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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947 — 第 14 / 18 章 · 2'07" · B2

Captain Gregg Gets Jealous, Explained：today of all days

Lucy comes home charmed by a man she met, and Captain Gregg can't hide how much it bothers him. He sneers that the fellow leered at her "like a cat at a fishmonger's" and calls her speech an imitation of the man. When Lucy says, "I believe you're jealous," he fires back, "jealousy is a disease of the flesh."

あらすじ

Lucy returns home after meeting a man who charmed her, and Captain Gregg is waiting with an opinion. He claims the man smirked at her "like a cat at a fishmonger's," says she should have slapped him, and accuses her of lying about her daughter's taste to flatter him. Then he tells her he isn't sure he wants her to buy the house after all.

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このシーンの表現

today of all days

of all possible days

Lucy complains that he picks the day her book succeeds to be impossible, catching him in a sulk.

You chose today of all days to quit?

このシーンの他の表現

  • eavesdropping

    listening in secretly

  • polish his brass

    teach him a lesson

  • in blazes

    on earth (dated)

  • a disease of the flesh

    a weakness of the living body

  • can't help it

    can't stop oneself

このシーンのメモ一覧

46 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · B2eavesdrop on someone

listen in on

You've been eavesdropping.
表現 · C1feminine literature

writing by women, said with scorn

"Feminine literature."
表現 · B1have no way of knowing

couldn't possibly know

He had no way of knowing it's your book.
表現 · C1polish someone's brass

teach him a lesson

After brass is named as cheek, the captain vows to polish Fairley's, turning an insult into a threat.

I'll polish his brass for him.
表現 · C1smirk like a cat at a fishmonger's

leering greedily

And the way he was smirking at you, like a cat at a fishmonger's.
文法 · B2the way he was smirking

the way clause: The way plus a full clause describes the manner of his smiling.

And the way he was smirking at you, like a cat at a fishmonger's.
表現 · B1find someone rather charming

quite appealing

Why? I found him rather charming.
表現 · C1how in blazes ...

on earth (dated)

Tired of being coached on her speech, Lucy snaps back with a blunt in blazes, and the captain is silenced.

How in blazes do you want me to talk?
発音do you want me

Do you reduces to d'ya, and want me to runs together.

How in blazes do you want me to talk?
スラング · C1in blazes

on earth (dated) — Dated intensifier for exasperation; spoken only.

How in blazes do you want me to talk?
表現 · B1protect someone from something

shield someone from

I'm only trying to protect you from your own worse instincts.
文法 · B1trying to protect you

try to infinitive: Try to do marks an effort aimed at protecting her, whatever his motive.

I'm only trying to protect you from your own worse instincts.
スラング · C1blighter

that fellow (contemptuous) — Dated British mild contempt; not for formal talk.

What made you lie to the blighter?
表現 · B2know perfectly well

know full well

You know perfectly well she hates Uncle Neddy and reads nothing but Deadeye Dick, the Rover of the Spanish Main.
文法 · B2nothing but

nothing but: Nothing but means only, stressing that she reads nothing else at all.

You know perfectly well she hates Uncle Neddy and reads nothing but Deadeye Dick, the Rover of the Spanish Main.
表現 · B1push someone out of something

shove someone out of

Hmm. You should have pushed him out of the cab.
発音you're jealous

You're stays light, with the stress falling on jealous.

Why, Daniel, I believe you're jealous.
表現 · C1a disease of the flesh

a weakness of the living body

Caught out, the ghost insists jealousy is a disease of the flesh, denying it while reminding her he has no body.

Besides, jealousy is a disease of the flesh.
発音disease of the

Link disease of the, with of the nearly reduced to one sound.

Besides, jealousy is a disease of the flesh.
表現 · B2today of all days

of all possible days

Lucy complains that he picks the day her book succeeds to be impossible, catching him in a sulk.

