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Sense and Sensibility · 1995 — 第 13 / 27 章 · 4'04" · B2

Willoughby's Abrupt Farewell, Explained：force a confidence

Willoughby asks Marianne for a private interview, then announces he is being sent to London and leaves at once, giving her nothing to hold on to. The family is left guessing — his manner looked 'so underhand' — and Elinor refuses to interrogate Marianne, saying 'I cannot force a confidence.'

あらすじ

Willoughby asks Marianne to grant him a private interview, and she agrees. The next day, as the family returns from church, he announces that Lady Allen is sending him to London immediately and that he does not expect to return to Devonshire soon. He leaves abruptly, and the Dashwoods are left to wonder what it meant.

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このシーンの表現

force a confidence

press a secret out

Asked to pry into Marianne's engagement, Elinor refuses: she will not force a confidence from her sister.

You can't force a confidence out of a friend.

このシーンの他の表現

  • do me the honor

    grant me the honour

  • detain someone

    keep someone waiting

  • for shame

    you should be ashamed

  • send someone away

    make someone leave

  • act a part

    pretend a role

このシーンのメモ一覧

63 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · B2so ... and ...

beautiful and good

I'm honoured that so fair and virtuous a lady...
表現 · C1compromise one's honour

damage one's reputation

should compromise her honour by seeing me to the gate unaccompanied.
表現 · B2do someone the honor of doing something

grant me the honour

At the gate, Willoughby formally asks Marianne for a private talk, phrasing it as a favour granted to him.

Miss Marianne, will you do me the honor of granting me an interview tomorrow?
表現 · B1something very particular

something specific

There's something very particular I should like to ask you.
表現 · A2kneel down

go down on one knee

Do you think he'll kneel down when he asks her?
表現 · B2the beginning of wisdom

where wisdom starts

The fear of Him is the beginning of wisdom.
表現 · B2detain someone

keep someone waiting

Hoping he will return, Mrs. Dashwood asks whether his business in London will keep him long.

But your business will not detain you for long, I hope?
表現 · B2have no idea of doing something

no intention of

I have no idea of returning immediately into Devonshire.
発音idea of

Link idea and of so they run together as one unit.

I have no idea of returning immediately into Devonshire.
表現 · B1for shame

you should be ashamed

Marianne scolds Willoughby half-playfully for not waiting to be invited back to the cottage.

For shame. Can you wait for an invitation from Barton Cottage?
スラング · B1For shame

shame on you — A light reproach among friends; do not aim it at elders.

For shame. Can you wait for an invitation from Barton Cottage?
表現 · C1of such a nature

of a certain kind

My engagements at present are of such a nature...
表現 · B2it is folly to do something

foolish to

It is folly to linger. I will not torment myself further.
文法 · B2It is folly to

formal subject it: In it is folly to linger, it is a placeholder; the real subject is the infinitive to linger.

It is folly to linger. I will not torment myself further.
表現 · B2say as much

state it openly

Then why did he not say as much?
表現 · B1suspect someone of something

think him guilty of

- What is it you suspect him of? - I can hardly tell you.
表現 · B2act a part

pretend a role

The mother wonders aloud whether Willoughby has been playing a role all along, a possibility no one wants to name.

That he's been acting a part for all this time?
表現 · B2an assurance of something

a promise of

Has he left her with any assurance of his return?
表現 · C1force a confidence

press a secret out

Asked to pry into Marianne's engagement, Elinor refuses: she will not force a confidence from her sister.

Certainly not. I cannot force a confidence, nor should you.
文法 · C1nor should you

inversion after nor: After nor the subject and auxiliary invert: nor should you means and you should not either.

Certainly not. I cannot force a confidence, nor should you.
表現 · B2confide in someone

trust with a secret

We must trust her to confide in us in her own time.
表現 · B2have a good opinion of someone

a favourable view

I prefer to give him the benefit of my good opinion.
発音benefit of

The of in benefit of weakens to a light schwa sound.

I prefer to give him the benefit of my good opinion.

「Willoughby's Abrupt Farewell」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter is a courtship stopped mid-sentence. Everything is arranged for a proposal — Willoughby has asked for a private interview, and Margaret wonders aloud whether he will kneel — and then it is cancelled in the space of a single morning. His explanation is all social grievance and no substance: Lady Allen 'has exercised the privilege of riches' upon a dependent cousin. Marianne's mother tries to keep him talking, but Willoughby's exit line, 'It is folly to linger. I will not torment myself further,' is the sound of a man running from a room. Afterwards the two sisters argue over what it means, and Elinor's restraint is the chapter's moral centre. She will not believe the worst, but she will not force the truth either: 'I cannot force a confidence, nor should you.' The comedy of the picnic has turned into something colder.

Theme

HeartbreakMarianne's expected proposal is cancelled in a morning, leaving her shattered and the family unable to explain why.
TrustElinor defends Willoughby and refuses to pressure her sister, choosing patience over suspicion for as long as she can.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A polite excuse can be a clean goodbye.
  • The family argues over a man who will not explain.
  • Elinor's refusal to pry is itself a moral stand.
  • Suspicion fills the silence Willoughby leaves.

発音のポイント

  • idea of — Link idea and of so they run together as one unit.
  • benefit of — The of in benefit of weakens to a light schwa sound.
Miss Marianne, will you do me the honor of granting me an interview tomorrow?

Willoughby's formal request for a private meeting, the language of a man about to propose.

I have no idea of returning immediately into Devonshire.

His fatal admission that he is not coming back — the line that turns a short trip into an ending.

For shame. Can you wait for an invitation from Barton Cottage?

Mrs. Dashwood's playful scolding, trying to make his departure sound temporary when it is not.

It is folly to linger. I will not torment myself further.

Willoughby's exit line, in which he frames his flight as self-command rather than abandonment.

Certainly not. I cannot force a confidence, nor should you.

Elinor's refusal to interrogate Marianne, insisting that her sister must be allowed to speak in her own time.

I prefer to give him the benefit of my good opinion.

Elinor's choice to think well of Willoughby until the evidence says otherwise, a restraint the family does not share.

このシーンについての質問

What does Willoughby ask Marianne?

He asks her to do him the honor of a private interview the next day, which the family takes as the prelude to a proposal.

Why does Willoughby leave so suddenly?

He says Lady Allen has exercised the privilege of riches over her dependent cousin and is sending him to London, and he does not expect to return to Devonshire soon.

How does Marianne react?

She is devastated. She shuts herself away and tells the family not to ask her questions, refusing to explain what passed between them.

What do the others suspect?

That Willoughby has behaved strangely. Mrs. Dashwood and Margaret wonder whether he and Marianne quarrelled, and his leaving seems underhand to them.

Why will Elinor not question Marianne?

Because she believes a confidence cannot be forced. She says they must trust Marianne to confide in them in her own time, and prefers to think well of Willoughby.

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