keep making us meet
The greeting treats another meeting as providence pushing them together.
My dearest cousin, once again providence seems eager to throw us together.Persuasion · 2007 — 第 5 / 7 章 · 2'15" · C1
Mr Elliot Defines Good Company, Explained：good company
A morning visit slides from cousins arriving in Bath into a fight over the phrase good company. One standard is clever, well-informed people who talk a great deal. The other is colder: "No, good company requires only birth, manners and education." Respectable society, on that account, asks for almost nothing else.
あらすじ
A morning call follows a wasted visit to Camden Place. Newspaper news says the Dalrymple cousins arrive in Bath today. The talk turns to good company: clever, well-informed people with a great deal of conversation, or only birth, manners, and an education that is not very particular. The reply calls the first the best, not good company, then mentions Mrs Clay and being too fastidious.
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throw us togetherwell informedthe bestgood company
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このシーンの表現
good company
socially acceptable companions
Good company is reduced to birth, manners and education.
In that circle, good company requires only the right surname.
このシーンの他の表現
- throw us together
keep making us meet
- well informed
already knows the facts
- the best
that is the best
- too fastidious
too hard to please
- a better right
a stronger claim than others
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27 行のセリフに 16 件のメモ
deeply upset
I confess, I called nearly an hour ago at Camden Place and was most distressed to find you absent.fully occupied by
My father was quite taken up with some sensational news in this morning's paper.already knows the facts
Once it is said that the cousins arrive in Bath today, the reply calls him very well informed: he already knows.
You are very well informed, Mr Elliot.Do not stop after well; put the weight on formed.
You are very well informed, Mr Elliot.ties through the family
I agree. The Dalrymples are nothing in themselves, but family connections are always worth preserving.worth keeping
I agree. The Dalrymples are nothing in themselves, but family connections are always worth preserving.socially acceptable companions
Good company is reduced to birth, manners and education.
And they are regarded everywhere as good company.plenty of talk
clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation.restrictive only: Only limits what good company is allowed to require.
No, good company requires only birth, manners and educationnot very exacting
and, with regard to education, I'm afraid it is not very particular.relative clause: Which tells what those new companions are supposed to do to his thoughts.
We welcome any addition to your father's society which diverts his thoughts from those who,below him in rank
well, are beneath him.too hard to please
A worry about the father is followed by calling it too fastidious.
But perhaps I'm too fastidious.Stress the second syllable of fastidious and keep too light.
But perhaps I'm too fastidious.a stronger claim than others
Anne is told she has a better right to be fastidious than any woman the speaker has met.
My dear Anne, you have a better right to be fastidious than any woman I've ever met.「Mr Elliot Defines Good Company」を読み解く
What's really going on
The cousins due in Bath are only the opening. Someone grants the Dalrymples are nothing in themselves, then still calls family connections worth preserving, since they are "regarded everywhere as good company." A second voice wants clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation. The reply shuts that door. "You are mistaken. That is not good company. That is the best." Good company "requires only birth, manners and education," and the education "is not very particular." Anne shakes her head. She is not satisfied. The talk then turns to people "beneath" her father. Mrs Clay is named, and the answer is only that it is possible. Worry that the connection may leave the father unhappy is the speaker's own "too fastidious." The last line gives it back as praise: she has "a better right to be fastidious than any woman I've ever met."
Theme
ClassGood company is priced at birth, manners, and a loose education, while clever, well-informed conversation is set above it as the best.
SatireThe speech that defends rank also admits the education is not very particular, which undercuts the very standard it praises.
発音のポイント
- well informed — Do not stop after well; put the weight on formed.
- too fastidious — Stress the second syllable of fastidious and keep too light.
No, good company requires only birth, manners and educationIn this argument, good company is not the clever, well-informed, talkative people. Birth, manners, and education are enough, and the next line adds that the education is not very particular.
My dear Anne, you have a better right to be fastidious than any woman I've ever met.The speaker has just called a worry about the father too fastidious. The reply treats that pickiness as a privilege greater than any other woman's.
このシーンについての質問
Why is the education called not very particular?
Good company has just been said to require only birth, manners and education. The next words are, "and, with regard to education, I'm afraid it is not very particular." Education is kept in the standard, then immediately loosened: it counts, but it need not be strict.
Why does Anne shake her head?
The dialogue states it: "My cousin Anne shakes her head. She is not satisfied." That follows the claim that good company requires only birth, manners, and an education that is not very particular. The idea just offered to Mr Elliot was different: clever, well-informed people and a great deal of conversation.
Is the fastidious compliment only praise?
Just before it, the worry is that a connection may leave the father unhappy, followed by "But perhaps I'm too fastidious." The reply says she has "a better right to be fastidious than any woman I've ever met." It accepts the pickiness and calls it a right. It does not say the worry itself was mistaken.
Who is beneath the father in this talk?
The lines mention people "beneath him," whose absence would divert the father's thoughts. The question "You refer to Mrs Clay?" gets only "It is possible that I do." No other name is given.
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