cannot stand
Don't tell him now. I can't bear any more.The Letter · 1940 — 第 13 / 15 章 · 3'35" · B2
Robert Learns What the Letter Cost, Explained：throw cold water on
Robert is still planning his Sumatra estate when Howard finally tells him the costs—including the $10,000 paid for Leslie's letter. Robert is stunned: "But that's every cent I have in the world." The question of what the letter contained starts to come apart from Leslie's story, and Robert insists on seeing it.
あらすじ
Howard, Leslie and Robert talk over Robert's plans to buy the Sumatra estate. Howard warns that the case has left heavy costs, then names the main one: the $10,000 he paid to buy back Leslie's letter. Robert is shocked, asks why the letter wasn't simply shown to the jury, and begins to doubt Leslie's story.
注目の表現
throw cold water onout-of-pocket expensesbreak a heartkeen on
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このシーンの表現
throw cold water on
dampen; discourage
As Bob enthuses about Sumatra, Howard claims he won't throw cold water on it and then does.
Don't throw cold water on her idea before she has finished.
このシーンの他の表現
- out-of-pocket expenses
costs paid personally
- break a heart
devastate someone
- keen on
enthusiastic about
- suppress
keep from being revealed
- disbarred
stripped of a lawyer's licence
このシーンのメモ一覧
69 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
a short while
Give me a little time.Link Where's and the so they run as one unit.
Where's the letter?on one's person
I have it in my pocket.wish very much
I wish to heaven I knew.finish with something
Tell him. Tell him and have done with it.far better than
No comparison with our old bungalow.Want to reduces to wanna, with the stress on throw.
Look here, Bob. I don't want to throw cold water on your plans, but aren't you forgetting certain financial obligations?listen here — A firm opener before a challenge; can sound blunt.
Look here, Bob. I don't want to throw cold water on your plans, but aren't you forgetting certain financial obligations?has it occurred to you
I mean, hasn't it struck you that the costs of what we've just been through will be pretty heavy?write off against
Those will be charged off to friendship.passive voice: The passive turns the focus onto how the money is recorded, not who records it.
Those will be charged off to friendship.add up to
What do these other expenses amount to?complain — Casual British word for complain; keep it out of writing.
If you thought it necessary, I'm not going to grouse.modal perfect: Must have been states a confident guess about the past.
$10,000? Why, you must have been mad.crazy; insane — Everyday word for crazy; tone ranges from joking to harsh.
$10,000? Why, you must have been mad.all one's money
But that's every cent I have in the world.submit something
Why didn't you let them bring the letter in and explain it to the jury?back then
I told you at the time.The t in didn't you often drops, blurring into didncha.
You wanted to get me something, didn't you?a crime
Buying that letter was a criminal offense, wasn't it?relative clause: The clause describes the kind of thing, with that left out.
Well, it's not the sort of thing a respectable lawyer does in the ordinary way of business.you especially
Then why did you do it? You of all people?spare someone from
What were you trying to save me from?I swear
I've got to pay $10,000 for that letter, and by heaven, I'm going to see it.「Robert Learns What the Letter Cost」を読み解く
What's really going on
The cost is not money but trust. Howard reveals that he paid $10,000—almost exactly Robert's savings—to keep the letter away from the courtroom, and Robert's reaction is not anger but disbelief: "But that's every cent I have in the world." From there the scene becomes an interrogation. Robert recalls the gun he was already buying and asks why Leslie would order him another one; her "How should I know you were going to buy a gun?" meets his "Because I told you." Howard admits the purchase was a crime that could get him disbarred, so the stakes are no longer only Leslie's. When Robert demands the letter and says "I've got to pay $10,000 for that letter, and by heaven, I'm going to see it," the marriage and the cover-up are both on the line.
Theme
TrustRobert's suspicion grows as Leslie's gun story fails to explain a letter he was never meant to see.
MoneyThe $10,000 for the letter turns out to be Robert's entire savings, making the cover-up a family cost.
このチャプターで学べること
- Howard bills friendship while insisting he is not billing it.
- Bob's awakening comes when the price is named, not before.
- Suppress is the word that turns a favour into an offence.
発音のポイント
- Where's the — Link Where's and the so they run as one unit.
- want to throw — Want to reduces to wanna, with the stress on throw.
- didn't you — The t in didn't you often drops, blurring into didncha.
But that's every cent I have in the world.Robert's reaction to the $10,000: the money paid to hide the letter was his entire savings.
Buying that letter was a criminal offense, wasn't it?Robert states plainly that the payment to suppress evidence was illegal, which puts Howard at risk too.
It's not your letter or mine, Bob.Leslie refuses to hand the letter over, insisting it belongs to neither of them.
It would break his heart.Leslie says the truth would devastate Robert, her reason for keeping the letter from him.
Look here, Bob. I don't want to throw cold water on your plans, but aren't you forgetting certain financial obligations?Howard interrupts Robert's excitement to point out that the trial has left debts that must be paid first.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Howard reveal the cost of the letter to Robert?
The trial's expenses have to be settled before Robert can fund the estate, and the $10,000 for the letter is the largest item.
Why didn't Howard let the letter go to the jury?
He says he "didn't dare": showing the letter would have raised suspicions about why Leslie wrote it, so suppressing it seemed necessary for an acquittal.
Why is Robert suspicious of Leslie's gun story?
He had already told her he was buying a gun from Cameron, so the idea that she arranged to buy him one through Hammond doesn't add up to him.
What crime does Howard admit to?
He admits that buying the letter was a criminal offense and that he might be disbarred for it.
Why won't Leslie show Robert the letter?
She says it is not his letter or hers, and she is also trying to spare him the truth it contains.
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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
再生中 · 第 13 章throw cold water onRobert Learns What the Letter Cost
第 14 章in love withLeslie Confesses Loving Hammond
第 15 章good sportLeslie's Party After the Trial第 13 / 15 章 · 残り約 6 分