It was like the other time except that it was day and we were in Captain Hernandez's office and the Sheriff was up in Santa Barbara opening Fiesta Week.
day
(昼間)
[名]
the time of light between one night and the next
Santa Barbara
(サンタバーバラ)
[名]
a city in California
Fiesta Week
(フィエスタ・ウィーク)
[名]
a week-long festival held in Santa Barbara
前回と似ていたが、今回は昼間で、我々はヘルナンデス警部の事務所にいて、保安官はサンタバーバラでフィエスタ・ウィークの開会式に出席していた。
Captain Hernandez was there and Bernie Ohls and a man from the coroner's office and Dr. Loring, who looked as if he had been caught performing an abortion, and a man named Lawford, a deputy from the D.A.'s office, a tall gaunt expressionless man whose brother was vaguely rumored to be a boss of the numbers racket in the Central Avenue district.
coroner's office
(検死官事務所)
[名]
an office that investigates deaths
abortion
(中絶)
[名]
the termination of a pregnancy
Lawford
(ローフォード)
[名]
a man
D.A.'s office
(地方検事事務所)
[名]
an office that prosecutes crimes
gaunt
(やせ細った)
[形]
very thin and bony
rumored
(噂がある)
[動]
be talked about as having done something
Central Avenue district
(セントラル・アベニュー地区)
[名]
a district in Los Angeles
ヘルナンデス警部がそこにいて、バーニー・オールズと検死官事務所の男と、中絶手術を行っている現場を押さえられたかのような顔をしたローリング医師、そしてローフォードという名の男、地方検事事務所の代理人で、背が高く、やせ細り、無表情な男で、その兄はセントラル・アベニュー地区のナンバーズ賭博のボスだという噂があった。
“This is informal,” Hernandez said, when everybody was as comfortable as you can get in hard chairs.
informal
(非公式)
[形]
not formal
comfortable
(楽な)
[形]
providing ease and relaxation
「これは非公式だ」とヘルナンデスは言った。皆が硬い椅子に座ってできる限り楽な姿勢になった時だった。
“No stenotype or recording equipment.
stenotype
(速記)
[名]
a machine for writing shorthand
recording
(録音)
[名]
the process of making a record of something
「速記や録音機器はなしだ。
Say what you like.
言いたいことを言え。
Dr. Weiss represents the coroner who will decide whether an inquest is necessary.
Dr. Weiss
(ワイス医師)
[名]
a doctor
ワイス医師は検死官の代理で、検死が必要かどうかを決定する。
Dr. Weiss?”
Weiss
(ワイス)
[名]
a German surname
ワイス医師?」
He was fat, cheerful, and looked competent.
彼は太っていて、陽気で、有能そうだった。
“I think no inquest,” he said.
「検死は必要ないだろう」と彼は言った。
“There is every surface indication of narcotic poisoning.
poisoning
(中毒)
[名]
the symptoms caused by a poison
「表面的には麻薬中毒の兆候がすべて揃っている。
When the ambulance arrived the woman was still breathing very faintly and she was in a deep coma and all the reflexes were negative.
ambulance
(救急車)
[名]
a vehicle that takes people to and from a hospital
coma
(昏睡)
[名]
a state of unconsciousness in which a person is alive but unable to move or respond to their environment
救急車が到着した時、女性はまだかすかに息をしていたが、深い昏睡状態で、すべての反射が消失していた。
At that stage you don't save one in a hundred.
stage
(段階)
[名]
a period or phase in a process of change or development
その段階では百人に一人も助からない。
Her skin was cold and respiration would not be noticed without close examination.
respiration
(呼吸)
[名]
the process by which living organisms exchange gases with their environment
close examination
(注意深く調べる)
[名]
a detailed inspection
彼女の肌は冷たく、呼吸は注意深く調べなければ気づかれないほどだった。
The houseboy thought she was dead.
