romantically loving someone
Cornered by Bob's question, Leslie admits she was in love with Geoff Hammond.
It means that I was in love with Geoff Hammond.The Letter · 1940 — 第 14 / 15 章 · 2'38" · C1
Leslie Confesses Loving Hammond, Explained：in love with
Leslie isn't confessing guilt so much as a life she kept hidden. “It means that I was in love with Geoff Hammond,” she tells her husband, then admits the affair ran for years and that even her agony felt like joy. The killing is already done; what breaks here is the marriage.
あらすじ
After being acquitted, Leslie Crosbie finally tells her husband Robert the truth about Geoffrey Hammond. She describes years of secret meetings, her jealousy when he turned to another woman, and the night she shot him on the veranda of their Singapore plantation. What follows is less a defense than an unburdening.
注目の表現
in love withat peaceloathsomebeside myself
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このシーンの表現
in love with
romantically loving someone
Cornered by Bob's question, Leslie admits she was in love with Geoff Hammond.
They fell in love with the old house at once.
このシーンの他の表現
- at peace
calm and untroubled
- loathsome
disgusting; hateful
- beside myself
overcome with emotion
- sick and tired of
thoroughly fed up with
- seized
grabbed suddenly
このシーンのメモ一覧
44 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
That I is reduced; the stress falls on in love.
It means that I was in love with Geoff Hammond.did regularly in the past
We used to meet each other constantly once or twice a week.the least doubt
Not a soul had the smallest suspicion.despise oneself
Every time I met him, I hated myself,blame oneself
There was never an hour when I was at peace, when I wasn't reproaching myself.relative adverb clause: The when-clauses pin the description onto every single hour.
There was never an hour when I was at peace, when I wasn't reproaching myself.recover from illness
I was like a person who is sick with some loathsome disease and doesn't want to get well.relative clause: The relative clause describes the kind of person she compares herself to.
I was like a person who is sick with some loathsome disease and doesn't want to get well.Link sick and with so the consonant runs straight on.
I was like a person who is sick with some loathsome disease and doesn't want to get well.grow distant from someone
Then there came a time about a year ago when he began to change toward me.cause a public fuss
I was frantic. I made scenes.wild with panic — Everyday word for wild emotion; rare in formal prose.
I was frantic. I made scenes.beg desperately
I threw myself at his feet.let someone go
But I couldn't give him up.summon someone
I sent for him. You read the letter.look down on oneself
I hated him because he'd made me despise myself.attack someone suddenly
At last, he turned on me.suddenly attacked — Spoken for a sudden verbal or physical attack.
At last, he turned on me.stop bothering someone
He told me he was sick and tired of me, that it was true about that other woman, that she was the only one that had ever meant anything to him, and that he was glad that I knew because now I'd leave him alone.noun clause: Stacked that-clauses report his words one blow after another.
He told me he was sick and tired of me, that it was true about that other woman, that she was the only one that had ever meant anything to him, and that he was glad that I knew because now I'd leave him alone.thoroughly fed up — A blunt complaint; too harsh for polite talk.
He told me he was sick and tired of me, that it was true about that other woman, that she was the only one that had ever meant anything to him, and that he was glad that I knew because now I'd leave him alone.Each fired takes stress, and the repetition quickens the panic.
He staggered toward the veranda, and I ran after him and fired and fired and fired.nothing can justify it
There's no excuse for me.be worthy of
I don't deserve to live.「Leslie Confesses Loving Hammond」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene turns the trial's verdict inside out. Leslie was acquitted for killing a man she claimed attacked her, but “I was in love with Geoff Hammond” recasts everything: the shooting was jealousy, not self-defense. Her confession is also an accusation — she says she “hated him because he'd made me despise myself,” and that “even my agony was a kind of joy.” She isn't asking forgiveness; “There's no excuse for me” is closer to a verdict on herself. The real tension is between a woman just found innocent and a marriage just found false. Robert can only answer, “I don't believe it.”
Theme
BetrayalLeslie's secret affair and the truth she finally admits to the husband who believed her.
GuiltShe confesses not to be forgiven but because she can no longer live with what she did.
このチャプターで学べること
- The confession turns the trial's whole story upside down.
- She calls her love an illness she refuses to cure.
- The calmest lines here describe the worst acts.
発音のポイント
- that I was — That I is reduced; the stress falls on in love.
- sick with — Link sick and with so the consonant runs straight on.
- fired and fired — Each fired takes stress, and the repetition quickens the panic.
It means that I was in love with Geoff Hammond.The plain admission behind all the lies: the man she shot was not an attacker but her lover.
I was like a person who is sick with some loathsome disease and doesn't want to get well.She compares the affair to an illness she knew was ruining her yet refused to give up.
Even my agony was a kind of joy.The pain of the relationship was itself proof she was still in love with him.
I hated him because he'd made me despise myself.Her rage at Hammond is really shame at what the affair turned her into.
There's no excuse for me.She offers no justification for the killing, only a refusal to excuse it.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Leslie admit the affair now?
Robert has already read the letter and the lies are exposed. With the trial over, Leslie chooses to tell him the truth rather than keep performing a story he no longer believes.
Was Leslie telling the truth about Hammond attacking her?
No. Her confession makes clear the shooting came out of jealousy and a quarrel, not self-defense, even though the jury accepted her version.
Who does Leslie really love, Robert or Hammond?
She still loves Hammond, even after he rejects her, and admits she cannot give him up. Her devotion to Robert has been a performance through the marriage.
What does “beside myself” mean when Leslie says it?
It means she was completely out of control, overwhelmed by emotion — not literally standing next to herself.
What happens to Leslie after this confession?
She goes out to the veranda, where Hammond's widow is waiting, and is stabbed; Leslie dies shortly afterward.
The Letter · 全 15 章
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次のチャプター · 第 15 章good sportLeslie's Party After the Trial
第 1 章riddled with bulletsLeslie Confesses After the Shooting
第 2 章put my back upLeslie Recounts the Night Hammond Died
第 3 章the last strawLeslie Describes Shooting Hammond
第 4 章like grim deathJoyce Questions Leslie About the Body
第 5 章go to blazesOng Brings Joyce a Delicate Matter
第 6 章put a different complexion onOng Brings Joyce the Letter
第 7 章a hairsbreadthHoward Confronts Leslie Over a Letter
第 8 章talk very plainlyHoward Confronts Leslie About the Letter
第 9 章save your neckHoward Refuses to Buy the Letter
第 10 章go to the devilOng Chi Seng Names His Price
第 11 章get hold ofHoward Tells Bob to Buy the Letter
第 12 章put all your eggs in one basketRobert Announces the Move to Sumatra
第 13 章throw cold water onRobert Learns What the Letter Cost
再生中 · 第 14 章in love withLeslie Confesses Loving Hammond
第 15 章good sportLeslie's Party After the Trial第 14 / 15 章 · 残り約 3 分