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Sense and Sensibility · 1995 — 第 14 / 27 章 · 3'59" · B2

Lucy Tells Elinor Her Secret, Explained：the whip hand

Lucy Steele draws Elinor aside and, after circling the subject, reveals that she has been secretly engaged to Edward for five years. Elinor's answer — 'We surely do not mean the same Mr. Ferrars' — shows she understands at once. Lucy swears her to secrecy, saying she trusted Elinor to 'keep our secret.'

あらすじ

Lucy Steele asks Elinor for a private word, then questions her about the Ferrars family before confessing the truth: she and Edward have been secretly engaged for five years. Elinor manages to answer that they surely cannot mean the same Mr. Ferrars, though she understands perfectly well that they do.

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このシーンの表現

the whip hand

the upper hand

Mrs. Jennings teases her son-in-law that she now has the upper hand, since he cannot give her daughter back.

The buyer has the whip hand in this market.

このシーンの他の表現

  • if only

    I wish

  • pass it on

    relay the message

  • take a turn

    go for a short walk

  • secretly engaged

    engaged in secret

  • keep a secret

    not tell anyone

このシーンのメモ一覧

67 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · A2up the river

along the river upstream

To sail us up the river.
表現 · B1if only ...

I wish

Trapped indoors by rain, Marianne wishes aloud that it would stop, and gets the line thrown back at her.

If only this rain would stop!
表現 · C1take something off someone's hands

take over a burden

It was you who took her off my hands, Mr. Palmer.
表現 · B1a good bargain

a good deal

And a very good bargain you made of it too.
文法 · C1a very good bargain you made

fronted object: The object is fronted for emphasis; plain order would be you made a very good bargain.

And a very good bargain you made of it too.
表現 · C1have the whip hand over someone

the upper hand

Mrs. Jennings teases her son-in-law that she now has the upper hand, since he cannot give her daughter back.

Now I have the whip hand over you, for you cannot give her back.
表現 · B2be a little forlorn

a bit downcast

We're all a little forlorn.
表現 · B2swallow something

engulf something

London has swallowed our company.
表現 · B1have long wanted to do something

have wanted to for a while

There is a particular question I've long wanted to ask you.
表現 · B2think someone ...

consider me rude

But perhaps you'll think me impertinent?
表現 · B1give someone permission to do something

allow someone to

You have my permission to ask any question, if that is of any help.
表現 · B2be acquainted with someone

know someone

Are you at all acquainted with your sister-in-law's mother?
表現 · B1pass something on

relay the message

Lucy asks Elinor to pass on anything she hears about the Ferrars family, urgent and secretive.

you must pass it on.
表現 · B2be connected with someone

linked to

that you were at all connected with that family.
発音connected with

Link the final d of connected straight into with.

that you were at all connected with that family.
表現 · C1be intimately connected

closely joined by family

when we may be very intimately connected.
表現 · C1have an understanding with someone

a private engagement

Do you have an understanding with Fanny's brother Robert?
表現 · B2be secretly engaged

engaged in secret

Lucy drops her bombshell: she and Edward have been secretly engaged for five years.

Edward and I have been secretly engaged...
文法 · B1have been secretly engaged

present perfect: The present perfect have been engaged links the engagement's past start to the present moment.

Edward and I have been secretly engaged...
表現 · A2keep a secret

not tell anyone

Lucy stresses that she is trusting Elinor to keep the secret, which leaves Elinor no easy way out.

I should never have mentioned it if I could not trust you to keep our secret.
文法 · C1if I could not trust you

unreal conditional: The if-clause states an unreal condition, and the perfect modal in the main clause shows why it did not happen.

I should never have mentioned it if I could not trust you to keep our secret.
表現 · C1under the tutelage of someone

taught by someone

To prove it is the same Edward, Lucy cites that he spent four years under her uncle's tutelage.

He was four years under the tutelage of my uncle, Mr. Pratt, in Plymouth.
表現 · C1too great a ... for ...

too strong for

But we loved each other with too great a passion for prudence.
表現 · B1be attached to someone

fond of someone

to make a woman sincerely attached to him.
発音attached to

Run attached and to together as a single unit.

to make a woman sincerely attached to him.
表現 · A2twice a year

two times a year

We can scarcely meet above twice a year.
発音scarcely meet

Soften the ending of scarcely and slide into meet.

We can scarcely meet above twice a year.

「Lucy Tells Elinor Her Secret」を読み解く

What's really going on

Almost nothing in the scene is said directly, and that is its cruelty. Lucy approaches Elinor with elaborate reluctance — she has a question, it may seem impertinent, she has no wish to trouble her — when in fact she is delivering a blow she has planned. The secret is real: Edward and Elinor have an unspoken understanding, and Lucy knows it. Her proof is thorough, down to 'four years under the tutelage of my uncle, Mr. Pratt,' and she watches Elinor's face as she lays it out. What makes it unbearable is that Elinor cannot admit she has been hurt. She can only fall back on 'We surely do not mean the same Mr. Ferrars,' a sentence she is daring the other woman to contradict. Lucy calls her trusted, but the word is a weapon: 'I should never have mentioned it if I could not trust you to keep our secret.' Elinor is bound to silence by the very confidence that wounds her.

Theme

SecretsLucy shares a confidence only when it gives her power, using Elinor's discretion as the trap that keeps her silent.
BetrayalThe revelation exposes Edward's engagement and leaves Elinor unable to show, or even admit, that she is hurt.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A polite question can hide a calculated move.
  • Elinor's calm face costs her more than anger would.
  • Lucy sells her secret as a proof of trust.
  • Rain forces a confession no one wanted.

発音のポイント

  • connected with — Link the final d of connected straight into with.
  • attached to — Run attached and to together as a single unit.
  • scarcely meet — Soften the ending of scarcely and slide into meet.
If only this rain would stop!

A light, complaining wish from the room — the weather everyone is stuck inside together.

If only you would stop.

The dry answer, also using if only, which turns the same wish into a joke at the complainer's expense.

Now I have the whip hand over you, for you cannot give her back.

Mr. Palmer's marital joke, treating his marriage as a bargain and his wife as something that cannot be returned.

London has swallowed our company.

Mrs. Jennings's line on everyone's absence, sad and slightly comic at once.

I should never have mentioned it if I could not trust you to keep our secret.

Lucy's claim of trust, which is really an instruction to Elinor to tell no one what she has just heard.

We surely do not mean the same Mr. Ferrars.

Elinor's careful reply, giving herself room to hope while knowing the two Edwards are one and the same.

But we loved each other with too great a passion for prudence.

Lucy's romantic justification, casting her secret engagement as a love too strong to obey caution.

このシーンについての質問

What secret does Lucy reveal to Elinor?

That she and Edward have been secretly engaged for five years. She says she would never have told anyone she could not trust to keep the secret.

Why does Lucy ask about Mrs. Ferrars first?

She is testing the ground and drawing Elinor out before the confession. She wants to know how much Elinor knows about the Ferrars family.

How does Elinor respond to the news?

She stays composed and says they surely cannot mean the same Mr. Ferrars, though she knows at once that they do. She gives nothing of her own feelings away.

How does Lucy prove the engagement is real?

She supplies details about Edward's upbringing, saying he spent four years under the tutelage of her uncle, Mr. Pratt, in Plymouth.

Why is this scene so painful for Elinor?

Because she has feelings for Edward herself, yet she cannot show them or ask questions. Lucy's request for secrecy traps her into silence about the very thing that hurts her.

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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再生中 · 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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