1
Sir Walter Snubs the Navy, Explained：knocked about
On the surface this is a lease: a retired admiral wants the house. Underneath, the navy itself is on trial. Someone grants that it has its uses and draws a hard line: "I should be sorry to see any friend of mine belonging to it." Money may win the tenancy, but rank and looks are what the objection is about.
あらすじ
At Kellynch, a neighbour is greeted as the family prepares to leave. Someone offers sympathy for the move. Someone else insists every sacrifice has already been made, down to cutting off charities. A lease then arrives: a retired admiral, native to the county, wants the house. Distaste for a naval tenant is stated plainly, answered with talk of a substantial fortune, and only then allowed to proceed.
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how truly sorrycut offabsolute approvalknocked about
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knocked about
worn and battered by rough treatment
The second objection is that every sailor looks battered by wind and weather.
After a week of camping I look thoroughly knocked about.
このシーンの他の表現
- how truly sorry
a heavier, more formal sorry
- cut off
stop something at once
- absolute approval
approval with nothing left to question
- good fortune
luck one is expected to feel grateful for
- not fond of the idea
a soft way to refuse an idea
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35 行のセリフに 17 件のメモ
not at fault at all
We are blameless, Lady Russell, quite blameless.Let the t in quite slip toward blameless instead of stopping.
We are blameless, Lady Russell, quite blameless.stop something at once
Someone lists a sudden stop to charity as proof that sacrifices were made.
We cut off all unnecessary charities at once, Lady Russell.relative clause: Which points to the drawing room Mama left frightful, and as you know is only an aside.
And even refrain from new furnishing the drawing room, which, as you know, Mama left the most frightful state.some relief in knowing
And still it is a comfort to know we've done all we could.approval with nothing left to question
A caller presents a lease as something the baronet cannot refuse.
Sir Walter, I have this very morning received an approach for the lease of Kellynch that I'm convinced must meet with your absolute approval.admittedly, before a but
The navy has its uses, no doubt, but I should be sorry to see any friend of mine belonging to it.worn and battered by rough treatment
The second objection is that every sailor looks battered by wind and weather.
and second, you never see a naval man who is not most shockingly knocked about,looking battered — Casual talk about a rough appearance, not a formal letter.
and second, you never see a naval man who is not most shockingly knocked about,presentable enough to be seen
exposed as they are to wind and weather till they're simply not fit to be seen.concessive inversion: Exposed is fronted to admit the weathering before the insult lands.
exposed as they are to wind and weather till they're simply not fit to be seen.Keep to and be light so fit and seen carry the stress.
exposed as they are to wind and weather till they're simply not fit to be seen.a large private fortune
Nevertheless, Sir Walter, the admiral has a very substantial fortune,luck one is expected to feel grateful for
The caller pictures the admiral feeling lucky to enter a baronet's house.
And consider, Sir Walter, how he will look around and bless his good fortune to be in the home of a baronet of such a prominent and distinguished family.know someone slightly
Are you acquainted with the gentleman, Miss Anne?dislike something mildly
I'm not fond of the idea of my shrubberies being always approachable by the tenant.「Sir Walter Snubs the Navy」を読み解く
What's really going on
The opening courtesy is a performance of innocence. "We are blameless, Lady Russell, quite blameless" arrives with a list of cuts framed as painful virtue: charities stopped, the drawing room left as it is. Losing the house is turned into moral credit. A retired admiral would solve the money problem, but the objection is not the rent. "The navy has its uses, no doubt" gives a little and takes it back. The service is accused of lifting people of obscure birth too high, and of leaving men too weathered to be looked at. The answer does not dispute that. It flatters. A substantial fortune is named, and the tenant is pictured blessing his luck at living in a baronet's house. Negotiations may open, yet the yes stays hedged: someone is still not fond of the shrubberies being "always approachable." The house can be leased. The rank line around it cannot.
Theme
ClassA naval tenant is resisted for obscure birth and a weathered face, and the counter is a substantial fortune plus the honor of a baronet's house.
PrideLeaving is called blameless after a show of sacrifices, and the tenant is asked to feel lucky merely to enter the house.
発音のポイント
- quite blameless — Let the t in quite slip toward blameless instead of stopping.
- fit to be — Keep to and be light so fit and seen carry the stress.
The navy has its uses, no doubt, but I should be sorry to see any friend of mine belonging to it.A small concession used as a setup. The speaker grants the navy its uses, then says he would be sorry to see a friend in it. The objection is social, not a comment on seamanship.
exposed as they are to wind and weather till they're simply not fit to be seen.The second objection is about looks. Wind and weather are blamed for leaving naval men so battered they are not fit to be looked at, and that is given as a reason to resist a naval tenant.
このシーンについての質問
Why is a retired admiral unwelcome as a tenant?
Someone would have preferred a gentleman. The navy is called offensive in two points: it raises persons of obscure birth into undue distinction, and a naval man is "most shockingly knocked about" by wind and weather until "not fit to be seen." The rent is never the stated problem.
What sacrifices are offered as proof of being blameless?
The claim is "quite blameless," backed by "every sacrifice" already made: unnecessary charities cut off at once, and no new furnishing for a drawing room left in a "frightful state." The scene records the claim. It does not test it.
How is the objection to the admiral answered?
Not by defending the navy. The reply cites a "very substantial fortune" and a "responsible tenant," then pictures the admiral blessing his good fortune to live in a baronet's house. Flattery does the work a rebuttal does not.
Does the yes settle the lease?
Only partly. Permission is given to open negotiations with Admiral Croft. Someone is still "not fond of the idea" of the shrubberies being "always approachable" by the tenant. The lease can be discussed. Free run of the grounds is another matter.
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