no appointment, no entry
Can't see Mr. Sproule without an appointment.The Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947 — 第 12 / 18 章 · 3'59" · C1
Lucy Barges In on a Publisher, Explained：unvarnished
Lucy has come all the way from the coast with a manuscript, only to be told she can't see Mr. Sproule "without an appointment." Fairley — bored, sharp, and waiting for the same man — needles her, then hands her his slot. What looks like a favor is really a stranger deciding her fate for her.
あらすじ
At a London publishing house, Lucy Muir asks to see the publisher, Mr. Sproule. The clerk refuses her — no appointment, no meeting. Another waiting author, Fairley, mocks her manuscript, then gives her his own appointment and tells Sproule she's desperate to meet him. Inside, Sproule dismisses her book; Lucy snaps back, then pitches it as a sailor's unvarnished life, and he agrees to read a few pages.
注目の表現
adenoidssomething to do withset asideI'll trouble you
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このシーンの表現
unvarnished
plain, unembellished
Asked what the book is, Lucy answers plainly that it is an unvarnished record, and Sproule's tone shifts.
She gave an unvarnished account of the meeting.
このシーンの他の表現
- adenoids
nasal tissue, an insult here
- something to do with
connected to
- set aside
put to one side
- I'll trouble you
a polite-sounding order
- Bless my soul
a dated exclamation
このシーンのメモ一覧
72 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
rudeness
No more so than your adenoids and your bad manners.Link more so than into one run, with so unstressed.
No more so than your adenoids and your bad manners.note down a name
Now, take the lady's name.the whole distance
I've come all the way in from Whitecliff.connected to
Fairley guesses at Lucy's manuscript for fun, asking whether it has something to do with ice.
Has it something to do with ice?The t in wouldn't often drops before wait.
I arrived at 10:30 and wouldn't wait.at the last moment
So you may have my appointment, for which you are just in time.fronted relative: The relative clause for which you are just in time carries its own preposition up front.
So you may have my appointment, for which you are just in time.put to one side
Fairley urges Lucy to set aside her rulebook of manners long enough to take the chance she wants.
Now, my dear young woman, if you will set aside your book of social graces for just long enough to seize an opportunity that you want very much by merely indulging a small natural selfish instinct.grab a chance
Now, my dear young woman, if you will set aside your book of social graces for just long enough to seize an opportunity that you want very much by merely indulging a small natural selfish instinct.polite manners
Now, my dear young woman, if you will set aside your book of social graces for just long enough to seize an opportunity that you want very much by merely indulging a small natural selfish instinct.conditional clause: A polite if-clause sets one condition before the invitation that follows.
Now, my dear young woman, if you will set aside your book of social graces for just long enough to seize an opportunity that you want very much by merely indulging a small natural selfish instinct.present perfect after superlative: The present perfect after a superlative sums up all his experience to date.
Without doubt, sir, you are the most forward gentleman I have ever encountered.crazy about someone
She's mad about you. Couldn't you tell?Link mad about you so it runs together.
She's mad about you. Couldn't you tell?crazy about — Everyday spoken way to say smitten; fine with friends.
She's mad about you. Couldn't you tell?go somewhere else
Well, it isn't all right, and I'll trouble you take yourself elsewhere.every single one
20 million discontented females in the British Isles and every blessed one of them is writing a novel.so as to
Bless my soul, madam, I've got to publish this bilge in order to stay in business, but I don't have to read it.keep operating
Bless my soul, madam, I've got to publish this bilge in order to stay in business, but I don't have to read it.nonsense — Nautical slang for worthless stuff; avoid it in formal talk.
Bless my soul, madam, I've got to publish this bilge in order to stay in business, but I don't have to read it.damned — Mild dated British swearing; playful rather than vicious.
