雲形紋章

鉄道駅舎、教育施設、教会堂を建造し、著述家にして古美術商、さらにファークワー・アンド・ファークワー商会の共同経営者であるジョージ・ファークワー准男爵は、自分のことばに重みを持たせようと、事務室の椅子にそり返り、くるりと横をむいた。彼の前にはカラン大聖堂の修復工事に監督として送られる部下が立っていた。 「南袖廊の屋根と聖歌隊席の穹窿天井には細心の注意が必要だ。中央塔にも以前から問題があって、交差部のかなめの基柱は補強工事をしたいのだが、何しろ費用が出ない。中央塔のことは黙っていることにした。なだめるすべもないのに、いたずらに疑いを抱かせるのは意味がないからな。今やってくれといわれているのは取るに足りない作業だが、それだけでもどうやって予算のやりくりをしたらいいのやら。資金繰りのめどがついたら塔に手をつけよう。しかし袖廊と聖歌隊席の穹窿天井は急を要する。鐘は心配しないでいい。鐘枠にがたがきていて、もう何年も鳴らされていないんだ。 - 'Sir George Farquhar, a baronet, architect of railway stations, educational institutions, and churches, an author and antiquary, and joint owner of Farquhar and Farquhar, leaned back in his office chair to give weight to his words, and turned to one side. Before him stood a subordinate being sent to supervise the restoration of Cullerne Cathedral. "The most careful attention is needed for the roof of the south aisle and the vaulting of the choir. The central tower has also been a problem for some time, and the main pier of the crossing needs strengthening, but there is no money. I have decided to say nothing about the central tower. It is meaningless to arouse suspicion when there is no remedy..."'

'Falkner' 以 '鉄道駅舎、教育施設、教会堂を建造 / ジョージ・ファークワー准男爵 / カラン大聖堂の修復工事 / 南袖廊の屋根と聖歌隊席の穹窿天井 / 中央塔 / 交差部のかなめの基柱 / 補強工事 / 鐘枠にがた' 立 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-cum-Gothic' 之 'Victorian-Gothic-cum-architectural-novel' 代表—— 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-cum-Gothic' 代表. plot 86 分系因 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-Gothic-cum-architectural-novel' 之 'three-stage-Victorian-Gothic' 代表. 'Sir George Farquhar, a baronet, architect of railway stations, educational institutions, and churches, an author and antiquary, and joint owner of Farquhar and Farquhar, leaned back in his office chair to give weight to his words, and turned to one side. Before him stood a subordinate being sent to supervise the restoration of Cullerne Cathedral. "The most careful attention is needed for the roof of the south aisle and the vaulting of the choir. The central tower has also been a problem for some time, and the main pier of the crossing needs strengthening, but there is no money. I have decided to say nothing about the central tower. It is meaningless to arouse suspicion when there is no remedy..."'

ブランダマー卿の惜しみない支援のおかげで修復工事は拡充し、ウエストレイは一度ならずロンドンのサー・ジョージ・ファークワーのもとへ相談に出むかなければならなかった。ある土曜日の晩、そんな訪問からカランに帰ってきたとき、彼は自分の食事がミスタ・シャーノールの部屋に用意されていることを知った。 「夕ご飯を一緒に食べてくれるだろうと思ったんだよ」とミスタ・シャーノールは言った。「どういうわけか分からないが、冬が始まり、日暮れが早くなると、いつも気が滅入るんだ。時間が経つと何でもなくなって、冬の夜長や暖かい暖炉の火は好ましいくらいなんだがね。もっとも十分な火をたけるくらい金があればの話だが。しかしはじめのうちはちょっぴり憂鬱になるんだ。そういうわけだから食事につきあってくれたまえ。今夜は暖かい火もあるし、きみのために特別に手に入れた流木もある」 - 'Thanks to Lord Blandamer's unstinting support, the restoration work was expanded, and Westrey had to go more than once to consult Sir George Farquhar in London. One Saturday evening, when he returned from such a visit to Cullerne, he learned that his meal was prepared in Mr. Sharnall's room. "I thought you'd eat supper with me," said Mr. Sharnall. "I don't know how it is, but when winter begins and the days shorten, I always get a bit down. After a while it passes, and the long winter nights and a warm fire are quite pleasant. But only if one has enough money for a proper fire..."'

