a perfect pairing
Besotted. An excellent match.Sense and Sensibility · 1995 — 第 7 / 27 章 · 2'33" · B2
Mrs. Jennings Tells Brandon's Story, Explained：on what grounds
Mrs. Jennings explains Colonel Brandon's tragic past — a young love forbidden for lack of money, a woman passed from man to man, and a search that ended at a poorhouse — then cheerfully tries to match him with Marianne. Brandon's only answer to her pushing is 'I do not know any duets.'
あらすじ
At Barton Park, Mrs. Jennings tells Elinor the story of Colonel Brandon: he loved a poor girl named Eliza, was sent into the army when her father found out, and later found her dying in a poorhouse. She then turns to matchmaking, urging Brandon and Marianne to play a duet, which he politely refuses.
注目の表現
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このシーンの表現
on what grounds
for what reason
Asked why the couple could not marry, Mrs. Jennings answers with one word: money.
On what grounds did they refuse the request?
このシーンの他の表現
- very thick
very close as friends
- cheer someone up
make someone feel happier
- heaven knows
nobody can say
- be better off
in a better situation
- marry someone off
find someone a spouse
このシーンのメモ一覧
37 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
Link An and excellent so it sounds like one word.
Besotted. An excellent match.ever since
Lord bless you. As long as ever I've been here, and I came 15 years back.I've been usually weakens and runs together in fast speech.
Lord bless you. As long as ever I've been here, and I came 15 years back.very close as friends
Describing the colonel's estate, Mrs. Jennings adds that he and John are very thick.
His estate at Delaford is but four miles hence, and he and John are very thick.not allowed to
A ward to his family, but they were not permitted to marry.passive voice: The passive hides who forbade the marriage, putting the couple in the background.
A ward to his family, but they were not permitted to marry.for what reason
Asked why the couple could not marry, Mrs. Jennings answers with one word: money.
- On what grounds? - Money. Eliza was poor.The t in what often drops, gliding straight into grounds.
- On what grounds? - Money. Eliza was poor.thrown out
she was flung out of the house and he was packed up into the army.without someone
I think he would've done himself a harm if not for John.from one to the next
She was passed from man to man.nobody can say
Recounting his search after India, Mrs. Jennings sighs that heaven knows how long he looked.
When Brandon came back from India, he searched heaven knows how long...time clause: The time clause sets when the search began before the main action is told.
When Brandon came back from India, he searched heaven knows how long...make someone feel happier
After the sad story, Mrs. Jennings recalls thinking her daughter Charlotte might have cheered the colonel up.
Once, I thought my daughter Charlotte might've cheered him up...might have + past participle: Might have plus a past participle weighs a past possibility that never happened.
Once, I thought my daughter Charlotte might've cheered him up...in a better situation
Mrs. Jennings drops the idea of her daughter marrying the colonel, saying she is better off where she is.
but she's better off where she is.recently
Colonel Brandon, we have not heard you play for us of late.next to each other
Let us see you both side-by-side.a quiet moment
Are we never to have a moment's peace?find someone a spouse
The chapter ends by saying Mrs. Jennings has nothing to do but marry off other people's children.
She has nothing to do but marry off everyone else's.「Mrs. Jennings Tells Brandon's Story」を読み解く
What's really going on
The chapter does two things at once, and it is the collision between them that makes it sting. Mrs. Jennings tells Brandon's story as entertainment — 'She was passed from man to man' — with the same cheerful voice she then uses to push him toward Marianne. The tragedy is not hidden; it is simply treated as a good anecdote, and that is the point. Brandon, who lived through it, must sit and listen, and his one unguarded line, 'I think he would've done himself a harm if not for John,' comes from the person telling the tale, not from him. When he is asked to play, his refusal — 'I do not know any duets' — is quiet and absolute, the only defence available to a man who will not explain himself in company. The scene reads as comedy, but Brandon is not in on it.
Theme
HeartbreakBrandon's old loss is retold as gossip, showing how casually society handles a grief it cannot feel.
LonelinessHe sits through the story of his own ruin and refuses to explain, keeping his past sealed off from the room.
このチャプターで学べること
- The story is cruel because she is never the subject of her own life.
- Mrs. Jennings mourns and schemes in the same breath.
- The passive voice keeps the real blame out of sight.
- A low rent here costs more than money.
発音のポイント
- An excellent — Link An and excellent so it sounds like one word.
- I've been — I've been usually weakens and runs together in fast speech.
- what grounds — The t in what often drops, gliding straight into grounds.
He loved a girl once. Twenty years ago now.The opening of the story, marking how long Brandon has carried a loss the room treats as a diverting anecdote.
She was passed from man to man.The blunt summary of Eliza's fate, delivered as gossip and devastating as biography.
I think he would've done himself a harm if not for John.The line that reveals how close Brandon came to self-destruction, said casually by the woman telling his story.
She has nothing to do but marry off everyone else's.Elinor's dry verdict on Mrs. Jennings, whose matchmaking fills a life that has otherwise been settled.
The rent here may be low, but we have it on very hard terms.Elinor's complaint that the cheap cottage comes at a price — they must endure Mrs. Jennings as their host and matchmaker.
このシーンについての質問
Why could Brandon not marry Eliza?
Because she was poor. Her family forbade the match, and when her father discovered the affair he threw her out and packed Brandon off into the army.
What happened to Eliza?
She was passed from man to man and disappeared from respectable society. When Brandon returned from India he searched for her and found her dying in a poorhouse.
How does Mrs. Jennings treat Brandon's tragedy?
As a piece of gossip. She tells it cheerfully to Elinor and then moves straight on to matchmaking, apparently untouched by what the story means to him.
What does Mrs. Jennings want Brandon to do?
She wants him to play the pianoforte with Marianne, first praising his playing and then insisting on a duet so the two can sit side by side.
Why does Marianne complain at the end?
Because Mrs. Jennings will not leave them alone. Elinor answers that the cheap rent comes at a price, since their host's matchmaking is inescapable.
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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
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第 18 章confide inWilloughby Snubs Marianne at the Ball
第 19 章engaged elsewhereWilloughby's Letter to Marianne
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
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