be needed
I don't believe many repairs will be necessary.The Uninvited · 1944 — 第 3 / 28 章 · 3'11" · B2
The Fitzgeralds Buy a Haunted House, Explained：bring the price down
On the surface this is a straightforward sale: an old house, a low offer, a seller who needs the money. But Beech keeps circling one subject — the disturbances his tenants once reported — and answers the direct question with "No, Miss Fitzgerald. No house is haunted." The price, not the ghost, is what everyone is really negotiating.
あらすじ
Roderick and Pamela Fitzgerald negotiate to buy a lonely house on the coast. The owner, Commander Beech, insists the building is sound, that £1,200 is his absolute limit, and that the money will ease his mind for his young granddaughter. When Pamela asks outright whether the house is haunted, Beech denies it — then mentions tenants who once complained of disturbances.
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このシーンの表現
withstood
endured and resisted
The commander praises the house, noting that its walls have endured two centuries of Atlantic storms.
The old bridge withstood the flood without a crack.
このシーンの他の表現
- absolute limit
the most one can offer
- play tricks
deceive or fool
- complain of
report as a problem
- can't wait to
be eager to do something
- put in
install or add
このシーンのメモ一覧
52 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
a large amount of money
There was a considerable sum spent on the house some 20 years ago...past participle phrase: The participle phrase spent on the house post-modifies the sum of money.
There was a considerable sum spent on the house some 20 years ago...the most one can offer
Roderick states that twelve hundred pounds is their absolute limit, polite but final.
but I'm afraid £1,200 is our absolute limit.I'm afraid often blurs into a soft lead-in for bad news.
but I'm afraid £1,200 is our absolute limit.a firm offer
- Is that a definite offer? - Yes.the full amount
And you would pay the entire sum immediately?ought to with causative have: Ought to marks duty, and have the property surveyed means to get it inspected by someone.
I suppose you ought to have the property surveyed before we...be worth much more
The house is worth far more than that...relieve someone's worry
and £1,200 in the bank for her would ease my mind considerably.strange illusions
Or of the wind at nights? It plays odd tricks in old houses.be suggesting to us
Are you trying to tell us the house is haunted?report as a problem
But I had some tenants five years ago who complained of... disturbances.relative clause: The who-clause describes the tenants and trails after the time phrase.
But I had some tenants five years ago who complained of... disturbances.a headless-ghost joke — A macabre joke; keep it away from the easily spooked.
What was the trouble? Ladies carrying their heads under their arms?refuse to do something
I declined to discuss it and canceled the lease.lower the price
One does feel that a story like that should bring the price down.consider something carefully
Perhaps we both need time to think the matter over.meanwhile
In the meantime, I have your word, and you have mine.The t in isn't usually drops, so it sounds like is-n-it.
Well, it's wonderfully simple to buy a house, isn't it?kitchen slops — Old-fashioned British usage; rarely heard today.
Probably the housemaid's cupboard. Slops, mops, dripping taps.brighten or lift
Even the view doesn't cheer it up.pace back and forth
plenty of space to walk up and down, manuscripts all over the floor...Walk up links together, and the d in and nearly disappears.
plenty of space to walk up and down, manuscripts all over the floor...red-hot tongs — A comic exaggeration for dealing with interruptions.
hot pincers to tear the flesh from people who keep telling me luncheon is ready...「The Fitzgeralds Buy a Haunted House」を読み解く
What's really going on
The haggling is almost a formality; both sides want the deal and both know it. Beech lowers his price before anyone asks, and gives his real reason without much prompting: "£1,200 in the bank for her would ease my mind considerably." The house is sold for his granddaughter's security, not its worth. Yet the one thing he will not put a value on is the past — he refuses to discuss what his tenants heard and insists, "No house is haunted", even as he admits the disturbances were real enough to cancel a lease. Roderick jokes that a ghost story should knock the price down, but Beech holds firm. What the Fitzgeralds are buying is a bargain they cannot quite explain.
Theme
MoneyThe whole scene is a price: £1,200, an absolute limit, and a house sold to fund a granddaughter's future.
SecretsBeech refuses to discuss the disturbances and denies the haunting, leaving the buyers to take the house on faith.
このチャプターで学べること
- A price is settled by manners, not pressure.
- The seller cuts the price for reasons of his own.
- Ghost talk here works as a bargaining chip.
- Trust closes the deal before any paperwork.
発音のポイント
- I'm afraid — I'm afraid often blurs into a soft lead-in for bad news.
- isn't it — The t in isn't usually drops, so it sounds like is-n-it.
- walk up and down — Walk up links together, and the d in and nearly disappears.
No, Miss Fitzgerald. No house is haunted.Beech denies the house is haunted but does not deny the disturbances. The line is a careful non-answer dressed as reassurance.
In the meantime, I have your word, and you have mine.The deal rests on trust alone: no papers yet, just each man's word. It is oddly warm for a business exchange.
Well, it's wonderfully simple to buy a house, isn't it?Roderick's dry amusement that a house can change hands on a handshake, with no solicitor in the room yet.
One does feel that a story like that should bring the price down.A polite way of saying a ghost story should make the house cheaper. Roderick floats it as a negotiating point.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Beech sell the house so cheaply?
He says the money would "ease his mind" for his young granddaughter. He also admits the house is worth far more than £1,200, so the low price is driven by his need to provide for her, not the house's value.
Does Beech believe the house is haunted?
He says flatly that "no house is haunted," yet he mentions tenants who complained of disturbances and admits he canceled their lease. He is denying the word while conceding the events.
Why won't Beech talk about what happened to the tenants?
He says he "declined to discuss it" and simply canceled the lease. That silence is what unsettles the Fitzgeralds more than any ghost story would — they never learn what the tenants saw or heard.
What does Roderick mean about a story bringing the price down?
He is saying, half-jokingly, that a reputation for being haunted should lower the asking price. It is a light attempt to bargain using the very rumor Beech keeps dodging.
How is the sale completed?
By word of mouth at first: "In the meantime, I have your word, and you have mine." The title deeds and checks are to be exchanged later through their solicitors.
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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
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 3 / 28 章 · 残り約 69 分