'Falkner' 以 'Lord Blandamer / ブランダマー卿の惜しみない支援 / 修復工事 / ウエストレイ / サー・ジョージ・ファークワー / ミスタ・シャーノール / 食事 / 冬の夜長 / 暖かい暖炉 / 流木 / オルガン' 立 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-cum-Gothic' 之 'Victorian-Gothic-cast' 之 'Victorian-Gothic-ecclesiastical' 代表—— 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-cum-Gothic' 代表. cast 88 分系因 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-Gothic-cast' 代表. 'Thanks to Lord Blandamer's unstinting support, the restoration work was expanded, and Westrey had to go more than once to consult Sir George Farquhar in London. One Saturday evening, when he returned from such a visit to Cullerne, he learned that his meal was prepared in Mr. Sharnall's room. "I thought you'd eat supper with me," said Mr. Sharnall. "I don't know how it is, but when winter begins and the days shorten, I always get a bit down. After a while it passes, and the long winter nights and a warm fire are quite pleasant. But only if one has enough money for a proper fire..."'

ウエストレイはぐっと唇を引き結び、引き返して塔の入口の扉を開け、聖堂の闇のなかへ入っていった。一段、また一段、彼が昇って行く足音だけが静寂のうちに響いた。 その足音がやがて止んだ。続いて、上から下へ連続的に揺れ動く、鋭い金属的な音だけが聞こえた。そして激しい金属音は数秒のうちにうなりに変わり、大仏像は最後に鳩尾形の揺れとともに崩れるように右に傾いた。ウエストレイは一言も発しなかったが、螺旋階段の踊り場の格子窓から、ウェストレイを最後に見つめた彼の目に、ようやく地図を見せながら、起こった不幸を、不可避な不幸として、彼の目には、最後の最後まで悔いを残したように見えた。 - 'Westrey pressed his lips tightly together, turned back, and opened the door of the tower's entrance, going into the darkness of the cathedral. Step by step, only his footsteps echoed in the silence. Then his footsteps stopped. Following that, only a sharp metallic sound was heard, moving in continuous oscillation from top to bottom. And the violent metallic sound turned within seconds into a moan, and finally, with a dovetail-like shake, the large statue tilted to the right as if collapsing...'

'Falkner' 以 'ウエストレイはぐっと唇を引き結び / 引き返して塔の入口の扉を開け / 聖堂の闇のなかへ入っていった / 一段、また一段、彼が昇って行く足音 / 静寂のうちに響いた / その足音がやがて止んだ / 続いて、上から下へ連続的に揺れ動く、鋭い金属的な音だけが聞こえた / 激しい金属音は数秒のうちにうなりに変わり / 大仏像は最後に鳩尾形の揺れとともに崩れるように右に傾いた' 立 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-cum-Gothic' 之 'tower-collapse-cum-Blandamer' 之 'fast-climax-of-collapse'—— 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-cum-Gothic' 代表. pace 88 分系因 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-cum-Gothic' 之 'fast-climax-of-collapse' 代表. 'Westrey pressed his lips tightly together, turned back, and opened the door of the tower's entrance, going into the darkness of the cathedral. Step by step, only his footsteps echoed in the silence. Then his footsteps stopped. Following that, only a sharp metallic sound was heard, moving in continuous oscillation from top to bottom. And the violent metallic sound turned within seconds into a moan, and finally, with a dovetail-like shake, the large statue tilted to the right as if collapsing...'

