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Sense and Sensibility · 1995 — 第 21 / 27 章 · 3'47" · B2

Brandon Tells Elinor the Truth, Explained：take a fancy to

Colonel Brandon finally tells Elinor the truth about Willoughby: he seduced Eliza, left her with child, and was disinherited for it. Then Elinor passes the news to Marianne — 'at least you may be certain that he loved you' — and Marianne answers, 'But not enough.'

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Colonel Brandon reveals Willoughby's past to Elinor: he seduced Eliza, left her with child, and was turned out and disinherited. Brandon admits that Willoughby did mean to propose and would have married Marianne but for the money. Elinor then tells Marianne, who answers that it is not enough.

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blackguardlibertinePoor thingtake a fancy to

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このシーンの表現

take a fancy to

start liking someone

Lucy boasts to Elinor that Fanny has taken a fancy to her, reading warm feeling into ordinary politeness.

The cat has taken a fancy to my new armchair.

このシーンの他の表現

  • blackguard

    a scoundrel

  • libertine

    a morally loose man

  • Poor thing

    mock pity

  • a vast deal

    a great deal

  • in danger of

    at risk of

このシーンのメモ一覧

47 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ

表現 · B2be with child

pregnant

She was with child.
発音was with

Link was and with so they run together as one sound.

She was with child.
表現 · B1no hint of something

not the slightest sign

And the blackguard who had left her with no hint of his whereabouts...
スラング · C1blackguard

scoundrel — An old-fashioned insult; fine in period banter, never in polite speech.

And the blackguard who had left her with no hint of his whereabouts...
文法 · B1had learned

past perfect: The past perfect marks an action completed before the past moment being told.

Lady Allen had learned of his behaviour and turned him from the house.
表現 · B1without any explanation

with no explanation at all

- He fled to London. - He left us without any explanation.
表現 · B2next to nothing

almost nothing

Lady Allen had annulled his legacy. He was left with next to nothing...
表現 · B1in danger of doing something

at risk of

Brandon details how Willoughby, stripped of his inheritance, stood at risk of losing his estate.

and in danger of losing Combe Magna...
表現 · A2be in town

in the city

Is Beth still in town?
表現 · B2burden someone with something

trouble someone

I would not have burdened you, Miss Dashwood...
表現 · B1mean to do something

intend to

that he did mean to propose that day, and therefore...
表現 · B1cannot deny that ...

must admit

I cannot deny that his intentions towards Marianne...
文法 · C1had it not been

inverted conditional: An inverted conditional: it means if it had not been, used for grave written style.

had it not been...
発音not enough

The t in not links to enough, sounding like no-tenough.

But not enough.
表現 · A2cheer someone up

make someone happier

Here is someone to cheer you up, Miss Dashwood.
表現 · B2with so little respect

so disrespectfully

I do not know what I should do if a man treated me with so little respect.
表現 · A2How are you enjoying ...?

how do you like

How are you enjoying your stay with John and Fanny, Miss Steele?
表現 · B1you cannot imagine what ...

you can't imagine

I had to come, for you cannot imagine what has happened.
表現 · C1a vast deal more than ...

far more than

I was introduced to Edward's mother: She was a vast deal more than civil.
スラング · C1a vast deal

a great deal — Old-fashioned British emphasis; rare in modern speech.

I was introduced to Edward's mother: She was a vast deal more than civil.
表現 · A2have not yet done something

haven't done yet

I have not yet seen Edward, but I feel sure to very soon.

「Brandon Tells Elinor the Truth」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter pays off the mystery of Willoughby by refusing to make it simple. Brandon tells the story without excusing himself for having described Willoughby as 'the worst of libertines,' and then does something more painful: he corrects himself. Willoughby did love Marianne, did intend to propose, and would have married her 'had it not been' for the money. That admission is the cruelest possible comfort, and Elinor offers it as one. Marianne's reply, 'But not enough,' is the entire tragedy in three words — not that he never loved her but that his love was outweighed. The scene then cuts to Lucy's cheerful boasting about Edward's family, a reminder that other people's small triumphs keep arriving while Marianne's grief is still raw, and that the same drawing room holds both.

Theme

BetrayalWilloughby's seduction of Eliza is exposed, and his marriage to Miss Grey is measured purely in money.
HeartbreakThe truth that he did love Marianne but not enough leaves her with a comfort that wounds more than it heals.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A gentle voice can make plain facts sound brutal.
  • Lucy's pity is performance, not sympathy.
  • Money decides marriages in this world.
  • Brandon's blunt account hides his own grief.

発音のポイント

  • was with — Link was and with so they run together as one sound.
  • not enough — The t in not links to enough, sounding like no-tenough.
Dearest, was I right to tell you?

Elinor's anxious question after passing on the truth, unsure whether honesty has only added to Marianne's pain.

at least you may be certain that he loved you.

The comfort Elinor offers: even abandoned, Marianne can at least keep the belief that the love was real.

I do not know what I should do if a man treated me with so little respect.

Lucy's performance of sympathy, which turns Marianne's suffering into a compliment to herself.

I was never so happy in my entire life, Miss Dashwood.

Lucy's boast about her stay with John and Fanny, cheerful and entirely blind to the room's real feeling.

I have not yet seen Edward, but I feel sure to very soon.

Her hopeful line about Edward, which lands with dramatic irony given everything the audience knows.

このシーンについての質問

What does Brandon tell Elinor about Willoughby?

That he seduced Eliza, the girl he had once loved, left her with child, and abandoned her without a word of explanation.

What happened to Willoughby because of it?

Lady Allen learned of his behaviour, turned him out of the house, annulled his legacy, and left him next to nothing and in danger of losing Combe Magna.

Why did Willoughby abandon Marianne?

For Miss Grey and her fifty thousand pounds. Brandon admits that his intentions toward Marianne had been honourable and that he would have married her but for the money.

What does Elinor tell Marianne?

She tells her the truth and offers the one comfort left: at least she may be certain that he loved her. Marianne answers, 'But not enough.'

What is Lucy doing at the end?

Boasting. She says she has never been happier, that Edward's mother was a vast deal more than civil to her, and that she expects to see Edward very soon.

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