Come back here, you blasted grampus!a plain account
It's the unvarnished record of a sailor's life.after all
Well, perhaps I have time for a few pages, at that.「Lucy Barges In on a Publisher」を読み解く
What's really going on
The reception desk is a gate, and Lucy has no key: "Can't see Mr. Sproule without an appointment." Fairley is the scene's real engine. He's an author who has been kept waiting, so he toys with Lucy because he can, then hands her his appointment. His line to Sproule, "She's mad about you," is a joke at her expense, not a kindness. Inside, Sproule's rudeness is professional, not personal: "20 million discontented females in the British Isles and every blessed one of them is writing a novel." Lucy survives it by refusing to be small — "No more so than your adenoids and your bad manners" — and by giving him a hook. The second she says "unvarnished," the publisher of trash starts listening.
Theme
AmbitionLucy travels miles and refuses to leave until a publisher reads her manuscript.
ClassA coastal widow must get past a clerk, an author, and a sneering publisher to be heard.
このチャプターで学べること
- A polite office can be the rudest place in the film.
- One precise word can reverse a publisher's decision.
- Turning an insult back takes nerve and timing.
- Sproule's trade talk hides real contempt for writers.
発音のポイント
- more so than — Link more so than into one run, with so unstressed.
- wouldn't wait — The t in wouldn't often drops before wait.
- mad about you — Link mad about you so it runs together.
No more so than your adenoids and your bad manners.Lucy's comeback: her manuscript isn't half as strange as his nasal voice and his rudeness. 'Adenoids' were blamed for a stuffy, upper-class drawl — a pointed insult about how he sounds.
Then see him you shall, and it is your good fortune that I'm not only irresponsible, but also unreasonable.Fairley grants her wish with mock ceremony, claiming his flaws as the reason he can help: because he's careless and rule-breaking, he'll simply give her his appointment.
She's mad about you. Couldn't you tell?Said to Sproule as Fairley goes in: a teasing claim that Lucy is smitten with the publisher, when really she is only desperate to see him about her book.
20 million discontented females in the British Isles and every blessed one of them is writing a novel.Sproule's dismissal of Lucy as one more bored housewife with a manuscript; 'blessed' is sarcastic, and the number is pure bluster.
Bless my soul, madam, I've got to publish this bilge in order to stay in business, but I don't have to read it.'Bilge' is the dirty water in a ship's hold — so trash. Sproule admits he sells rubbish to keep the firm alive, yet insists he needn't actually read it.
It's the unvarnished record of a sailor's life.Lucy's pitch: no varnish, no polishing — a plain, true account. It is the phrase that finally gets Sproule to look up and offer to read a few pages.
このシーンについての質問
Who is Fairley, and why does he give up his appointment?
Fairley is a waiting author whose new book Sproule is about to tear apart. He has already been kept waiting once, so he toys with Lucy at the desk, then hands her his 11 o'clock slot — part mischief, part a game with the publisher. It costs him nothing; the appointment is his to waste.
Why does Sproule dismiss Lucy's manuscript before reading it?
He assumes it is the usual book from '20 million discontented females in the British Isles,' each one writing a novel. His business depends on publishing such books, so he's cynical about all of them. He only pauses when Lucy stops sounding like every other would-be author.
What is a 'grampus,' and why does Lucy call Sproule one?
'Grampus' is an old word for a large sea mammal, or figuratively a fat, snorting person. As Sproule walks off, Lucy shouts it after him — then immediately apologizes for losing her temper and blurting it out.
Why does Sproule agree to read her book after all?
Lucy says it is 'the unvarnished record of a sailor's life.' 'Unvarnished' means plain and unpolished, and Sproule repeats the word back. He challenges whether she really knows sailors, but she stands her ground, and he allows that he may have time for a few pages.
Is Lucy really 'mad about' Sproule?
No. Fairley says 'She's mad about you' to Sproule as a joke — Lucy is only frantic to see the publisher about her manuscript. The line is a tease, not a fact, and it plays on how easily others read a woman's determination as romance.
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