ボーイは彼女が死んだと思った。
She died approximately an hour after that.
approximately
(約)
[副]
used to show that something is almost, but not completely, accurate or exact
彼女はその後約一時間で死んだ。
I understand the lady was subject to occasional violent attacks of bronchial asthma.
bronchial asthma
(気管支喘息)
[名]
a chronic disease of the lungs characterized by difficulty in breathing due to spasm of the bronchi of the lungs
彼女は時々激しい気管支喘息の発作を起こしていたと聞いている。
The demerol was prescribed by Dr. Loring as an emergency measure.”
emergency measure
(緊急措置)
[名]
an action taken to deal with a sudden and serious problem
デメロールはローリング医師が緊急措置として処方したものだ。」
“A fatal dose,” he said, smiling faintly.
dose
(量)
[名]
the amount of a medicine or drug that is taken at one time
「致死量だ」と彼はかすかに笑いながら言った。
“There is no quick way of determining that without knowing the medical history, the acquired or natural tolerance.
medical history
(病歴)
[名]
a record of a person's past illnesses and medical treatments
acquired
(後天性)
[形]
not innate; learned
tolerance
(耐性)
[名]
the ability to tolerate something, in particular the capacity to endure an unpleasant or harmful substance, treatment, or condition without serious adverse effects
「病歴や後天性または先天性の耐性を知らずにそれを判断する手っ取り早い方法はない。
According to her confession she took twenty-three hundred milligrams, four or five times the minimal lethal dose for a non-addict.”
according to
(によると)
[前]
as stated or reported by
take
(服用する)
[動]
swallow or consume
twenty-three hundred
(2300)
[数]
two thousand three hundred
milligrams
(ミリグラム)
[名]
a unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a gram
four or five
(4、5)
[数]
four or five
times
(倍)
[名]
an instance of something happening
minimal
(最小)
[形]
the least or smallest amount or quantity possible
lethal
(致死)
[形]
causing or able to cause death
彼女の告白によると、彼女は中毒者ではない人間にとっての最小致死量の4、5倍の2300ミリグラムを服用した。」
He looked questioningly at Dr. Loring.
questioningly
(疑問の眼差しで)
[副]
in a questioning manner
彼は疑問の眼差しでローリング医師を見た。
“Well,” Dr. Weiss said slowly, “assuming the note didn't exist and assuming we had no other evidence of how much of the stuff she took, it could be an accidental overdose.
stuff
(量)
[名]
an unspecified amount of something
「そうですね」ワイス医師はゆっくりと言った。「メモが存在せず、彼女がどれだけの量を飲んだかについて他の証拠がないと仮定すると、それは偶然の過剰摂取である可能性があります。
The safety margin isn't very wide.
safety margin
(安全域)
[名]
the difference between the amount of a drug that causes a therapeutic effect and the amount that causes toxicity
安全域はそれほど広くありません。
We'll know for sure tomorrow.
明日にははっきりとわかるでしょう。
You don't want to suppress the note, Hernandez, for Pete's sake?”
suppress
(隠蔽する)
[動]
to prevent the dissemination of
Pete
(ピート)
[名]
a male given name
sake
(頼む)
[名]
a reason for doing something
ヘルナンデス、頼むからメモを隠蔽したいなんて思っていないだろう?」
Lawford grinned, then cleared his throat.
ローフォードはニヤリと笑い、それから咳払いをした。
“I've read that purported confession,” he said carefully.
「私はその自白と称するものを読んだ」と彼は慎重に言った。
“And I don't believe a word of it.
「そして私はその一言も信じない。
You've got a background of emotional exhaustion, bereavement, some use of drugs, the strain of wartime life in England under bombing, this clandestine marriage, the man coming back here, and so on.
emotional exhaustion
(感情的な疲労)
[名]
a state of emotional and physical exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress
bereavement
(死別)
[名]
the death of a loved one
clandestine
(秘密の)
[形]
kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit
あなたは感情的な疲労、死別、薬物の使用、爆撃下でのイギリスでの戦時中の生活の緊張、この秘密の結婚、ここに帰ってくる男、などの背景がある。
Undoubtedly she developed a feeling of guilt and tried to purge herself of it by a sort of transference.”
undoubtedly
(間違いなく)
[副]
without doubt
develop
(抱く)
[動]
start to experience
purge
(浄化する)
[動]
rid of impurities
transference
(転移)
[名]
the redirection of feelings and desires and especially of those unconsciously retained from childhood toward a new object
間違いなく彼女は罪悪感を抱き、一種の転移によって自分自身を浄化しようとした。」
“Take it easy, Hernandez.
