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Sense and Sensibility · 1995 — 第 20 / 27 章 · 3'12" · B2

Brandon Confesses His Past to Elinor, Explained：imagine the worst

Colonel Brandon visits Elinor, offers to escort the sisters home, and then confesses the story behind his sadness: a youthful connection to a woman named Eliza, the illegitimate daughter she left, and the girl's disappearance a year ago. "But for eight months I was left to imagine the worst," he says.

あらすじ

Fanny and John Dashwood find excuses not to invite the Dashwood sisters to stay. Colonel Brandon then calls on Elinor, asks after Marianne, and proposes to escort them from Cleveland to Barton. He tells her he has something to share about Willoughby, and begins the story of his past with Eliza.

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with all my heartdeprive someone ofas quickly as possibleI confess

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このシーンの表現

imagine the worst

fear the worst

With no news of the missing girl for eight months, the Colonel could only imagine the worst.

Try not to imagine the worst before you know.

このシーンの他の表現

  • with all my heart

    wholeheartedly

  • deprive someone of

    take something away from someone

  • as quickly as possible

    as fast as you can

  • I confess

    I admit

  • nothing but

    merely

このシーンのメモ一覧

46 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · B1have someone stay

let someone stay

I think we might consider having them stay with us for a few days.
表現 · B1after all

when all is said

- We are, after all, family. My father... - My love.
表現 · B2with all my heart

wholeheartedly

John says he would ask them with all his heart, but the but gives him away.

I would ask them with all my heart, but...
表現 · B1at once

all at the same time

We cannot deprive Mrs. Jennings of all her company at once.
表現 · A2some other year

another year

We can invite your sisters some other year, you know.
表現 · B2profit from something

benefit from

Miss Steele will profit far more from your generosity.
表現 · A2as quickly as possible

as fast as you can

Elinor tells the Colonel she must get her sister home as quickly as possible.

I must get her home as quickly as possible.
表現 · B2but a day from somewhere

only a day away

The Palmers can take us to their home, which is but a day from Barton.
文法 · C1which is but a day from Barton

non-defining relative clause: The which-clause adds a detail about distance without changing the main offer.

The Palmers can take us to their home, which is but a day from Barton.
表現 · B2permit me to do something

allow me to

Permit me to accompany you and take you straight on from Cleveland to Barton.
発音Permit me to

Run permit me to together, with the stress on mit.

Permit me to accompany you and take you straight on from Cleveland to Barton.
表現 · B2what one had hoped for

what one hoped for

I confess that is precisely what I had hoped for.
表現 · C1what pains me most is ...

what hurts me most

What pains me most is how hard she tries...
表現 · B2nothing but

merely

Before he begins, the Colonel insists his only motive is a wish to be useful.

to relate some circumstances which nothing but a desire of being useful...
表現 · B1have something to tell someone

have news for someone

You have something to tell me of Mr. Willoughby?
表現 · C1one's connection with someone

one's involvement with

The sad outcome of my connection with a young woman named Eliza.
文法 · C1whoever he was

concessive clause: The inserted whoever he was says the identity does not change the guilt.

The father, whoever he was, abandoned them.
表現 · A2look after someone

take care of

Dying, Eliza begs the Colonel to look after the child, a charge that shapes his life.

she begged me to look after the child.
発音look after

Look after runs together, almost like look-after.

she begged me to look after the child.
発音failed Eliza in

Link failed and Eliza, then glide over in.

I had failed Eliza in every other way.
表現 · C1place someone with a family

settle someone with

and placed her with a family in the country where she would be looked after.
文法 · C1where she would be looked after

relative adverb clause: The where-clause explains the purpose of leaving her with that country family.

and placed her with a family in the country where she would be looked after.
表現 · B1whenever one could

whenever possible

I saw her whenever I could.
表現 · B2allow someone too much freedom

too much liberty

I indulged her, I allowed her too much freedom.
表現 · B2imagine the worst

fear the worst

With no news of the missing girl for eight months, the Colonel could only imagine the worst.

But for eight months I was left to imagine the worst.
表現 · A2at last

finally

At last, on the day of the Delaford picnic...

「Brandon Confesses His Past to Elinor」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is Brandon finally explaining himself. Until now he has been the silent, awkward figure everyone dismisses, but he comes to Elinor with a deliberate proposal — 'Permit me to accompany you' — and then a confession that turns the film's mystery inside out. What he reveals is a life shaped by guilt: he failed Eliza once, so he took in her child, and then, by indulgence, lost her too. 'I had failed Eliza in every other way. I could not refuse her now.' The phrase 'I was left to imagine the worst' carries the whole weight of his eight months of not knowing, and it connects him to Marianne's suffering in a way neither of them has said aloud: both are waiting on the same man, Willoughby.

