A disappointing story #17『The Old Man in the Corner』
Story with Japanese translation "Constable D 21 was giving evidence as to the arrest in the meanwhile. The Old Man in the Corner The prisoner, he said, had seemed completely taken by surprise, not understanding the cause or history of the accusation against him; however, when put in full possession of the facts, and realizing, […]
her grief #16『The Old Man in the Corner』
Story with Japanese translation "She would not look at the prisoner, and turned her head resolutely towards the magistrate. The Old Man in the Corner 「頑なに、彼女は被告を見ようとしませんでした」 I fancy she had been fond of that vagabond husband of hers: an enormous wedding-ring encircled her finger, and that, too, was swathed in black. 「彼女は夫が大好きだったのでしょう。結婚指輪も黒く覆われていました」 She firmly believed […]
in the dock #15『The Old Man in the Corner』
Story with Japanese translation "So close that it almost looks as if it had been shaved. The Old Man in the Corner 「彼は短髪でした。ほとんど毛を剃っているように見えるくらい」 Exactly. That is what struck me most when I elbowed my way into the court that morning and first caught sight of the millionaire in the dock. 「私が法廷で彼を見た時に、彼の風貌が一番衝撃的でした」 He was a tall, […]
paltry motive #14『The Old Man in the Corner』
Story with Japanese translation "She, of course, was loud in denouncing Smethurst, and the police had no doubt a very strong case against him, for two days after the discovery of the body in the barge, the Siberian millionaire, as he was already popularly called by enterprising interviewers, was arrested in his luxurious suite of […]
the bottom of a barge #13『The Old Man in the Corner』
Story with Japanese translation The man in the corner had finished his glass of milk. The Old Man in the Corner 男のグラスは空っぽでした。 His watery blue eyes looked across at Miss Polly Burton's eager little face, from which all traces of severity had now been chased away by an obvious and intense excitement. ポリーの表情は厳しさが消えて、 熱烈な関心に変わっていました。 "It […]