「落ち着いてください、ヘルナンデス。
Any law enforcement agency has to consider public relations.
law enforcement agency
(法執行機関)
[名]
a government agency responsible for enforcing laws
どんな法執行機関も広報を考えなければならない。
If the papers printed that confession we'd be in trouble.
もし新聞がその自白を印刷したら、私たちは困ったことになる。
That's for sure.
for sure
(確かだ)
[副]
without doubt; certainly
それは確かだ。
We've got enough eager beaver reformer groups around just waiting for that kind of chance to stick a knife into us.
eager beaver
(熱心なビーバー)
[名]
a person who is very eager or enthusiastic
reformer
(改革者)
[名]
a person who works to make changes in the way that something is done
stick a knife into
(ナイフで刺す)
[動]
to stab someone with a knife
私たちには、私たちをナイフで刺す機会を待っている熱心なビーバー改革者グループが十分にいる。
We've got a grand jury that's already jittery about the working-over your vice squad lieutenant got last week--it's about ten days.”
jittery
(神経質な)
[形]
anxious or nervous
about ten days
(約10日間)
[名]
a period of time lasting for ten days
私たちには、先週、あなたの風紀課の警部が受けた取り調べについてすでに神経質になっている大陪審員がいる。それは約10日間だ。」
“Yeah, sure it's the end,” Ohls said.
「ああ、確かに終わりだ」オールズは言った。
“I was all set to pull her in for questioning.
「私は彼女を尋問に引っ張り出す準備が全て整っていた。
Wade didn't shoot himself.
ウェードは自殺しなかった。
Too much alcohol in his brain.
彼の脳にはアルコールが多すぎた。
But like I told you, where was the motive?
しかし、私が言ったように、動機はどこにあったのか?
Her confession could be wrong in details, but it proves she spied on him.
彼女の自白は細部が間違っているかもしれないが、彼女が彼をスパイしていたことを証明している。
She knew the layout of the guest house in Encino.
彼女はエンシノのゲストハウスのレイアウトを知っていた。
The Lennox frail had taken both her men from her.
frail
(弱虫)
[名]
a person who is weak or sickly
レノックスの弱虫は彼女から二人の男を奪った。
What happened in the guest house is just what you want to imagine.
ゲストハウスで起こったことは、あなたが想像したいことだ。
One question you forgot to ask Spencer. Did Wade own a Mauser P.P.K.?
スペンサーに聞き忘れた質問が一つある。ウェードはモーゼルP.P.K.を所有していたか?
Yeah, he owned a small Mauser automatic.
ああ、彼は小型のモーゼル自動拳銃を所有していた。
We talked to Spencer already today on the phone.
我々は今日すでにスペンサーと電話で話した。
Wade was a blackout drunk.
ウェードは記憶を失うほど酔っ払っていた。
The poor unfortunate bastard either thought he had killed Sylvia Lennox or he actually had killed her or else he had some reason to know his wife had.
unfortunate
(不幸な)
[形]
having or marked by bad luck
else
(あるいは)
[接]
otherwise
哀れな不幸な野郎は、自分がシルヴィア・レノックスを殺したと思ったか、実際に殺したか、あるいは妻が殺したことを知る何らかの理由があった。
Either way he was going to lay it on the line eventually.
either way
(いずれにせよ)
[副]
in any case
lay it on the line
(明らかにする)
[動]
to be honest and direct about something
いずれにせよ、彼は最終的にはそれを明らかにするつもりだった。
Sure, he'd been hitting the hooch long before, but he was a guy married to a beautiful nothing.
hit the hooch
(酒を飲む)
[動]
to drink alcohol
long before
(ずっと前から)
[副]
a long time ago
確かに、彼はずっと前から酒を飲んでいたが、彼は美しい無と結婚した男だった。
The Mex knows all about it.
メキシコ人はそれをすべて知っている。
The little bastard knows damn near everything.
あの小僧はほとんど全てを知っている。
That was a dream girl.
