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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943 — 第 13 / 30 章 · 3'13" · B1

Candy Audits the Nursing Home Bill, Explained：keep your hair on

Candy goes through the nursing-home accounts and finds an item for forty packs of playing cards, demanding to know "what the deuce" it means. The talk moves to tickets, refunds and packing — and then to Edith, who is crying as the group prepares to leave Berlin.

あらすじ

At the Embassy, Candy inspects the nursing-home accounts and is baffled by a bill for forty packs of playing cards. The conversation turns to Miss Hunter's return to England, Candy's expired ticket, and a refund at Cook's. Packing is under way when Edith starts crying, and Candy does his awkward best to comfort her.

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what the deucecatch a coldmooning aboutkeep your hair on

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このシーンの表現

keep your hair on

calm down

When the other man flares up, his friend tells him to keep his hair on.

Keep your hair on; the train hasn't left yet.

このシーンの他の表現

  • what the deuce

    mild oath for what on earth

  • catch a cold

    come down with a cold

  • mooning about

    drifting around

  • what am I to do

    what should I do

  • my old horse

    an affectionate nickname

このシーンのメモ一覧

59 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

発音want you

Run want and you together as one word.

Oh, Baby-Face, I want you a moment.
スラング · B1Baby-Face

a baby-faced nickname — A teasing nickname, only with people you know well.

Oh, Baby-Face, I want you a moment.
表現 · B2what the deuce ...?

mild oath for what on earth

An officer confronts a silly bill, where forty packs of cards sit next to the nursing fees.

Would you kindly explain what the deuce this item means?
スラング · B2deuce

a mild old oath — Dated British, used to avoid stronger swearing.

Would you kindly explain what the deuce this item means?
表現 · A2catch a cold

come down with a cold

He warns the other man against a cold, then reminds him what care costs.

Well, don't catch a cold. These nursing homes are an expensive business.
表現 · B1an expensive business

a costly affair

Well, don't catch a cold. These nursing homes are an expensive business.
表現 · B1as far as I know

to my knowledge

- Is Miss Hunter returning to England? - As far as I know.
発音as I know

Keep as I weak and land on know.

- Is Miss Hunter returning to England? - As far as I know.
表現 · A2a return ticket

a round-trip ticket

I know. He had a return ticket. It's expired.
スラング · B1Righto

British for all right — Casual British agreement, fine with friends.

- Righto. - And get Candy to give you that old ticket of his.
表現 · B1claim a refund

ask for money back

We'll claim a refund at Cook's.
表現 · A2belong to someone

be someone's

Half a mo, those things belong to Theo. Put them with the alarm clock.
スラング · B1Half a mo

wait a moment — British and breezy, for people you know.

Half a mo, those things belong to Theo. Put them with the alarm clock.
文法 · B1you'd better hurry up

had better: Had better pushes harder than should, turning advice into a nudge.

- Not fast. - Well, you'd better hurry up, then.
表現 · B2moon about

drifting around

With half an hour left and the Embassy still to visit, he snaps his friend out of a daze.

We've only got half an hour and we've got to call at the Embassy first. Stop mooning about.
表現 · B1call at a place

stop by a place

We've only got half an hour and we've got to call at the Embassy first. Stop mooning about.
発音half an hour

Blur half an hour into a single run.

We've only got half an hour and we've got to call at the Embassy first. Stop mooning about.
表現 · B1keep your hair on

calm down

When the other man flares up, his friend tells him to keep his hair on.

- I'm not mooning about! - Keep your hair on.
スラング · B2old girl

affectionate address — Dated affectionate address, not for strangers.

I say, old girl, what's up?
表現 · A2call for someone

pick someone up

It's not because I didn't call for you yesterday, is it?
文法 · B1is it

tag question: After a negative statement the positive tag asks the other person to confirm it.

It's not because I didn't call for you yesterday, is it?
文法 · B1if you don't like horses

condition clause: The if-clause sets the condition for an excuse that is really a jab.

It's not my fault if you don't like horses, is it?
表現 · A2take someone out

treat someone out

I promise to take you out the first night we get back to London.
表現 · B1what am I to do with ...

what should I do

Handed German books he cannot read, he asks what he is supposed to do with them.

Well, what am I to do with them? I don't read German.
表現 · B1live for ever

be remembered forever

so Clive Candy's name will live for ever in a corner at Stolpchensee.
表現 · B2my old horse

an affectionate nickname

Candy greets his old friend with stable nicknames, from old horse to old steeplechaser.

Come in, my old horse, my old steeplechaser.

「Candy Audits the Nursing Home Bill」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter opens as comedy and slides into something sadder. Candy, ever the accountant of honour, is scandalised by forty packs of playing cards on a nursing-home bill — "Would you kindly explain what the deuce this item means?" — and the pettiness of the complaint tells you what kind of man he is. Underneath the bookkeeping, everyone is quietly rearranging their lives: Miss Hunter is going home, Candy's ticket has expired, and Theo is still in the picture. When Edith cries, Candy reaches for the only comfort he owns, a promise of the theatre and a brisk "Keep your hair on." His kindness and his blindness are the same thing: he cannot see what she is really upset about.

Theme

MoneyThe scene measures affection in bills and tickets: the same man who counts every penny cannot read the tears in front of him.
HeartbreakEdith's tears cut through the bookkeeping, signalling a private grief the men around her refuse to name.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Keep your hair on means calm down, playfully.
  • As far as I know marks a careful guess.
  • Catch a cold is caring first, counting costs second.
  • What the deuce hides real anger behind old politeness.

発音のポイント

  • want you — Run want and you together as one word.
  • as I know — Keep as I weak and land on know.
  • half an hour — Blur half an hour into a single run.
Would you kindly explain what the deuce this item means?

The complaint that opens the scene: a genteel way of demanding an explanation for the absurd card bill, scolding without raising his voice.

Well, don't catch a cold. These nursing homes are an expensive business.

A joke with a bill attached: even when being kind, Candy reminds everyone that caring for the wounded costs money.

It's not my fault if you don't like horses, is it?

An argument about nothing: the speaker defends a visit to the stables, which is really an excuse for not having called for Edith.

I say, old girl, do stop crying. Suppose somebody came in.

The comfort of a man afraid of scenes: he wants the tears stopped less out of tenderness than because someone might walk in.

このシーンについての質問

Why is Candy upset about the card bill?

Because the nursing-home accounts show forty packs of playing cards, which he considers an outrageous expense. Baby-Face explains they were bought because the evenings at Stolpchensee were so long.

What happens to Candy's old return ticket?

It has expired. He is told to buy a new one, and to hand over the old ticket so they can claim a refund at Cook's.

Why is Edith crying?

The scene does not spell it out in words, but the group is scattering: she is returning to England, Theo is at the hospital, and the parting is clearly upsetting her.

How does Candy try to comfort Edith?

With practical cheerfulness. He promises to take her out on their first night back in London, to a show at Her Majesty's Theatre, and tells her to stop crying in case someone comes in.

Who is Theo, and why does he matter here?

Theo is Kretschmar-Schuldorff, the German officer from the duel. He is still around the fringes of the scene, returning books and asking about Edith, which deepens the sense of things ending.

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