Theme

GuiltBrandon confesses a past failure to Eliza and his indulgence of her daughter, taking responsibility for consequences he cannot undo.
SecretsHe reveals what is not commonly known about the illegitimate child, opening the story that will expose Willoughby.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Fanny wraps a refusal in talk of family feeling.
  • Brandon's confession is a lifetime of guilt in plain words.
  • The child he could not save becomes the one he protects.
  • A long look back can carry more grief than a scene of tears.

発音のポイント

  • Permit me to — Run permit me to together, with the stress on mit.
  • look after — Look after runs together, almost like look-after.
  • failed Eliza in — Link failed and Eliza, then glide over in.
I confess that is precisely what I had hoped for.

Elinor's plain admission that Brandon's offer is exactly the help she wanted, spoken without playing coy.

The father, whoever he was, abandoned them.

Brandon's blunt account of the absent father, told without softening the abandonment.

I had failed Eliza in every other way.

His acknowledgment of his own past failure to Eliza, which is why he feels bound to her child.

I could not refuse her now.

His reason for taking in the daughter: having failed the mother, he could not refuse her dying request.

I indulged her, I allowed her too much freedom.

His confession that his kindness became a fault, producing the headstrong girl who later disappeared.

But for eight months I was left to imagine the worst.

The sentence that carries his grief: months of not knowing whether the girl was alive or dead.

Permit me to accompany you and take you straight on from Cleveland to Barton.

His courteous request to travel with the sisters, which Elinor immediately accepts.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Colonel Brandon visit Elinor?

He comes to offer to escort the sisters home, and to tell her the truth about his past, which also concerns Willoughby and a young woman named Eliza.

Who was Eliza?

A woman Brandon loved when he was young. He failed her, and she died after bearing an illegitimate daughter, whom Brandon took in and raised.

Why does Brandon blame himself for Beth's disappearance?

He thinks he indulged her and gave her too much freedom, which he believes contributed to her running away and leaving him without news for months.

What does "imagine the worst" mean?

It means to picture the most terrible outcomes. Brandon uses it to describe eight months of not knowing what had happened to the girl he had raised.

Why does Elinor accept Brandon's offer so readily?

Marianne is ill and Elinor wants to get her home quickly. She tells Brandon that his offer is precisely what she had hoped for.

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次のチャプター · 第 21 章take a fancy toBrandon Tells Elinor the Truth
第 1 章discharge my promiseJohn Dashwood's Deathbed Promise第 2 章not to be borneThe Dashwoods Lose Norland第 3 章by any chanceEdward Ferrars Visits Norland第 4 章do me the honourEdward and Elinor Talk of Their Futures第 5 章formed an attachmentMarianne and Elinor Debate Love第 6 章eligible bachelorMrs. Jennings Teases Marianne at Dinner第 7 章on what groundsMrs. Jennings Tells Brandon's Story第 8 章at death's doorMarianne Falls in the Rain第 9 章set your cap atWilloughby Rescues Marianne第 10 章crawling withWilloughby Visits Barton Cottage第 11 章set something at naughtBrandon Invites Them to Delaford第 12 章swallow one's bonnetColonel Brandon Leaves the Picnic第 13 章force a confidenceWilloughby's Abrupt Farewell第 14 章the whip handLucy Tells Elinor Her Secret第 15 章brook no refusalLucy Reveals Her Secret Engagement第 16 章once and for allBrandon Asks About Willoughby第 17 章set her heart at restMrs. Jennings Presents Robert Ferrars第 18 章confide inWilloughby Snubs Marianne at the Ball第 19 章engaged elsewhereWilloughby's Letter to Marianne再生中 · 第 20 章imagine the worstBrandon Confesses His Past to Elinor第 21 章take a fancy toBrandon Tells Elinor the Truth第 22 章take my leaveEdward Calls on the Dashwood Sisters第 23 章break one's wordElinor's Secret Finally Comes Out第 24 章only too delightedBrandon Offers Edward a Living第 25 章stroke of luckMarianne Walks Out Before the Storm第 26 章does it follow thatMarianne Revisits Where She Fell第 27 章not a wordA Visitor Arrives at Barton Cottage
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