あれは夢の女の子だった。
Some of her was here and now, but a lot of her was there and then.
there
(あの場所)
[副]
in, at, or to that place
彼女の一部は今ここにいたが、彼女の多くはあの時にあの場所にいた。
If she ever got hot pants, it wasn't for her husband.
hot pants
(ホットパンツ)
[名]
a pair of very short shorts
もし彼女がホットパンツを履いたとしても、それは夫のためではなかった。
Get what I'm talking about?”
私の言っていることがわかるかい?」
Ohls and Hernandez both grinned sourly.
オールズとヘルナンデスは二人とも苦々しく笑った。
“Us guys aren't exactly brainless,” Ohls said.
Us guys
(私たち)
[名]
the people who are in the same group as the speaker
exactly
(全く)
[副]
used to emphasize the accuracy of a statement
brainless
(頭が空っぽ)
[形]
lacking intelligence or good judgment
「私たちも全く頭が空っぽってわけじゃないんだ」とオールズは言った。
“We knew there was something in that story about her taking her clothes off.
「彼女が服を脱いだという話には何かあるとわかっていたんだ。
You outtalked him and he let you.
outtalk
(言い負かす)
[動]
talk more than or talk down
あなたは彼を言い負かしたし、彼はそれを許した。
He was hurt and confused and he liked Wade and he wanted to be sure.
be hurt
(傷つく)
[動]
feel pain in a part of your body
be confused
(混乱する)
[動]
be unable to think clearly
be sure
(確かめたかった)
[動]
be certain or confident about something
彼は傷つき、混乱し、ウェードが好きだったし、確かめたかった。
When he got sure he'd have used his knife.
get sure
(確かめる)
[動]
make certain of; make sure of
彼が確かめたなら、彼はナイフを使っただろう。
This was a personal matter with him.
これは彼にとって個人的な問題だった。
He never snitched on Wade.
snitch
(密告する)
[動]
to inform on someone
彼はウェードを密告することはなかった。
Wade's wife did, and she deliberately fouled up the issue just to confuse Wade.
Wade's wife
(ウェードの妻)
[名]
the wife of Wade
issue
(問題)
[名]
a topic or problem that people are discussing or arguing about
confuse
(混乱させる)
[動]
to make someone feel uncertain about something
ウェードの妻がそうしたし、彼女はウェードを混乱させるためにわざと問題を複雑にした。
In the end I guess she was scared of him.
be scared of
(怖がる)
[動]
to be frightened of
結局、彼女は彼を怖がっていたんだと思う。
And Wade never threw her down any stairs.
そしてウェードは彼女を階段から突き落としたことは一度もなかった。
That was an accident.
accident
(事故)
[名]
an unfortunate event that happens unexpectedly and usually results in harm or damage
それは事故だった。
She tripped and the guy tried to catch her.
trip
(つまずく)
[動]
catch one's foot on something and stumble
彼女はつまずき、男は彼女を捕まえようとした。
Candy saw that too.”
キャンディもそれを見た。」
“I could think of reasons.
「理由は考えられる。
One of them is old stuff.
そのうちの1つは古いものだ。
Every cop has run into it a hundred times.
どの警官も100回もそれに遭遇している。
You were the loose end, the guy that helped Lennox escape, his friend, and probably to some extent his confidant.
loose end
(未解決の部分)
[名]
an unresolved problem or question
confidant
(親友)
[名]
a person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others
あなたは未解決の部分、レノックスの逃亡を助けた男、彼の友人、そしておそらくある程度彼の親友だった。
What did he know and what did he tell you?
彼は何を知っていて、あなたに何を話したのか?
He took the gun that had killed her and he knew it had been fired.
彼は彼女を殺した銃を取り、それが発砲されたことを知っていた。
She could have thought he did it for her.
彼女は彼が彼女のためにそれをしたと思ったかもしれない。
That made her think he knew she had used it.
make
(思う)
[動]
cause (someone) to think or feel something
彼女は彼が彼女がそれを使用したことを知っていると思った。
When he killed himself she was sure.
