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Sense and Sensibility · 1995 — 第 17 / 27 章 · 3'16" · B2

Mrs. Jennings Presents Robert Ferrars, Explained：set her heart at rest

At a London ball, Mrs. Jennings reassures the Dashwood sisters that the elusive Mr. F will come, and then introduces Robert Ferrars as Edward's younger brother. When Edward fails to appear, she jokes that the young men must all be in hiding, and pushes Robert to dance with Elinor.

あらすじ

At a ball in London, Mrs. Jennings comforts the Dashwood sisters by promising that the elusive Mr. Ferrars will appear. Fanny Dashwood then presents her brother, Robert Ferrars, to the party. When Edward does not come, Mrs. Jennings jokes that all the young men are in hiding, and asks Robert to dance with Elinor.

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このシーンの表現

set her heart at rest

put her mind at ease

Mrs. Jennings reassures them that Miss Dashwood can relax, since Mr. F will attend the ball.

A short call from him set her heart at rest.

このシーンの他の表現

  • sort out

    settle or resolve

  • at long last

    finally

  • I declare

    an old-fashioned exclamation

  • count on someone

    rely on

  • in the absence of

    with someone away

このシーンのメモ一覧

49 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · B1not another word about something

not another word

I don't want to hear another word about the ham bone, Pigeon.
発音want to hear

Want to often reduces to wanna before a stressed hear.

I don't want to hear another word about the ham bone, Pigeon.
表現 · B1sort something out

settle something

You and Cartwright must sort that out between you.
表現 · B1do not fret

don't worry

Now, do not fret, my dear. I have been told that this good weather...
文法 · B2I have been told that

passive with that-clause: The passive with that introduces hearsay rather than the speaker's own knowledge.

Now, do not fret, my dear. I have been told that this good weather...
表現 · B1at present

right now

is keeping many of our sportsmen in the country at present.
表現 · B2depend on it

you can be sure

But the frost will soon drive them to town. Depend on it.
表現 · B2set someone's heart at rest

put her mind at ease

Mrs. Jennings reassures them that Miss Dashwood can relax, since Mr. F will attend the ball.

And Miss Dashwood may set her heart at rest...
表現 · B1invite someone to the ball

to the dance

she is to invite the elusive Mr. F to the ball tonight!
表現 · A2do be careful

please be careful

Do be careful, dears. The horses have been here.
表現 · B1not a soul

nobody at all

- Oh, do you spy anyone we know? - Not a soul.
表現 · B2of our acquaintance

that we know

Mr. Palmer, do you see anyone of our acquaintance?
表現 · B1such a tease

such a teaser

Mr. Palmer claims he sees no one, and Mrs. Jennings accuses him of teasing her.

- Unfortunately not. - How can you be such a tease?
表現 · B1see something for oneself

with my own eyes

There is Mrs. John Dashwood. I can see her for myself.
文法 · C1I trust

parenthetical: The parenthetical I trust softens the question into a polite assumption.

- Indeed. - You're not alone, I trust?
表現 · B1at long last

finally

After waiting days for the Ferrars family to show, Mrs. Jennings bursts out with at long last.

This is good news, indeed. At long last.
スラング · B2faint clean away

faint dead away — A dated, over-the-top phrase for joking with friends.

I declare, I shall faint clean away.
発音You must be

Run must and be together as one smooth sound.

You must be the younger brother.
表現 · B1count on someone

rely on

Mrs. Jennings teases that Miss Dashwood was counting on Edward, touching her real hope.

Miss Dashwood here was counting on him.
文法 · B2to make his attendance worthwhile

infinitive of purpose: The to-infinitive states the purpose the trip would have had to serve.

to make his attendance worthwhile.
表現 · A2these days

nowadays

I declare, I do not know what the young men are about these days.
表現 · B1be in hiding

keeping out of sight

Are they all in hiding?
表現 · B2in the absence of someone

with someone away

With the elder brother away, the company asks Robert to dance in his place.

Come, Mr. Robert. In the absence of your brother...
表現 · B2it would be my honour

a great pleasure

It would be my honour.
発音might consider

The t in might often drops before consider.

might consider reserving the allemande.

「Mrs. Jennings Presents Robert Ferrars」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a comedy of expectations, and Edward's absence is its engine. Mrs. Jennings keeps promising that the mysterious Mr. F will turn up, and Fanny's introduction of Robert — the wrong brother — is her way of managing the room: "You must be the younger brother." Elinor is handed off to dance with a man she does not care about, while the man she does care about is explained away as too busy. Even the cheerful chatter has a sharp edge: "I declare, I do not know what the young men are about these days." The answer, which the audience suspects and Elinor cannot say, is that Edward is not free, and the ball keeps moving around that fact.

Theme

RomanceElinor waits for Edward at the ball while the party substitutes his brother Robert, leaving her hopes unanswered.
ClassThe ball runs on introductions, matches, and dancing partners, in which Elinor is a polite piece to be placed.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Matchmaking runs louder than the music at this ball.
  • Robert answers for his brother without ever defending him.
  • At long last can praise and complain in the same breath.
  • Elinor's hope is exposed by someone else's joke.

発音のポイント

  • want to hear — Want to often reduces to wanna before a stressed hear.
  • You must be — Run must and be together as one smooth sound.
  • might consider — The t in might often drops before consider.
I don't want to hear another word about the ham bone, Pigeon.

A domestic scolding about a trivial household quarrel, thrown in so we hear ordinary life beside the great London occasion.

But the frost will soon drive them to town. Depend on it.

Mrs. Jennings's confident prediction that the hunting season will bring the gentlemen back to town.

This is good news, indeed. At long last.

Her delight at the news that a long-awaited meeting is about to happen.

My dear ladies, we meet at last.

Robert Ferrars's oily opening line to the sisters, all charm and no substance.

You must be the younger brother.

Mrs. Jennings sizing up which Ferrars brother has been presented to her, and guessing wrong.

It would be my honour.

Robert's polished acceptance of the invitation to dance, delivered with practised gallantry.

This is madness! This is dribbling, babbling madness!

A comic outburst at the crowded confusion of the ball, which the scene treats as delightful rather than alarming.

このシーンについての質問

Why is Elinor disappointed at the ball?

She hoped Edward would come, and Mrs. Jennings had promised he would. Instead the party brings out his brother Robert, and Edward never appears.

Who is Robert Ferrars?

He is Edward's younger brother, presented to the Dashwoods by Fanny. Mrs. Jennings guesses his position by asking if he is the younger brother.

Why does Mrs. Jennings say the young men are in hiding?

Because none of the expected gentlemen have appeared at the ball. It is her way of joking about Edward's absence, which Elinor cannot explain.

What does "set one's heart at rest" mean?

It means to make someone stop worrying. Mrs. Jennings uses it when reassuring the Dashwood sisters that Mr. F will come to the ball.

Whom does Mrs. Jennings push to dance with Elinor?

Robert Ferrars. Since his brother Edward has not come, she tells him he must dance with the lovely Miss Dashwood instead.

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