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The Third Man · 1949 — 第 9 / 17 章 · 2'32" · B2

Calloway Interrogates Anna Schmidt, Explained：upside down

Calloway questions Anna about Harry Lime, first asking whether she was 'intimate with' him and then showing her a photograph of Joseph Harbin. She denies knowing the man, and Calloway warns her that lying is stupid: 'I'm in a position to help you.' She answers that he has everything upside down.

あらすじ

Calloway interrogates Anna Schmidt at police headquarters. He asks about her relationship with Harry Lime, then shows her a photo of Joseph Harbin and presses her to admit she knows him. Anna denies it, and when Calloway says he can help her, she tells him he has the whole case upside down.

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in a position toupside downdo someone goodsend for someone

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このシーンの表現

upside down

the wrong way round

Weary of the questions, Anna shrugs and says he has the whole thing upside down.

You've got the order of events upside down.

このシーンの他の表現

  • in a position to

    able and entitled to do it

  • do someone good

    be useful to someone

  • send for someone

    summon someone

  • crisis of faith

    a loss of belief

  • intimate with

    very close to someone

このシーンのメモ一覧

43 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

スラング · A2Right

all right, now then — A British opener that signals a new move in the conversation.

Right, sit down, Miss Schmidt.
表現 · B1as much as someone does

the same amount as someone

You know as much as I do.
発音as much as I

Link much as and as I so the phrase flows as one.

You know as much as I do.
表現 · B2be intimate with someone

very close to someone

Calloway opens by asking Anna, half as a statement, whether she was intimate with Lime.

Miss Schmidt, you were intimate with Lime, weren't you?
表現 · A2love each other

love one another

We loved each other. Do you mean that?
表現 · B2be in a position to do something

able and entitled to do it

Calloway warns Anna against lying and then offers that he is in a position to help her.

It's stupid to lie to me, Miss Schmidt. I'm in a position to help you.
表現 · A2lie to someone

tell someone a lie

It's stupid to lie to me, Miss Schmidt. I'm in a position to help you.
文法 · B1It's stupid to lie

dummy it: It stands for the real subject, the act of lying, which comes later.

It's stupid to lie to me, Miss Schmidt. I'm in a position to help you.
発音in a position to

Link in a position to into one fast block.

It's stupid to lie to me, Miss Schmidt. I'm in a position to help you.
スラング · B1stupid

foolish — Blunt and insulting face to face; avoid it with seniors.

It's stupid to lie to me, Miss Schmidt. I'm in a position to help you.
表現 · A2a good friend of mine/his

a close friend of his

In one of his letters, he asked you to telephone a good friend of his called Joseph.
文法 · B1called Joseph

past participle modifier: Called Joseph is a participle phrase that tells us the friend's name.

In one of his letters, he asked you to telephone a good friend of his called Joseph.
表現 · A2the number of something

the phone number of a place

He gave you the number of the Casanova Club.
表現 · B1used to do something

went there regularly before

That's where a lot of friends of Lime used to go.
文法 · B2where a lot of friends

predicative clause: The where-clause completes the meaning of that's, naming the place.

That's where a lot of friends of Lime used to go.
表現 · B1the day someone did something

on the very day you called

Harbin disappeared the day you telephoned.
表現 · B1get something upside down

the wrong way round

Weary of the questions, Anna shrugs and says he has the whole thing upside down.

What can I tell you, but you've got everything upside down.
表現 · B1do someone good

be useful to someone

As Anna leaves, Calloway remarks that her American friend will not do her much good.

He won't do you much good.
表現 · B2send for someone

summon someone

Calloway thanks Anna and warns her that they will send for her when she is needed.

I thank you, Miss Schmidt. We'll send for you when we want you.
表現 · B1get someone at a place

reach someone by phone

Hello, Mr Martins. I've been trying to get you at your hotel.
表現 · C1the crisis of faith

a loss of belief

Now, they want you to talk on the crisis of faith.
表現 · B1the rest is good

the remainder holds up

He moved his head, but the rest is good, isn't it?
文法 · A2isn't it

tag question: The tag isn't it invites agreement rather than asking for information.

He moved his head, but the rest is good, isn't it?
発音isn't it

The t drops in fast speech, and isn't it can sound like innit.

He moved his head, but the rest is good, isn't it?

「Calloway Interrogates Anna Schmidt」を読み解く

What's really going on

The interrogation is a battle of two fixed stories. Calloway's method is leverage: he softens Anna with the promise that her letters will be returned, keeps her passport, then works from the personal — 'you were intimate with Lime, weren't you?' — to the photographic evidence of Harbin. His key move is a threat dressed as help: 'It's stupid to lie to me, Miss Schmidt. I'm in a position to help you.' Anna is not intimidated. She grants the love openly — 'We loved each other' — and then refuses every other point, twice saying she has never seen Harbin, until she turns the accusation back: 'What can I tell you, but you've got everything upside down.' To Calloway she is a witness who might lead him to a missing man; to herself she is a woman protecting the only thing left of Harry, which is why she gives ground on nothing.

Theme

DeceptionCalloway pressures Anna to admit she knows Harbin, testing how far she will lie to protect Harry and herself.
TrustThe interrogation runs on who can be believed: Calloway offers help in exchange for truth, and Anna trusts no one who works for the police.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Calloway's offer to help is also a threat.
  • Anna answers an intimate question without flinching.
  • The missing man's name turns a letter into evidence.
  • A casual remark about a statue sounds like a verdict.

発音のポイント

  • as much as I — Link much as and as I so the phrase flows as one.
  • in a position to — Link in a position to into one fast block.
  • isn't it — The t drops in fast speech, and isn't it can sound like innit.
You know as much as I do.

A shrug that keeps Calloway's advantage: he refuses to explain more than Anna already knows, so the pressure stays on her.

We loved each other. Do you mean that?

Anna answers the personal question directly and turns it back on the questioner, refusing to be ashamed of the love he is probing.

It's stupid to lie to me, Miss Schmidt. I'm in a position to help you.

Calloway's offer and threat in one breath: cooperate and be helped, or keep lying and lose the only protection he can give.

You're wrong about Harry. You're wrong about everything.

Anna's flat rejection of the whole case against Harry, defending the man the police have already condemned.

What can I tell you, but you've got everything upside down.

Her summary of the impasse: the police have the story backwards, and she has nothing to add to an investigation built on the wrong premise.

He moved his head, but the rest is good, isn't it?

A lighter line about a photograph, the small vanity of a face caught at the wrong moment amid a grim interview.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Calloway question Anna about Harry?

Because she was close to Lime and may know his associates. He wants information that could lead to Harbin, who vanished the same day Anna made her telephone call.

Who is Joseph Harbin?

A man who worked in a military hospital and was a contact of Harry's. He disappeared on the day Anna telephoned him, and Calloway believes finding him is the key to the case.

Why does Anna deny knowing Harbin?

Because she is protecting Harry and herself. She admits she loved Harry but refuses to confirm anything that could implicate him, even when Calloway offers to help her in return.

What does 'in a position to' mean?

It means having the ability or authority to do something. Calloway says he is in a position to help Anna, which is both an offer and a warning about what she stands to lose.

Why does Anna say Calloway has everything upside down?

Because she believes the police have the whole story backwards. In her view they have cast Harry as the criminal when the truth is the reverse, so their case makes no sense to her.

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