Blend what and time's into one quick unit.
- What time's your wailing lady due? - About dawn.The Uninvited · 1944 — 第 16 / 28 章 · 2'35" · B2
Stella Senses Her Mother's Ghost, Explained：miss one's cue
Waiting out the crying at dawn, Rick and the others are startled by the scent of mimosa and a glow like a night-light. Stella, unharmed and almost serene, insists it is her mother. "The knowledge that... someone loved me very dearly," she says — the encounter frightens everyone except the one it was meant for.
あらすじ
Late at night at Windward, the household waits for the crying lady, and a card game drags on without her. Then the room fills with the overpowering scent of mimosa and a faint light like a night-light. Stella appears, calm and certain that the presence is her mother, and tells them what she felt. Believing she needs rest, Rick sends her home with Dr. Scott.
注目の表現
miss one's cueoverpoweringnight-lighttake someone home
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このシーンの表現
miss one's cue
fail to act on time
Pam jokes that the wailing ghost has not started on time tonight.
The band missed its cue and started a beat late.
このシーンの他の表現
- overpowering
too strong to ignore
- night-light
a small light kept on at night
- take someone home
bring someone back home
- nothing to do with
not connected at all
このシーンのメモ一覧
42 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
by that time
We ought to know each other pretty well by then.quite well
We ought to know each other pretty well by then.modal verb: Ought to marks what is proper or expected, a slightly old-fashioned cousin of should.
We ought to know each other pretty well by then.I quit — Casual; means you are quitting the game or plan.
Twenty-one hand. I'm out.perfect infinitive: Seems to have plus a past participle guesses about something already done.
Yes, Moaning Martha seems to have missed her cue.an additional amount
Rick, have you brought some more flowers in?tag question: A tag question turns a statement into a soft request for agreement.
Heliotrope, isn't it?originate from
- There's a light! - Where did that come from?Were reduces and links into the next words.
- "Afraid"? - Well, we were, a little.when I woke
but when I woke, she was here in the room.filled with
It was full of her scent. I could feel her presence everywhere.sense that she is there
It was full of her scent. I could feel her presence everywhere.Link full, of and her so they run together.
It was full of her scent. I could feel her presence everywhere.another thing
And there was something else...ever in my life
something I've never known in my whole life.bring someone back home
At dawn Rick gently offers to take Stella home, coaxing her like a child.
Come on, young Stella. I'll take you home.sleep a while
Sorry, but I've got to get some sleep, you know.stop me from getting near
What do you mean? You couldn't want to keep me away from her.shall not — Old-fashioned British; rarely used today.
I shan't be afraid again. Please.legs feel weak
I'm sorry. It's just that my knees are wobbly.unsteady, shaky — Everyday word for shaky or unsteady things.
I'm sorry. It's just that my knees are wobbly.give you a lift home
Come along. Dr. Scott will drive you home.「Stella Senses Her Mother's Ghost」を読み解く
What's really going on
The haunting finally has a name: Stella is sure the presence in the house is her mother, Mary Meredith, and it is the one thing that does not frighten her. "Don't you know who it is in your house?" she asks, as if the others should have guessed. What the scene really reveals is the grief underneath the ghost. Stella says the presence brought her something she has never known her whole life, "the knowledge that... someone loved me very dearly" — a confession about the loneliness behind her calm. When Rick tries to take her home, she refuses, because the room offers the one thing she cannot find anywhere else.
Theme
Death & griefThe presence Stella welcomes is her dead mother; what moves her is the love she lost, not the ghost itself.
Family loveShe treasures the visit because it is the only sign she has ever had of being dearly loved.
このチャプターで学べること
- A ghost story is really a story about being loved.
- The mimosa scent does more work than any apparition.
- Stella's certainty unsettles everyone around her.
- Old-fashioned phrasing keeps the 1944 mood intact.
発音のポイント
- What time's — Blend what and time's into one quick unit.
- we were, a — Were reduces and links into the next words.
- full of her — Link full, of and her so they run together.
I wanted to see the dawn with her.Stella explains why she slipped away: she wanted to stay with her mother until daybreak, treating the ghost as company rather than a threat.
The knowledge that... someone loved me very dearly.The comfort the presence gave her was not the sight of her mother but the certainty of being deeply loved, something she says she had never felt.
Don't you know who it is in your house?Stella is surprised the others do not recognize her mother's presence; to her the visitor is obvious and welcome.
It was full of her scent. I could feel her presence everywhere.She describes the room after waking: the mimosa perfume and the sense of her mother filling the space, which for her proves the visit was real.
このシーンについての質問
Why is Stella not afraid of the ghost?
She is convinced the presence is her mother and that her mother would never hurt her. For Stella the visit is a reunion, not a haunting, so she resists being sent away.
What does the mimosa scent mean in The Uninvited?
It is the perfume associated with Stella's mother, which is why Stella recognizes the presence at once. The same scent marks the mother's appearances.
Why does Stella treasure the feeling of being loved so much?
She says it is something she has never known in her whole life, which suggests how little affection she has had. The ghost matters less to her than the love it seems to prove.
Why does Rick send Stella home?
She was very ill the night before, and he thinks she needs sleep and rest. Stella argues that her illness had nothing to do with her mother, but Rick still has Dr. Scott drive her home.
Does Stella get to come back to Windward?
Not in this scene. She asks whether she can return, Rick says no, and she leaves reluctantly, insisting she will not be afraid again.
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次のチャプター · 第 17 章tear someone apartRoderick Asks Stella to Leave
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
再生中 · 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 16 / 28 章 · 残り約 35 分