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Witness for the Prosecution · 1957 — 第 24 / 27 章 · 3'49" · B2

Sir Wilfrid Buys the Letters, Explained：on the sly

A scarred woman at Euston offers Sir Wilfrid letters she says Christine wrote to another man. She will not give her name and does not care how she got them: "What's the difference so long as she gets what's coming?"

あらすじ

Sir Wilfrid and Mayhew meet a scarred woman in an Euston pub. She claims to hold letters written by Christine to another man and asks ten pounds for them. She refuses to give her name, says she has waited to pay Christine back, and hands over the bundle for cash.

NegotiationInvestigationBargainingConfessingStrangersB2fastbritish
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duty-boundfair's fairbleedingget hold of

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このシーンの表現

on the sly

secretly

She says Christine started seeing her man on the sly, behind her back.

They had been meeting on the sly for months.

このシーンの他の表現

  • duty-bound

    obliged by duty

  • fair's fair

    let us be fair

  • bleeding

    a mild swear intensifier

  • get hold of

    obtain or get possession of

  • pay back

    get revenge on someone

このシーンのメモ一覧

47 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

発音without your wig

Your reduces to yer and the final g of wig stays soft.

Didn't recognise you without your wig. Lovely you all look in them wigs.
表現 · B2two of you

the two of you

Two o' yer? I'm not talking to two o' yer.
発音two o' yer

Of your shrinks to o' yer in fast Cockney speech.

Two o' yer? I'm not talking to two o' yer.
表現 · A2no need for something

not necessary to have

No need for mine. If did give you a name it mightn't be the right one, might it?
文法 · C1If did give you a name it mightn't be the right one

conditional with tag: The if-clause drops I, and the tag question turns the claim back on the listener.

No need for mine. If did give you a name it mightn't be the right one, might it?
表現 · C1be duty-bound to do something

obliged by duty

Mayhew warns her that she is obliged to hand over any evidence she has.

You realise that you're duty-bound to give any evidence that you might have?
文法 · C1that you're duty-bound to give any evidence that you might have

object and relative clause: A that-clause is the object of realise, with a second that-clause modifying evidence.

You realise that you're duty-bound to give any evidence that you might have?
表現 · B2come off it

stop that nonsense

- Come off it. Did you bring any money? - What is it you have, madam?
表現 · B2take someone in

deceive someone

Poor bleeder, he's been took in by 'er all right. And these letters prove it.
スラング · B2bleeder

a poor fellow — London slang, pitying or mocking; not formal.

Poor bleeder, he's been took in by 'er all right. And these letters prove it.
表現 · C1how pertinent something is

relevant to the matter

If we could see these letters, we could advise you as to how pertinent they are.
文法 · C1If we could see these letters, we could advise you

second conditional: The second conditional makes it a polite hypothetical, since they have not seen the letters.

If we could see these letters, we could advise you as to how pertinent they are.
表現 · B2fair's fair

let us be fair

She says she won't ask them to buy unseen, then insists that fair is fair.

Well, as I say, I don't expect you to buy without seeing, but fair's fair.
表現 · B2fair and square

honest and legitimate

Oh, she wrote 'em all right. It's all fair an' square.
スラング · B2Juicy

scandalously interesting — Casual, describes gossip; fine among friends.

Juicy, ain't they?
表現 · B2get hold of something

obtain or get possession of

Sir Wilfrid asks how she got hold of the letters, wary of where they came from.

- There's one that's even better. - How did you get hold of these?
表現 · B2get what's coming to someone

receive deserved punishment

What's the difference so long as she gets what's coming?
文法 · C1so long as she gets what's coming

conditional clause: So long as means as long as, and what's coming is a noun clause acting as object.

What's the difference so long as she gets what's coming?
スラング · B2ducky

a familiar address — Cheeky London address; avoid with strangers.

Want to kiss me, ducky?
表現 · A2a bit younger than someone

slightly younger

Not 'er, the chap I was going with. He was a bit younger than me but I loved 'im.
表現 · B2on the sly

secretly

She says Christine started seeing her man on the sly, behind her back.

Then she come along, started seeing 'im on the sly. Then one day he cleared out.
発音seeing 'im

The h in him drops; link seeing and 'im.

Then she come along, started seeing 'im on the sly. Then one day he cleared out.
スラング · B2proper

thoroughly — British informal adverb; keep it out of writing.

I found 'em together. I said what I thought of 'er and he cut me face up proper.
表現 · B2pay someone back

get revenge on someone

She says she waited for the moment to pay Christine back, and now it has come.

But I waited me time to pay 'er back. And it's come now.
表現 · B2be soft with someone

too gentle with someone

'Olding out on me, were yer? I knew I was being soft with yer.
表現 · C1cold-blooded

without feeling

Cold-blooded vindictiveness. Read this one.
表現 · B2can't blame someone

her reaction is understandable

On that train, I should think. Doesn't want her other cheek slashed. Can't blame her.

「Sir Wilfrid Buys the Letters」を読み解く

What's really going on

On the surface this is a simple purchase. Underneath, two people are using each other. The woman needs money and, more than that, revenge; Sir Wilfrid needs evidence to break Christine's testimony. She spells out her motive without shame—"I waited me time to pay 'er back. And it's come now."—and shrugs off how she got the letters: "What's the difference so long as she gets what's coming?" That line is the heart of the scene. The letters may be genuine, but they arrive through a witness with a grudge, and Sir Wilfrid knows a jury will notice. He buys them anyway, because a liar caught in her own hand is worth the risk. The scene turns the defence's problem into a weapon, while quietly warning that this kind of help always carries a price.

Theme

RevengeThe woman sells the letters purely to get even with Christine, and says so openly.
DeceptionChristine's own letters suggest she lied on the stand, but their shady source leaves them open to doubt.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A stranger's grudge becomes the defence's weapon.
  • Cockney speech hides whole words in plain sound.
  • She sells letters without ever giving her name.
  • Revenge, not justice, drives the deal.

発音のポイント

  • without your wig — Your reduces to yer and the final g of wig stays soft.
  • two o' yer — Of your shrinks to o' yer in fast Cockney speech.
  • seeing 'im — The h in him drops; link seeing and 'im.
No need for mine. If did give you a name it mightn't be the right one, might it?

The woman refuses to identify herself, hinting that any name she gave would be false—she deals outside the law.

You realise that you're duty-bound to give any evidence that you might have?

Sir Wilfrid points out that by law she must hand over any evidence she holds.

But I waited me time to pay 'er back. And it's come now.

She admits her motive is revenge: she has waited for the chance to get even with Christine.

It wasn't 'is fault. It was all 'ers, gettin' 'im away from me, turnin' 'im against me.

She still blames Christine, not the man she loved, for breaking them up.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the woman refuse to give her name?

She says that if she did give a name, it might not be the right one anyway. It signals she is not a respectable witness but someone working outside the law.

Why is she selling the letters to Sir Wilfrid?

She wants revenge on Christine, not justice. She says she waited for her time to pay Christine back, and selling the letters is how she does it.

What do the letters reveal?

They are in Christine's hand and read as passionate letters to a man who is not Leonard. Sir Wilfrid and Mayhew treat them as proof that Christine lied.

Why does the woman have a scar on her face?

She says the man she loved cut her face when she confronted him and Christine together. It is why she has been waiting to get even.

情婦 · 全 27 章

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