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The Uninvited · 1944 — 第 23 / 28 章 · 3'26" · B2

Holloway Tells the Cliff Murder Story, Explained：put up with

Roderick and Pamela come asking what Mary and Carmel were really like, and Holloway gives them the whole ugly story: an affair, a baby carried to the edge, a struggle on the cliff. "Mary Meredith was the finest human being I ever knew," she says — then admits she fought to save the woman who killed her.

あらすじ

At Miss Holloway's home, Roderick and Pamela Fitzgerald ask about Mary Meredith and Carmel, the Spanish gypsy who once lived at Windward. Holloway recalls Mary as the finest person she knew, and Carmel as cruel and cunning. Pressed for the truth, she finally describes the night Carmel carried the baby to the cliff and struck Mary down.

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the finest human beingput up withpick upthe will to kill

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このシーンの表現

put up with

tolerate something

Pam asks why Mrs. Meredith tolerated Carmel for so long, a question full of impatience.

I won't put up with that kind of rudeness.

このシーンの他の表現

  • the finest human being

    the best possible person

  • pick up

    lift something up

  • the will to kill

    the urge to kill

  • discipline myself

    control oneself

  • the one decent thing

    the single good act

このシーンのメモ一覧

61 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · B1what someone is really like

their true character

We thought perhaps you could tell us what Mary and Carmel were really like.
表現 · B1a human being

a person

Mary Meredith was the finest human being I ever knew.
発音finest human being

Link finest and human; keep being light.

Mary Meredith was the finest human being I ever knew.
表現 · C1intensity of something

how extreme the evil was

I never saw such intensity of evil.
スラング · B2gypsy

an old term for a Roma person — A dated term; Roma is preferred today.

She was a Spanish gypsy. Crafty, cruel.
表現 · B1put up with something

tolerate something

Pam asks why Mrs. Meredith tolerated Carmel for so long, a question full of impatience.

- I'm sorry. - Why did Mrs. Meredith put up with it?
表現 · B1in time

eventually

- And did he? - Yes, in time.
表現 · B2be well supplied with something

amply provided with

found a position for her, left her well supplied with money.
表現 · B1how it ended

how it turned out

She still wanted Mary's husband. You know how it ended.
表現 · B1a part of the story

one section of the tale

That's a part of the story so ugly, I've never mentioned it before.
表現 · B2have been told something

had been informed

That night, the girl Carmel had been told she must leave Windward.
文法 · B2had been told

past perfect passive: The past perfect passive places the telling earlier and hides the teller.

That night, the girl Carmel had been told she must leave Windward.
文法 · C1If she could've killed both Mary and her husband, she'd have done so

third conditional: The third conditional imagines a past that did not happen.

If she could've killed both Mary and her husband, she'd have done so.
表現 · A2pick up something

lift something up

Carmel grabs the baby and runs; picked up keeps the sentence racing with her.

She went into the nursery, picked up their baby, and raced to the cliff.
発音picked up their

The ed in picked drops and up their runs together.

She went into the nursery, picked up their baby, and raced to the cliff.
スラング · B1Good heavens

an exclamation of shock — A dated exclamation of shock or dismay.

- Good heavens! - Mary was after her in a second...
発音struck Mary down

Stress struck and down to land the blow.

then Carmel raised her arm and struck Mary down.
表現 · B1have always been there

was always present

The will to kill had always been there, I think.
表現 · B2account for something

explain something

Maybe that accounts for Stella's queer business on the cliff.
スラング · B2queer business

strange goings-on — Old-fashioned for strange or suspicious behaviour.

Maybe that accounts for Stella's queer business on the cliff.
表現 · A2catch someone

grab hold of someone

drove her out toward the edge, and if I hadn't caught her, she'd have gone over.
文法 · C1if I hadn't caught her, she'd have gone over

past unreal conditional: Hadn't caught plus would have gone imagines the disaster that was avoided.

drove her out toward the edge, and if I hadn't caught her, she'd have gone over.
表現 · B1the early stages of something

the first phase of something

Next morning, she crawled back in the early stages of pneumonia.
表現 · B2discipline oneself

control oneself

Holloway admits she can manage others but not herself, her composure cracking.

I'm sorry, I discipline others. I... I can't discipline myself.
表現 · B1everything you want to know

all you wish to learn

There. Have I told you everything you want to know?
表現 · B2the one decent thing

the single good act

Holloway calls it Meredith's only good deed, praise that is really contempt.

It's the one decent thing I ever knew him to do.
表現 · B1get back before something

return before an event

Thank you, but we must get back before our maid leaves.

「Holloway Tells the Cliff Murder Story」を読み解く

What's really going on

Holloway tells this story as a monument to Mary, and every sentence keeps the monument polished: "Mary Meredith was the finest human being I ever knew." Yet the details she lets slip point elsewhere. Carmel is the outsider she calls crafty and cruel; the husband, Meredith, gets almost nothing but contempt. When asked who ordered Carmel out that last night, she answers "Mary" before catching herself: "I should say Meredith." That slip, and her pride in calling his decision "the one decent thing I ever knew him to do," show how much she needs Mary to be blameless and how little she grants anyone else. Her grief for Mary has hardened into something close to worship, and the visitors must weigh the story she tells against the story she cannot stop revealing.

Theme

SecretsThe real story of Mary and Carmel has been hidden for years; only the Fitzgeralds' questions force Holloway to tell it, and she still edits as she goes.
Death & griefHolloway's memory of Mary has been polished by grief until it looks like worship, and it shapes every line of her account.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Calm narration can make a murder feel colder, not softer.
  • Faint praise like the one decent thing hides contempt.
  • The third conditional admits what never actually happened.
  • The will to do something names a standing intention.

発音のポイント

  • finest human being — Link finest and human; keep being light.
  • picked up their — The ed in picked drops and up their runs together.
  • struck Mary down — Stress struck and down to land the blow.
Mary Meredith was the finest human being I ever knew.

Holloway's highest praise for Mary, and the standard against which she judges everyone else in the story — including Meredith, whom she clearly despises.

A better plan flashed into her wicked little brain.

Said of Carmel: instead of simply killing Mary and her husband, she seized the baby to lure Mary out. The wording is almost admiring, which is what makes it unsettling.

It's the one decent thing I ever knew him to do.

Holloway on Meredith finally sending Carmel away. Even his one right act is grudgingly granted, showing how she blames both husband and mistress.

I never saw such intensity of evil.

Holloway's description of Carmel. After calling Mary the finest person she knew, she frames Carmel as pure evil — the outsider she needs to blame.

このシーンについての質問

Why did Mrs. Meredith put up with Carmel for so long?

She believed Meredith should be the one to end the affair. She left it to her husband instead of sending Carmel away herself, which let things drag on until it was too late.

Who actually told Carmel she had to leave Windward?

Meredith did. Holloway first says "Mary" — the person she reveres — then corrects herself to Meredith, the man who gave the order and whom she clearly dislikes.

Does Holloway think Carmel murdered Mary?

She describes the struggle on the cliff and says Carmel's will to kill had always been there. Then she admits she fought day and night to save Carmel's life, while hating her the whole time.

Why does Holloway call sending Carmel away "the one decent thing"?

It is her backhanded verdict on Meredith: the only good act she will credit him with. The line also shows how much she resents him and how completely she sides with Mary.

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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第 22 章by any chanceRick and Pamela Visit Miss Holloway再生中 · 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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