彼が自殺したとき、彼女は確信した。
But what about you?
what about
(どうなの)
[句]
what is the situation with
でもあなたはどうなの?
You were still the loose end.
あなたはまだ未解決だった。
She wanted to milk you, and she had the charm to use, and a situation ready-made for an excuse to get next to you.
彼女はあなたから搾り取りたいと思っていたし、彼女には使える魅力があったし、あなたの隣に近づくための言い訳のための状況が整っていた。
And if she needed a fall guy, you were it.
そして、もし彼女が身代わりを必要としたら、それはあなただった。
You might say she was collecting fall guys.”
彼女は身代わりを集めていたと言ってもいい。」
“Jesus,” Ohls said, “hadn't you heard?
Jesus
(なんてことだ)
[名]
the central figure of Christianity
heard
(聞いていた)
[動]
perceive with the ear the sound made by (someone or something)
「なんてことだ」オールズは言った。「聞いていなかったのか?
We got them in our hair all the time these days.
最近はいつも彼らに悩まされている。
We've got two of them on the staff.
うちのスタッフにも二人いる。
This ain't police business any more.
これはもう警察の仕事ではない。
It's getting to be a branch of the medical racket.
racket
(詐欺)
[名]
a fraudulent scheme or enterprise
医療詐欺の一部になりつつある。
They're in and out of jail, the courts, the interrogation rooms.
in and out
(出たり入ったり)
[副]
to and from a place
interrogation room
(取調室)
[名]
a room where prisoners are questioned
彼らは刑務所、裁判所、取調室に出たり入ったりしている。
They write reports fifteen pages long on why some punk of a juvenile held up a liquor store or raped a schoolgirl or peddled tea to the senior class.
rape
(強姦)
[動]
have sexual intercourse with (someone) against their will
schoolgirl
(女子学生)
[名]
a girl attending school
senior class
(上級生)
[名]
the students in the final year of high school or college
彼らは、なぜ少年のチンピラが酒屋を襲ったり、女子学生を強姦したり、上級生にお茶を売り歩いたりしたのかについて、15ページにも及ぶ報告書を書く。
Ten years from now guys like Hernandez and me will be doing Rohrschach tests and word associations instead of chin-ups and target practice.
Ten years from now
(今から10年後)
[名]
a decade in the future
Rohrschach test
(ロールシャッハテスト)
[名]
a psychological test in which subjects' interpretations of inkblots are analyzed using psychological interpretation or complex algorithms
word association
(連想テスト)
[名]
a test of a person's mental functioning in which the subject is presented with a stimulus word and asked to respond with the first word that comes to mind
chin-up
(懸垂)
[名]
a type of exercise in which the body is raised with the arms until the chin is above the bar on which the arms are resting
target practice
(射撃)
[名]
the act of shooting at a target for practice
今から10年後には、ヘルナンデスや私のような連中は懸垂や射撃の代わりにロールシャッハテストや連想テストを受けているだろう。
When we go out on a case we'll carry little black bags with portable lie detectors and bottles of truth serum.
portable
(携帯用の)
[形]
able to be easily carried or moved
lie detector
(嘘発見器)
[名]
a machine designed to detect physiological evidence of lying
truth serum
(自白剤)
[名]
a drug that is supposed to make people tell the truth
事件に出かけるときには、携帯用の嘘発見器や自白剤の瓶を入れた小さな黒いバッグを持って行くことになるだろう。
Too bad we didn't grab the four hard monkeys that poured it on Big Willie Magoon.
hard
(チンピラ)
[形]
solid, firm, and rigid
ビッグ・ウィリー・マグーンにそれを浴びせた4人のチンピラを捕まえなかったのは残念だ。
We might have been able to unmaladjust them and make them love their mothers.”
unmaladjust
(不適応を解消する)
[動]
to make someone or something well-adjusted
彼らの不適応を解消して、母親を愛するようにさせることができたかもしれないのに」
“Oh sure,” I said.
「ああ、もちろん」私は言った。
“You'd have come running and what you would have found would have been a mixed up story that admitted nothing but a few silly lies.
come running
(走って来る)
[動]
to move quickly using your legs, with both feet off the ground at the same time, especially in a hurry
「あなたは走って来ただろうし、あなたが見つけたのは、いくつかの愚かな嘘以外は何も認めない混乱した話だっただろう。
This morning you have what I suppose is a full confession.
