WinkLingo
ログイン

The Uninvited · 1944 — 第 27 / 28 章 · 3'56" · B2

Holloway Sends Stella Home, Explained：beating about the bush

Holloway frames herself as Stella's protector and speaks with great tenderness while arranging her death. She says she has been giving Stella's "problem" serious consideration, agrees that the answer is Windward, and puts her on a train. "To the cliff, and the rocks below the cliff," she explains to the rescuers who arrive too late.

あらすじ

Miss Holloway brings Stella to her retreat and pretends to be kind. She tells Stella that her trouble comes from being kept away from Windward, and Stella, delighted, believes she is going home. Holloway puts her on the 9:20 train — which is bound for the cliff, not the house. When Roderick and Scott arrive to take Stella back, Holloway calmly admits she has a twenty-minute head start.

ThreatsInterrogationsPersuadingConfessingDoctor & patientB2mediumbritishClean
IMDb ↗

注目の表現

feel more at homefond ofgo straight toleaves so much to be desired

00:00 / 03:56
Space 再生 · ← → セリフ移動 · R リピート
いま
  29. ❝ 独白Holloway's calm rebuke5 行練習ページ ↗
セリフをタップするとそこから再生

このシーンの表現

beating about the bush

avoiding the point

Rick cuts Holloway off and tells her to stop stalling, but she deflects with a gentle line.

Stop beating about the bush and tell me the truth.

このシーンの他の表現

  • feel more at home

    more comfortable and relaxed

  • fond of

    liking someone warmly

  • go straight to

    go directly to

  • leaves so much to be desired

    is far from good

  • be of any help

    be useful at all

このシーンのメモ一覧

60 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · B2give something serious consideration

careful thought

I've been giving your problem the most serious consideration.
発音I've been

I've been blurs into one light beat in fast speech.

I've been giving your problem the most serious consideration.
表現 · B1not much of a <noun>

barely worth calling

It's not much of a problem. I just want to go home.
表現 · A2would like to be/do

wish to be

- Where would you really like to be? - You mean Windward?
文法 · B2being kept away

passive gerund: A passive gerund names an action done to someone, here Stella being kept away.

That's the basis of all your trouble, being kept away from there.
表現 · B2for the present

for now

For the present, your grandfather's not to know you've left here.
文法 · B2not to know

negative infinitive: Be not to do marks something that must not happen.

For the present, your grandfather's not to know you've left here.
スラング · B1Is that clear

understood? — Controlling and cold; it demands compliance.

Is that clear?
文法 · A2the happiest person in the world

superlative phrase: The superlative plus in the world stretches the feeling to its limit.

Miss Holloway, I'm the happiest person in the world!
発音happiest person

Stress happiest, lighten person, and lift world.

Miss Holloway, I'm the happiest person in the world!
表現 · A2in <time>

after that many minutes

There's a train in 40 minutes.
表現 · A2take someone to a place

drive someone to

My car will take you to the station.
表現 · B2be confidential

kept secret

- Why didn't you tell us Stella was here? - The presence of my guests is confidential.
発音begin to

Link begin and to into one smooth run.

Oh, I begin to understand. This is a rescue party.
表現 · A2do something at once

immediately

Take me to Stella at once.
表現 · C1in balance

perfectly balanced

when the scales at last swing into perfect balance.
表現 · A2on the train to somewhere

aboard a train

She's on the train for Biddlecombe. The 9:20.
表現 · A2below something

beneath the cliff

To the cliff, and the rocks below the cliff.
スラング · B2out of her mind

insane — Casual and blunt; never say it to the person.

She's out of her mind. Come on! Stella has a 20-minute start!
スラング · A2Get out

leave now — A harsh order to leave; use with care.

Get out of this room!
表現 · C1frayed edges

rough unfinished bits

There are no frayed edges. No loose ends.
表現 · C1no loose ends

unfinished business

There are no frayed edges. No loose ends.
表現 · B1have a head start

an early advantage

Holloway calmly notes that Stella's train left first, handing the Fitzgeralds a head start to worry about.

These local trains are very slow, you know. But this one had a head start.
表現 · B1needn't do something

no need to worry

You needn't worry. She can't get into the house.
表現 · B1did + verb（强调）

did indeed lock

- You did lock the door, didn't you, Pam? - No, I thought you did.
表現 · A2be with someone

in the company of friends

I'll be all right now. I'll be with my friends.

「Holloway Sends Stella Home」を読み解く

What's really going on

The whole scene is a trap dressed as care. Holloway says all the right things — "I thought you'd feel more at home here", "you've never been very happy there" — and never once tells a lie that Stella can catch. She knows exactly what Stella wants, and she uses it: "And what she wants, I want." Only when the rescuers arrive does her calm curdle. She tells them Stella has gone "to the cliff, and the rocks below the cliff", the place where Mary died, then collapses into a private speech about everything being "all straight" and "all loose ends" tied up. The horror is that she believes she has done something kind. She is not defeated by being caught; she is satisfied, because she has finished what she started years ago.

Theme

DeceptionHolloway turns kindness into a weapon, sending Stella to the place her mother died while sounding utterly gentle.
Death & griefHolloway's long devotion to Mary Meredith has curdled into a conviction that killing Stella completes their story.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Politeness is the sharpest weapon in this room.
  • Stella's trip is arranged before she can choose.
  • Holloway's calm hides an obsession with the dead.
  • The cliff is named softly, and that is the horror.

発音のポイント

  • I've been — I've been blurs into one light beat in fast speech.
  • happiest person — Stress happiest, lighten person, and lift world.
  • begin to — Link begin and to into one smooth run.
It's not much of a problem. I just want to go home.

Stella's simple wish, which Holloway will use against her: she thinks she is being helped, not hunted.

And what she wants, I want.

Holloway's claim of unity with the dead Mary, which justifies whatever she is about to do to Stella.

To the cliff, and the rocks below the cliff.

The quiet answer that reveals the trap: Stella is being sent not home but to the rocks where her mother died.

I've been giving your problem the most serious consideration.

Holloway's opening line of fake concern, which sounds like therapy and is really the planning of a murder.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Miss Holloway send Stella to the cliff?

Because it is where Mary Meredith died. Holloway has been devoted to Mary, and she believes that sending Stella to the same place completes something — she says she has "done what she wanted at last".

Did Stella know she was being sent to the cliff?

No. Holloway convinced her she was being sent home to Windward, and Stella leaves happily. The truth comes out only when the rescuers arrive and Holloway tells them where the train is really going.

What does Holloway mean by "all straight" and "no loose ends"?

She is talking about her own work of revenge. With Stella on the way to the cliff, everything she planned is finally finished, and she speaks as if it were a job neatly completed.

Why do Roderick and Scott fail to stop Stella?

They arrive after the 9:20 train has already left, giving Stella about a twenty-minute head start. Their car cannot catch a train that is already moving toward the coast.

Is Holloway sane in this scene?

She is calm and articulate about ordinary things, then slides into a private speech about balance, straight lines, and Mary. The film lets the contrast speak for itself.

呪いの家 · 全 28 章

すべて見る →
次のチャプター · 第 28 章for heaven's sakeStella Nearly Walks Off the Cliff
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再生中 · 第 27 章beating about the bushHolloway Sends Stella Home第 28 章for heaven's sakeStella Nearly Walks Off the Cliff
第 27 / 28 章 · 残り約 3 分