I've never known you to be so disagreeable, today of all days.
表現 · A2wonder about something, e.g. about today

what's special about today

What's so wonderful about today?
表現 · A2just as we planned

exactly as intended

Just as we planned.
表現 · B1can't help it

can't stop oneself

Out of arguments, the captain blames her sex: being a woman, she can't help it.

I suppose being a woman, you can't help it.
表現 · B1make a fool of oneself

making yourself look silly

Asked what she cannot help, Lucy throws his words back: making a fool of yourself.

Making a fool of yourself.
表現 · B1mix with people

socialize with others

You yourself said that I should mix with people, that I should see men.
表現 · C1perfumed parlor snakes

slick, untrustworthy charmers

I said men, not perfumed parlor snakes.
スラング · C1mud turtle

a slow, clumsy fool — A comic insult for someone in the way; rough and playful.

Cheer off, you blasted mud turtle! There's no room!

「Captain Gregg Gets Jealous」を読み解く

What's really going on

The surface fight is about one rude visitor, but the real subject is that Captain Gregg can't stand another man near Lucy. He hides it badly. He lists the man's faults — the smirk, the condescension — and when Lucy calls him charming, he snaps, "Now you're starting to talk like him." His complaint that she lied to the visitor is really about her loyalty. Lucy names the thing directly: "Why, Daniel, I believe you're jealous," and he protests far too much: "Of course I'm not jealous! Do you take me for a blasted schoolboy?" His excuse — "jealousy is a disease of the flesh" — is an admission wearing a costume. Then his jealousy turns petty and controlling: he's "not sure I want you to have the blasted house after all," as if her independence is a betrayal of him.

Theme

RomanceThe captain's jealousy exposes feelings he won't admit, and Lucy sees straight through him.
PrideHe would rather insult a rival and deny everything than admit he minds sharing her.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Jealousy gets denied in the most literary way possible.
  • The captain's insults are all about other people.
  • Sulking is his way of saying he cares.
  • Her small victory only sharpens his mood.

発音のポイント

  • do you want me — Do you reduces to d'ya, and want me to runs together.
  • you're jealous — You're stays light, with the stress falling on jealous.
  • disease of the — Link disease of the, with of the nearly reduced to one sound.
And the way he was smirking at you, like a cat at a fishmonger's.

A jealous jab: the visitor looked at Lucy the way a hungry cat looks at a fish stall.

How in blazes do you want me to talk?

Lucy's exasperated reply to being told she sounds like the man — "blazes" adds heat to the question.

Why, Daniel, I believe you're jealous.

Lucy diagnoses him outright; she isn't offended, she's amused.

Besides, jealousy is a disease of the flesh.

His excuse for not being jealous: he's a ghost, so he supposedly can't feel it — which only proves the point.

I've never known you to be so disagreeable, today of all days.

Lucy notes that his sulking is worse than usual, and worse because today is the day her book was accepted.

I said men, not perfumed parlor snakes.

His distinction between the suitors he encouraged her to meet and the one smooth-talking man he actually saw.

このシーンについての質問

Why is Captain Gregg so jealous of the man Lucy met?

Because he's in love with her and can't admit it. He encouraged her to meet men in the abstract, but seeing one actually charm her makes it real.

Is Captain Gregg actually jealous, or is Lucy reading into it?

He all but confesses. He admits he'd have pushed the man out of the cab, and his excuse that jealousy is "a disease of the flesh" is a denial that contradicts itself.

Why does the captain suddenly hesitate about letting Lucy buy the house?

Her buying the house with her own book money means she no longer needs him. His sulk over the "blasted house" is really fear of losing his place in her life.

Did Lucy lie to the publisher's man about Anna's favorite author?

Yes, and she doesn't deny it. She told him he was Anna's favorite, but Anna actually reads adventure tales and can't stand him — Lucy was just being polite.

What does "perfumed parlor snakes" mean?

It's the captain's insult for smooth, over-groomed men who flatter women indoors — a parlour snake instead of a real man. He's drawing a line between the men he endorsed and this one.

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