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V for Vendetta · 2006 — 第 13 / 25 章 · 2'37" · B2

Evey Hides Out at Gordon's, Explained：let alone

Evey shows up at Gordon Deitrich's door, and he takes her in without hesitation. The talk is about a hidden record and banned books, but it keeps circling the same thing: his own double life. "It would be terrible manners for me not to trust you," he says, turning shelter into a debt of honor.

あらすじ

Evey arrives at Gordon Deitrich's home at night and asks for help, saying every cop is looking for her. He brings her inside and shows her what he has hidden: a recording of God Save the Queen and banned art. He admits that wanting the wrong person would cost him his home and his television career, and that years of hiding have made him forget himself.

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the least of my problemslet alonein our own wayin television

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このシーンの表現

let alone

much less, never mind

Gordon says he would lose his home, let alone his TV show, if he lived openly.

He can't boil an egg, let alone cook dinner.

このシーンの他の表現

  • the least of my problems

    the smallest of my worries

  • in our own way

    each in a different way

  • in television

    working in TV

  • cheer someone up

    to lift someone's mood

  • wear a mask

    to hide your true self

このシーンのメモ一覧

38 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

スラング · B1Good God

an exclamation of shock — A shocked exclamation with religious flavor; informal.

Evey? Good God!
表現 · B1where else to go

another place to go

I'm sorry. I didn't know where else to go.
発音didn't know

The t in didn't drops, so know follows straight on.

I'm sorry. I didn't know where else to go.
表現 · A2come inside

enter the house

Yes, well, you better come inside before someone sees you.
表現 · A2look for someone

searching for someone

-Cheers. -I know every cop's looking for me.
発音looking for

Looking for runs together, with for reduced to fer.

-Cheers. -I know every cop's looking for me.
スラング · B1cop's

police officer, casually — Everyday speech; say police officer in formal settings.

-Cheers. -I know every cop's looking for me.
スラング · A2Cheers

thanks, in British speech — British informal thanks, rare in American speech.

-Cheers. -I know every cop's looking for me.
表現 · B2put someone in a situation

cause you this trouble

I know it's horrible of me to put you in this situation.
表現 · B2the least of someone's problems

the smallest of my worries

Evey apologizes for dragging Gordon in, and he brushes it off as nothing.

If the government searched my house, you would be the least of my problems.
文法 · B2If the government searched

second conditional: A second conditional imagines an unreal present: even if they searched, she is no burden.

If the government searched my house, you would be the least of my problems.
表現 · B2it would be terrible manners to ...

very bad manners

Evey worries he trusted her; Gordon says not trusting her would be bad manners.

It would be terrible manners for me not to trust you.
文法 · B2for me not to trust you

negative infinitive: The negative infinitive is the real subject, with it standing in as a placeholder.

It would be terrible manners for me not to trust you.
発音would be

Would reduces to a weak wəd sound and be slips by.

It would be terrible manners for me not to trust you.
表現 · B1no matter how ...

however much

Cost me more than this house, but no matter how bad I feel...
表現 · B1be in + 行业

working in TV

Asked if he is a Muslim, Gordon deflects with his job in television.

-Are you a Muslim? -No, I'm in television.
表現 · A2find something + 形容词

do not need to

I don't have to be Muslim to find the images beautiful, poetry moving.
文法 · B1find the images beautiful

object complement: Find plus object plus adjective states how he perceives the images.

I don't have to be Muslim to find the images beautiful, poetry moving.
表現 · B1be worth it

worth the risk

Is it worth it? If they found that here....
表現 · B2in one's own way

each in a different way

Gordon calls them both fugitives, each in a different way.

You see, we are both fugitives in our own way.
表現 · B2let alone something

much less, never mind

Gordon says he would lose his home, let alone his TV show, if he lived openly.

...I would undoubtedly find myself without a home, let alone a TV show.
文法 · B2let alone a TV show

let alone clause: Let alone adds a more extreme consequence after the worst case is named.

...I would undoubtedly find myself without a home, let alone a TV show.
表現 · B1more than just something

not only

...you begin to lose more than just your appetite.
表現 · B2forget who you were

your former self

You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.
発音beneath it

Beneath it links into benea-thit as one unit.

You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.

「Evey Hides Out at Gordon's」を読み解く

What's really going on

Gordon's kindness is not just kindness. He tells Evey that he has hidden the things the state forbids, then explains why: he is a fugitive too, only quieter about it. "You see, we are both fugitives in our own way." The point of the evening is not really the record or the poetry. Gordon is explaining what it costs to survive under a regime that decides what a person is allowed to want. His confession about entertaining women he has no interest in is not a confession of scandal but of camouflage, and it leads straight to the scene's closing image: "You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it." Evey has come to him for shelter; what she gets is a portrait of what staying safe has already done to him.

Theme

TrustEvey comes to Gordon because she has nowhere else to go, and he opens the door on one condition: that trust be returned.
IdentityHe hides banned art and a self he cannot show, and his last line says the mask eventually erases the face beneath it.

このチャプターで学べること

  • One conditional quietly removes a friend's guilt.
  • Trust is framed as good manners, not charity.
  • The mask line doubles as Gordon's confession.
  • A banned anthem says more than any speech.

発音のポイント

  • didn't know — The t in didn't drops, so know follows straight on.
  • looking for — Looking for runs together, with for reduced to fer.
  • would be — Would reduces to a weak wəd sound and be slips by.
  • beneath it — Beneath it links into benea-thit as one unit.
If the government searched my house, you would be the least of my problems.

Gordon shrugs off the risk of hiding a wanted woman: the forbidden things already in his house matter to the state far more than she does.

It would be terrible manners for me not to trust you.

His reason for sheltering Evey is framed as etiquette, not heroism: refusing her would be the impolite thing to do.

I don't have to be Muslim to find the images beautiful, poetry moving.

He explains why he keeps banned art: beauty and poetry do not require him to share the faith that produced them.

You see, we are both fugitives in our own way.

Gordon's admission that he and Evey are alike, each hunted by the state for a different reason and each hiding something.

...I would undoubtedly find myself without a home, let alone a TV show.

He imagines the cost of living openly: he would lose his house first, and his job on television after that.

You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.

His closing line about the mask: years of pretending to be someone else have worn away the person underneath.

Oh, my God. That's God Save the Queen.

Evey's surprise at hearing the banned national anthem on Gordon's record player, a song she thought had been destroyed.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Gordon take Evey in even though it could get him killed?

He is already guilty of hiding banned things, and he sees himself in her. As he puts it, they are both fugitives in their own way, so turning her away would not make him any safer.

What is Gordon hiding in his house?

A recording of God Save the Queen, which he thought Sutler had destroyed, along with banned art and poetry. He tells Evey that keeping it costs more than the house but always lifts his mood.

Why does Gordon talk about the women he entertains?

He is explaining his own cover. In this world he is expected to entertain young women like Evey, and by playing that role he protects the life he actually wants, but the performance has gone on so long that he has lost track of himself.

Did Evey know how much danger Gordon was in before she came to him?

No. She only realizes how much he has risked when he shows her the hidden record and admits that inviting the wrong person would cost him his home and his television show.

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