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The Uninvited · 1944 — 第 21 / 28 章 · 2'36" · B1

Lizzie Names the Dead Woman's Nurse, Explained：bluff someone

Roderick needs information and Lizzie has it, so he presses her for the past. She takes offence, calls the séance board a heathen device, and threatens to leave the house for good. Yet she is the one who names the nurse who was present when Mrs. Meredith died — Miss Holloway, now running a retreat on Bodmin Moor.

あらすじ

Roderick and Pamela question Lizzie about Windward's history. She resents being used as a source, mocks the séance board as a device for calling up devils, and threatens to move out. But she knows the village stories, and she supplies the key name: the trained nurse present when Mrs. Meredith died was Miss Holloway, now running a retreat on Bodmin Moor.

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bluff someoneultimatoblastedshout down to someone

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このシーンの表現

bluff someone

try to fool someone

Lizzie calls Roderick out for faking the letters, blunt and unafraid.

He tried to bluff the guard with a fake pass.

このシーンの他の表現

  • ultimato

    a mangled ultimatum

  • blasted

    damned, confounded

  • shout down to someone

    call down to someone

  • a place of one's own

    belonging to oneself

  • announce someone to

    formally tell someone a guest has come

このシーンのメモ一覧

42 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · B1search into something

dig into the past

So they're searching into the past.
表現 · A2find something out

discover the truth

They shan't ever find out, my darling.
表現 · A2do something at once

immediately

And will you please come here at once?
表現 · B1bluff someone

try to fool someone

Lizzie calls Roderick out for faking the letters, blunt and unafraid.

Don't you try to bluff me, Mr. Roderick.
発音Don't you

Stress Don't you to sound like a warning.

Don't you try to bluff me, Mr. Roderick.
表現 · A2take something away

remove something

Stop looking at me as though you were gonna take away my bicycle.
文法 · B2as though you were gonna

as though clause: As though introduces an unreal comparison, with were for the imagined case.

Stop looking at me as though you were gonna take away my bicycle.
文法 · B1a house where it goes on

relative clause: The where-clause defines which house she refuses to stay in.

I will not stay in a house where it goes on, and that is an "ultimato"!
スラング · B2ultimato

a mangled ultimatum — A country malapropism; don't copy it as standard.

I will not stay in a house where it goes on, and that is an "ultimato"!
表現 · B1be through with something

done with something

Come now, Lizzie. From now on we're through with all this rubbish.
表現 · B1go after something

pursue something

- We're going after facts. - What facts?
スラング · B1blasted

damned, confounded — A dated mild swear; avoid it in formal speech.

The facts about this blasted haunting.
発音Whist now

The t in Whist often drops, so it runs into now.

Whist now, Miss Pam. Where will we start, Mr. Rick?
スラング · B2Whist

hush, hold on (Irish) — Irish dialect for hush; regional and informal.

Whist now, Miss Pam. Where will we start, Mr. Rick?
表現 · A2seem to be ...

appear to be

I don't know. Everybody seems to be dead.
表現 · B1go over a cliff

fall off a cliff

She was here when it happened... the friend of the lady that went over the cliff.
発音when it happened

Link when and it so it sounds like one unit.

She was here when it happened... the friend of the lady that went over the cliff.
表現 · B1talk of something

speak about

What do you suppose we talk of at the Jessups?
文法 · B2It was the trained nurse that

cleft sentence: The it-was-that cleft stresses exactly who shouted to Jessup.

It was the trained nurse that shouted down to Mr. Jessup on the shore.
表現 · B1pass under something

go beneath something

And as he passed under the dead tree, he heard a scream.
表現 · B1be a gold mine

a rich source

- 'Twas then that the nurse called. - Lizzie Flynn, you're a gold mine.
表現 · B1get the name of someone

find out someone's name

- If we could only get the name of the nurse. - Ah, that's easy. Wait, now.
スラング · B1Aye

yes (dialect) — Dialect yes; common in Irish and Scottish speech.

- Miss Holloway. - Aye. Miss Holloway.
表現 · B1a place of one's own

belonging to oneself

Lizzie notes that Holloway now has a big place of her own, a touch envious.

She has a big, fine place of her own now. A hospital, like.
スラング · B2like

so to speak — An Irish sentence tag; very casual.

She has a big, fine place of her own now. A hospital, like.
表現 · B2announce someone to someone

formally tell someone a guest has come

At the retreat, a staff member asks the visitors to wait while she announces them to Holloway.

Wait in there, please, and I will announce you to Miss Holloway.

「Lizzie Names the Dead Woman's Nurse」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a small comedy with a sharp edge: the household needs the one person it has been treating as a servant. Lizzie knows exactly how much she is worth, and she makes them pay for it — she refuses to be "bluffed", calls the séance tools devilish, and issues her mangled "ultimato". Then she opens the village's memory and hands over the most useful fact in the film so far: the name of the nurse, Miss Holloway. Roderick's line, "Lizzie Flynn, you're a gold mine," is affectionate and a little patronising at once; he recognises her value only when she is being useful. Her information moves the plot toward the Retreat on Bodmin Moor, and it also shows that the ordinary servant knows more than the genteel family that employs her.

Theme

ClassThe family's investigation depends on the servant they dismiss, and her local knowledge proves worth more than their manners.
SecretsA single name — the nurse, Miss Holloway — opens the door to the house's hidden history.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A blunt warning can end an argument before it starts.
  • Malapropisms make plain speakers sound fierce and human.
  • Old servant speech carries its own grammar of rank.
  • A dead end confessed with humor keeps a scene moving.

発音のポイント

  • Don't you — Stress Don't you to sound like a warning.
  • Whist now — The t in Whist often drops, so it runs into now.
  • when it happened — Link when and it so it sounds like one unit.
Don't you try to bluff me, Mr. Roderick.

Lizzie refuses to be managed: she has spotted that Roderick is fishing for information and tells him so.

I will not stay in a house where it goes on, and that is an "ultimato"!

Her threat to leave, delivered with a mispronounced word that becomes the joke of the scene.

I don't know. Everybody seems to be dead.

Roderick's dry summary of the family tree: everyone he might question has already died.

And as he passed under the dead tree, he heard a scream.

The account of the death: Jessup hears a child's scream before the woman falls from the cliff.

このシーンについての質問

Who was the trained nurse at Windward?

Her name was Miss Holloway. She was present when Mrs. Meredith died, and she now runs a place on Bodmin Moor called the Mary Meredith Retreat.

Why does Lizzie threaten to leave the house?

She is frightened and disgusted by the séance, which she calls a heathen device for calling devils out of hell. She says she will not stay in a house where such things happen.

What does Lizzie actually tell them about the death?

She says Jessup was on the shore looking for a lost sheep when he heard a scream — not Mrs. Meredith's, but "the scream of a terrified child" — just before the woman fell.

Why does Roderick call Lizzie a gold mine?

Because she supplies all the details the family needs. As a servant she hears everything in the village, and she is the one who gives them the nurse's name.

Who is Miss Holloway?

She was Mrs. Meredith's trained nurse at the time of the death, and she later became famous and grand. She now owns the Mary Meredith Retreat on Bodmin Moor.

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次のチャプター · 第 22 章by any chanceRick and Pamela Visit Miss Holloway
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再生中 · 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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