quite out of the ordinary
- How very unusual. - Good afternoon.The Uninvited · 1944 — 第 22 / 28 章 · 2'33" · B1
Rick and Pamela Visit Miss Holloway, Explained：by any chance
Rick and Pamela call at Miss Holloway's retreat, where the residents are called guests and one of them, Miss Bird, sends a gift of small stones. "Forgive our ignorance. We know so very little of your work," Pamela says, before the talk turns to the disturbances at Windward House.
あらすじ
The Fitzgeralds arrive at Miss Holloway's retreat and meet Miss Bird, a resident who delivers a packet of stones for Miss Holloway. Pamela apologises for knowing so little about the place, and Miss Holloway explains that the people there are not patients but guests, and that it is like a hotel with a little sympathy. Then she asks what can be done about the disturbances at Windward House.
注目の表現
by any chanceif you'd be so very kindMiss Birdbe asked to
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このシーンの表現
by any chance
perhaps, possibly
In the hall, Miss Bird guesses the strangers have come to see Holloway and asks politely.
Could you by any chance give me a lift to the station?
このシーンの他の表現
- if you'd be so very kind
if you would be so kind
- Miss Bird
a name that sounds like 'bird'
- be asked to
be requested to do
- just guests
a polite word for patients
- disturbances
unsettling events, upsets
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40 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ
oh my — A mild British exclamation of surprise or dismay.
Oh, dear me. Yes. Good afternoon.perhaps, possibly
In the hall, Miss Bird guesses the strangers have come to see Holloway and asks politely.
Are you by any chance waiting to see Miss Holloway?Link by and any; keep chance light at the end.
Are you by any chance waiting to see Miss Holloway?be expected at a set time
Yes, we have an appointment.how fortunate
And what luck for me too, because I'm sure you won't mind.something within our power
- But perhaps you will. - Is there something we can do?unreal conditional: If you'd be kind softens a request by making it a hypothetical.
Oh, if you'd be so very kind. You see...a scheduled meeting slot
this isn't my day for an interview and I want her to have these.object plus infinitive: Want someone to do something links the object to an infinitive.
this isn't my day for an interview and I want her to have these.Because reduces and you see is thrown away quickly.
But that's very funny, because, you see, I'm Miss Bird.plain, unshowy things
because she likes simple things and she has so many flowers.nothing else much
- There isn't much else one can find. - Well, I'll give them to her.take a short walk outside
And now, I... think I'll just go out for a little walk.follow me this way
Will you come this way, please?carry something
- Shall I take them? - No, I'll deliver them.Do you weakens into d'ya in fast speech.
- How do you do? - How do you do?hand these over to you
I was asked to give you these by a Miss Bird, I believe.isn't that so
They're really very fine stones, aren't they?know almost nothing about
Forgive our ignorance. We know so very little of your work.degree emphasis: So very little stacks two degree words for emphasis.
Forgive our ignorance. We know so very little of your work.speak about
But don't let's talk about me.let's not (British) — A dated British form of let's not.
But don't let's talk about me.assist someone
How can I help you?「Rick and Pamela Visit Miss Holloway」を読み解く
What's really going on
The retreat is a place built out of careful language. Nothing is a madhouse and nobody is a patient; the residents are "guests," the garden is an amenity, and even the stones a lonely woman gives as a gift are received as if they were flowers. Pamela plays by the same rules when she says, "Forgive our ignorance. We know so very little of your work," an apology that is also a request. The politeness is not empty: it is how the Fitzgeralds get to the point. Miss Holloway has been waiting for the question about Windward House, and the scene ends with her offering the help they came for. What the manners hide is the loneliness that fills the building, Miss Bird included, and the disturbances that are the reason for the visit.
Theme
LonelinessMiss Bird is kept at the retreat as its saddest case, and her gift of small stones shows a life reduced to tiny, harmless rituals.
SecretsThe Fitzgeralds come for information about Windward House, and the polite talk about guests is only the prelude to the trouble they came to discuss.
このチャプターで学べること
- Politeness here is a tool for getting and dodging favours.
- By any chance lets a nosy question sound like a guess.
- Calling patients guests quietly rewrites what the place is.
- Over-polite conditionals can hide a timid request.
発音のポイント
- by any chance — Link by and any; keep chance light at the end.
- because, you see — Because reduces and you see is thrown away quickly.
- How do you — Do you weakens into d'ya in fast speech.
Are you by any chance waiting to see Miss Holloway?The over-polite gatekeeper's question: by any chance turns a plain enquiry into a soft, almost hopeful guess.
I was asked to give you these by a Miss Bird, I believe.The stones are handed over with the careful politeness of a message, naming the sender and leaving room for doubt.
Forgive our ignorance. We know so very little of your work.Pamela's apology before asking questions: she admits she does not understand the retreat, so the request for information will not sound like prying.
But that's very funny, because, you see, I'm Miss Bird.Miss Bird's joke about her own name: her surname is the word for a bird, which is exactly what she believes she is.
このシーンについての質問
What kind of place is Miss Holloway's retreat?
It is a quiet home she calls a retreat, where the residents are described as guests rather than patients. It is like a hotel, she says, with a little sympathy added.
Who is Miss Bird?
A resident at the retreat who behaves as if she were a bird, hunting for small stones and delivering them as gifts. She is called the saddest case, and she shares a joke about her surname meaning bird.
Why do Rick and Pamela visit Miss Holloway?
They have an appointment to talk about the disturbances at Windward House. Pamela says on the telephone that they know very little about her work, and Miss Holloway asks how she can help.
What does Miss Holloway mean by just guests?
She means that the people in her care are treated as visitors rather than cases. The polite wording protects their dignity and tells the Fitzgeralds how the retreat sees itself.
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第 1 章hanker forPamela Falls for the Old House
第 2 章head over heels in loveThe Fitzgeralds Try to Buy Windward
第 3 章bring the price downThe Fitzgeralds Buy a Haunted House
第 4 章dog in the mangerRick Feels a Chill in the Room
第 5 章talk me out ofThe Tobacconist Gossips About Windward
第 6 章break it gentlyRick Takes Stella Sailing
第 7 章sleeping-beauty magicLizzie Comes Home to the House
第 8 章I'd soonerThe First Night at Windward House
第 9 章take hold of yourselfRick and Pam Hear a Woman Cry
第 10 章circulate rumorsRick Confronts Commander Beech
第 11 章at the mention ofRoderick Gives Stella a Lift
第 12 章do no such thingStella Defies Her Grandfather
第 13 章a bad hatStella Revisits Her Childhood Home
第 14 章dream upLizzie Sees a Ghost at Windward
第 15 章hide your head in the sandDr. Scott Tells the Old Scandal
第 16 章miss one's cueStella Senses Her Mother's Ghost
第 17 章tear someone apartRoderick Asks Stella to Leave
第 18 章mind at restThey Plan a Séance for Stella
第 19 章tranceThe Séance at Windward House
第 20 章at your disposalCommander Beech Confronts Rick
第 21 章bluff someoneLizzie Names the Dead Woman's Nurse
再生中 · 第 22 章by any chanceRick and Pamela Visit Miss Holloway
第 23 章put up withHolloway Tells the Cliff Murder Story
第 24 章plaster saintStella Trapped at the Retreat
第 25 章in a jiffyThe Casebook Points to Murder
第 26 章pile it onThe Plan to Rescue Stella
第 27 章beating about the bushHolloway Sends Stella Home
第 28 章for heaven's sakeStella Nearly Walks Off the Cliff第 22 / 28 章 · 残り約 19 分