今朝、あなたは私が完全な自白だと思うものを手に入れた。
You haven't let me read it, but you wouldn't have called in the D.A. if it was just a love note.
love note
(ラブレター)
[名]
a letter that expresses love
あなたは私にそれを読ませてくれなかったが、それがただのラブレターだったら、あなたは地方検察官を呼ばなかっただろう。
If any real solid work had been done on the Lennox case at the time, somebody would have dug up his war record and where he got wounded and all the rest of it.
real solid work
(本当に堅固な仕事)
[名]
a job that is well-done and reliable
dig up
(掘り起こす)
[動]
to find out or discover something
get wounded
(負傷する)
[動]
to be injured
all the rest of it
(その他すべて)
[名]
everything else
当時、レノックス事件について本当に堅固な仕事がされていたら、誰かが彼の戦争記録やどこで負傷したのか、その他すべてを掘り起こしていただろう。
Somewhere along the line a connection with the Wades would have turned up.
turn up
(判明する)
[動]
be found or discovered
その過程のどこかで、ウェード家とのつながりが判明しただろう。
Roger Wade knew who Paul Marston was.
ロジャー・ウェードはポール・マーストンが誰かを知っていた。
So did another P.I. I happened to get in touch with.”
get in touch with
(連絡を取る)
[動]
communicate with someone
私がたまたま連絡を取った別の私立探偵もそうだった。」
“It's possible,” Hernandez admitted, “but that isn't how police investigations work.
「それはあり得る」とヘルナンデスは認めた。「しかし、警察の捜査はそうはいかないんだ。
You don't fool around with an open-shut case, even if there's no heat on to get it finalized and forgotten.
fool around
(いじくり回す)
[動]
to waste time doing nothing in particular
open-shut case
(解決済みの事件)
[名]
a case that is easy to solve
there's no heat on
(プレッシャーがない)
[名]
a state of being under pressure
get it finalized
(決着させる)
[動]
to make something final
forgotten
(忘れ去る)
[動]
to not be able to remember something
解決済みの事件を、たとえそれを決着させて忘れ去らせるプレッシャーがなくても、いじくり回すことはない。
I've investigated hundreds of homicides.
私は何百もの殺人事件を捜査してきた。
Some are all of a piece, neat, tidy, and according to the book.
all of a piece
(すべてがきちんと)
[形]
consistent; coherent
neat
(整然としていて)
[形]
tidy; orderly
tidy
(整然としていて)
[形]
neat; orderly
according to
(本の通りだ)
[前]
as stated by or in
いくつかは、すべてがきちんと整然としていて、本の通りだ。
Most of them make sense here, don't make sense there.
there
(あそこ)
[副]
in that place
そのほとんどは、ここは筋が通っているが、あそこは筋が通っていない。
But when you get motive, means, opportunity, flight, a written confession, and a suicide immediately afterwards, you leave it lay.
flight
(逃走)
[名]
the act of running away from something
immediately
(直後)
[副]
happening or done without delay
しかし、動機、手段、機会、逃走、自白書、そしてその直後の自殺が揃ったら、それを放っておく。
No police department in the world has the men or the time to question the obvious.
question
(疑う)
[動]
to be uncertain about something
世界のどこの警察にも、自明のことを疑うだけの人員や時間はない。
The only thing against Lennox being a killer was that somebody thought he was a nice guy who wouldn't have done it and that there were others who could equally well have done it.
equally
(同じように)
[副]
in the same way
well
(かもしれない)
[副]
to a high standard; very well
other
(他)
[形]
different from the one already mentioned or considered
レノックスが殺人者であることに反対する唯一の理由は、誰かが彼はそんなことをするはずのないいい人だと思ったことと、同じようにそれをしたかもしれない人が他にもいたことだった。
But the others didn't take it on the lam, didn't confess, didn't blow their brains out.
