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The Uninvited · 1944 — 第 7 / 28 章 · 2'39" · B2

Lizzie Comes Home to the House, Explained：sleeping-beauty magic

The housekeeper Lizzie arrives at the new house and the Fitzgeralds' faces light up. The talk turns to Stella Meredith, who keeps refusing to visit, and to Rick's quiet fondness for her: "There's kind of a sleeping-beauty magic about the kid." Pamela teases him, and Lizzie finally sends everyone to bed.

あらすじ

Lizzie Flynn, the Fitzgeralds' old housekeeper, arrives at the house they have just bought and is delighted by it. Over the evening she, Rick, and Pamela talk about Stella Meredith, the girl at the Meredith house, whom Pamela has never managed to meet; Rick admits he is drawn to her and jokes that he is no prince. Lizzie ends the night by sending Pamela to bed.

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このシーンの表現

sleeping-beauty magic

a fairy-tale spell

Roderick sees a fairy-tale spell in Stella, as if she is asleep and waiting to be woken.

The old house had a sleeping-beauty magic all its own.

このシーンの他の表現

  • 'tis

    it is, in dialect

  • get on with you

    go on, don't be silly

  • do wonders

    make a big improvement

  • set eyes on

    see someone

  • make friends with

    become friends with

このシーンのメモ一覧

51 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · A1here we are

we have arrived

Well, here we are.
発音'Tis a mansion

'Tis sounds like tiz, a swallowed form of it is.

What a grand house, Master Rick. 'Tis a mansion, so 'tis.
表現 · B2on top of the world

on top of everything

'Tis on top of the world.
表現 · B1wander away

drift off

Nothing tragic. He just wandered away.
表現 · B1have dog appeal

charm for dogs

I suppose I haven't enough dog appeal.
文法 · B2I haven't enough

negative without do: British speech drops got or any after haven't.

I suppose I haven't enough dog appeal.
表現 · B2loathe something

hated the countryside

- No, seriously, Pam. - He loathed the country.
表現 · B2walk out

leave for good

Never heard of a terrier walking out.
表現 · C1dream on one's feet

daydreaming while standing

Ah, Miss Pamela, I'm dreaming on me feet.
発音dreaming on me

Dreaming on links smoothly, and me stands in for my.

Ah, Miss Pamela, I'm dreaming on me feet.
スラング · B2me feet

my feet, in dialect — Irish dialect for my feet; keep it out of formal speech.

Ah, Miss Pamela, I'm dreaming on me feet.
表現 · A2fit in

go in properly

- How did the furniture fit in? - Beautifully.
表現 · B1grandfather clock

a tall standing clock

I saw the grandfather clock. It waved both hands at me.
表現 · A2spank someone

hit someone's bottom

If the soup's burned, Lizzie will spank me.
発音Get along with

With reduces to wi, and along runs into it.

Get along with you, miss.
スラング · B2Get along with you

go on, don't be silly — An Irish way to brush off teasing; fine among friends.

Get along with you, miss.
表現 · C1the saints be praised

thank heaven

The saints be praised! There's me old rocker.
文法 · B2It's been 10 years since

since-clause: It has been time since marks how long ago something happened.

It's been 10 years since you nestled your bustle in that.
表現 · A2think of something

have an opinion of

Tell me, what does Stella think of the changes?
表現 · A2not strong enough to do something

too weak to do it

Not strong enough?
表現 · B1be nice to know

pleasant to befriend

I expect it's us. We just aren't nice to know.
表現 · B2be crazy to do something

eager to

But Stella was crazy to make friends with you. She told me.
スラング · B2colossal

enormous — Playful exaggeration; too casual for formal talk.

Why, you colossal bluff!
文法 · B1There's kind of a sleeping-beauty magic about

existential there: There's introduces what exists, with about naming where it sits.

There's kind of a sleeping-beauty magic about the kid.
表現 · B2break the spell

end the enchantment

I'd thought I'd done something toward breaking the spell.

「Lizzie Comes Home to the House」を読み解く

What's really going on

The arrival of Lizzie turns the new house into a home, and the evening settles into the kind of talk families have when they are happy and slightly embarrassed. Stella Meredith keeps coming up because she never comes over. Pamela has written and been answered by the commander instead, and Rick is sure the excuse is thin: "You were just as sorry for that child as I was," Pamela tells him, catching the pity he pretends not to feel. What he will admit is stranger and more honest — "There's kind of a sleeping-beauty magic about the kid." He has hoped to be the one who wakes her, and he knows he is not; his joke about being Prince Charmless is the closest he gets to saying he is in love. Lizzie, who sees everything, ends the evening by sending Pamela to bed.

Theme

LonelinessStella is kept alone behind the commander's refusals, and the talk about her is full of pity for a girl shut away from company.
SecretsThe commander answers invitations for Stella and blocks every visit, and the others suspect the real reason is being hidden.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Lizzie's dialect carries the whole warm homecoming.
  • A missing dog keeps the reunion light.
  • Stella's absence hangs over all the jokes.
  • Pamela names what her brother will not say.

発音のポイント

  • 'Tis a mansion — 'Tis sounds like tiz, a swallowed form of it is.
  • dreaming on me — Dreaming on links smoothly, and me stands in for my.
  • Get along with — With reduces to wi, and along runs into it.
There's kind of a sleeping-beauty magic about the kid.

Rick's way of describing Stella: she seems enchanted and untouched, like a fairy-tale figure asleep inside the house.

Stop pushing her into the nursery. She's 20. She said so herself.

Pamela's warning against treating Stella as a child; she is twenty and has said so, so the tenderness needs to respect that.

I'd thought I'd done something toward breaking the spell.

Rick admits he believed his attention might free Stella from whatever keeps her closed off, and that his effort has failed.

You were just as sorry for that child as I was.

Pamela calls out the pretence: Rick mocks her sentiment, but he pities Stella exactly as much as she does.

このシーンについての質問

Who is Lizzie Flynn?

She is the Fitzgeralds' old housekeeper, and she has come to live with them in the new house. She calls Rick Master Rick and Pam miss, and she treats the big house with delighted awe.

Why hasn't Pamela met Stella Meredith?

Pamela wrote to invite her to tea and only got a reply from the commander saying Stella was not strong enough for invitations. Pamela suspects it is really because the Fitzgeralds are not nice to know.

What does Rick mean by sleeping-beauty magic?

He is describing Stella as a girl who seems enchanted and untouched, as if she were still asleep in a fairy tale. It explains why he cannot help liking her, though he jokes that he is no prince.

Why does Rick call himself Prince Charmless?

He had hoped he might break whatever spell keeps Stella shut away, and by the end of the evening he admits it has not worked, so he jokes that he is the prince with no charm.

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次のチャプター · 第 8 章I'd soonerThe First Night at Windward House
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再生中 · 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
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