take it on the lam
(逃亡する)
[動]
to run away from the police
blow one's brains out
(脳みそを吹き飛ばす)
[動]
to kill oneself by shooting oneself in the head
しかし、他の人は逃亡せず、自白せず、脳みそを吹き飛ばさなかった。
And as for being a nice guy I figure sixty to seventy percent of all the killers that end up in the gas chamber or the hot seat or on the end of a rope are people the neighbors thought were just as harmless as a Fuller Brush salesman.
nice guy
(いい人)
[名]
a person who is kind and pleasant
sixty to seventy percent
(60から70パーセント)
[名]
a large proportion
end up
(終わる)
[動]
to finish or arrive at a certain place or state
gas chamber
(ガス室)
[名]
a room that can be filled with a poisonous gas to kill people or animals
hot seat
(電気椅子)
[名]
a chair used for executing criminals by electrocution
Fuller Brush salesman
(フラーブラシのセールスマン)
[名]
a person who sells Fuller Brush products
そして、いい人であることについては、ガス室や電気椅子、あるいはロープの端で終わる殺人者の60から70パーセントは、近所の人がフラーブラシのセールスマンと同じくらい無害だと思っていた人々だと私は考えている。
Just as harmless and quiet and well bred as Mrs. Roger Wade.
well bred
(育ちがよい)
[形]
having or showing good manners
ロジャー・ウェード夫人と同じくらい無害で、静かで、育ちがよかった。
You want to read what she wrote in that letter?
彼女がその手紙に書いたことを読みたいか?
Okay, read it.
read
(読んで)
[動]
look at and understand the meaning of written or printed words by interpreting the characters that form them
いいよ、読んで。
I've got to go down the hall.”
私は廊下に行かなければならない。」
Ohls nodded and followed him out.
オールズはうなずいて彼について行った。
When I was alone in the office I lifted the cover of the file folder and looked at the white-on-black photostats.
be alone
(一人になる)
[動]
be without other people
file folder
(ファイルフォルダ)
[名]
a folder for holding loose sheets of paper
white-on-black
(白黒)
[形]
having a light color on a dark background
私がオフィスに一人になった時、私はファイルフォルダの表紙を持ち上げて、白黒写真を見ていた。
Then touching only the edges I counted them.
それから、端だけを触って数えた。
There were six, each of several pages clipped together.
clip
(クリップで留める)
[動]
fasten with a clip
6枚あり、それぞれ数ページがクリップで留められていた。
I took one and rolled it up and slipped it into my pocket.
roll up
(丸める)
[動]
make into a roll
私は1枚取り、丸めてポケットに入れた。
Then I read over the next one in the pile.
read over
(読み上げる)
[動]
read aloud
それから、私は山の中の次のものを読み上げた。
When I had finished I sat down and waited.
読み終えると、私は座って待った。
In about ten minutes Hernandez came back alone.
about ten minutes
(約10分)
[名]
ten minutes
約10分後にヘルナンデスが一人で戻ってきた。
He sat down behind his desk again, tallied the photostats in the file folder, and put the file back in his desk.
彼は再び机の後ろに座り、ファイルフォルダの写しを集計し、ファイルを机に戻した。
“That could be it,” Hernandez said casually.
「そうかもしれない」とヘルナンデスはさりげなく言った。
He picked up a rubber band and stretched it between his thumbs.
彼は輪ゴムを拾い上げ、親指で伸ばした。
He stretched it farther and farther.
farther
(もっと)
[副]
to a greater distance or extent
彼は輪ゴムをどんどん伸ばした。
Finally with a snap it broke.
ついに輪ゴムはパチンと音を立てて切れた。
He rubbed his thumb where the loose end had snapped back against it.
loose end
(切れた端)
[名]
a piece of something that is no longer attached to the main part
snap back
(当たる)
[動]
move or cause to move back quickly and suddenly
彼は輪ゴムの切れた端が当たった親指をこすった。
“Anybody can be stretched too far,” he said.
be stretched
(伸ばされる)
[動]
be pulled or extended
far
(限界を超えて)
[副]
to a great extent; to a great distance
「誰でも限界を超えて伸ばされる」と彼は言った。
“No matter how tough he looks. See you around.”
「どんなにタフに見えても。また会いましょう」