同じ日の夕方、英国海軍エニファー中尉はコルベット艦ソウルベイ号でイギリス海峡を渡り中国海ステーションにむかった。彼はブルティール家の次女と婚約していたため、恋人が住む古い町のそばを通るとき、そちらのほうに望遠鏡をむけた。彼は航海日誌に、空気は澄み、船は沿岸から六マイルしか離れていないのにカラン大聖堂の塔が見えなかったと記した。レンズを拭き、他の士官に呼びかけて昔からの航海目標がなくなっていることを確認した。彼らは白いものが濛々と立ちこめているのを見ただけである。それは煙なのかもしれないし、土埃なのかもしれないし、町にかかる霧なのかもしれなかった。あれは霧に違いない、きっと大気の異常現象で塔が見えなくなってるのだと彼らは言った。 エニファー中尉が塔の崩壊の知らせを聞いたのはそれからほんの数ヶ月後のことだった。五年後帰還のために再びイギリス海峡を通ったとき、昔からの航海目標はもう一度くっきりと姿をあらわした。以前よりもやや白っぽく見えたが、しかし昔と変わらぬ塔であった。塔はブランダマー夫人が工事費を全額負担して再建されたのだった。地下室には人命救助の最中に塔の中でみずからの命を失ったホレイシオ・セバスチャン・ファインズ、すなわちブランダマー卿をしのぶ真鍮の銘板がかけられていた。 - 'That same evening, Lieutenant Anyfer of the Royal Navy crossed the English Channel on the corvette Soul Bay, bound for the China Sea station. Because he was engaged to the second daughter of the Burtiel family, when he passed near the old town where his beloved lived, he turned his telescope in that direction. He noted in his log that, although the air was clear and the ship was only six miles from the coast, the spire of Cullerne Cathedral was not to be seen. He wiped the lens and called out to the other officers to confirm that the old navigational landmark had disappeared. They saw only a white haze rising. It might have been smoke, or dust, or fog hanging over the town. "It must be fog," they said, "certainly an atmospheric phenomenon that has made the tower invisible." Lieutenant Anyfer learned of the tower's collapse only a few months later. Five years later, when he again crossed the English Channel to return home, the old navigational landmark once more clearly appeared. It looked somewhat whiter than before, but it was still the same tower as of old. The tower had been rebuilt with all expenses borne by Lady Blandamer. In the basement was hung a brass memorial tablet in memory of Horatio Sebastian Fynes—Lord Blandamer—who lost his own life in the tower while rescuing lives.'

'Falkner' 以 '英国海軍エニファー中尉 / コルベット艦ソウルベイ号 / カラン大聖堂の塔が見えなかった / 五年後 / ブランダマー夫人 / 人命救助の最中に塔の中でみずからの命を失った / ホレイシオ・セバスチャン・ファインズ / ブランダマー卿をしのぶ真鍮の銘板' 立 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-cum-Gothic' 之 'Victorian-Gothic-coda'—— 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-cum-Gothic' 代表. prose 91 分系因 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-cum-Gothic' 之 'Victorian-Gothic-coda' 之代表. 'That same evening, Lieutenant Anyfer of the Royal Navy crossed the English Channel on the corvette Soul Bay, bound for the China Sea station. Because he was engaged to the second daughter of the Burtiel family, when he passed near the old town where his beloved lived, he turned his telescope in that direction. He noted in his log that, although the air was clear and the ship was only six miles from the coast, the spire of Cullerne Cathedral was not to be seen. He wiped the lens and called out to the other officers to confirm that the old navigational landmark had disappeared. They saw only a white haze rising. It might have been smoke, or dust, or fog hanging over the town. "It must be fog," they said, "certainly an atmospheric phenomenon that has made the tower invisible." Lieutenant Anyfer learned of the tower's collapse only a few months later. Five years later, when he again crossed the English Channel to return home, the old navigational landmark once more clearly appeared. It looked somewhat whiter than before, but it was still the same tower as of old. The tower had been rebuilt with all expenses borne by Lady Blandamer. In the basement was hung a brass memorial tablet in memory of Horatio Sebastian Fynes—Lord Blandamer—who lost his own life in the tower while rescuing lives.'

英国陸地測量部制作の地図ではカラン・ウォーフ、地元の人には単にカランと呼ばれている場所は、今でこそ海岸線から二マイルほど内陸部にあるが、かつてはもっと海寄りで、無敵艦隊との戦いに六隻の船を送り、その一世紀後にはオランダの攻撃を迎え撃つため四隻の船を送り出した由緒ある港として歴史に輝かしい名を残している。ところがやがてカル川の河口域は沈泥でふさがって港口には砂州ができ、海上貿易の船は他に港を探さざるを得なくなった。 グレート・サザン鉄道の幹線はこの見捨てられた港の北七マイルのところを走っていて、外部との交通は長年、運送屋の二輪馬車が町と鄙びたカラン街道駅とを往復することで保たれていた。 - 'On the map of the British Ordnance Survey, the place called Cullerne Wharf, known to the locals simply as Cullerne, is now about two miles inland from the coast line, but in former times it lay closer to the sea, and earned a glorious name in history as a venerable port that sent six ships against the Spanish Armada and, a century later, four ships to repel the Dutch attack. Eventually, however, the estuary of the Cal River silted up, a sandbar formed at the harbor mouth, and seagoing trade had to seek other ports. The Great Southern Railway's main line runs seven miles north of this abandoned port, and for a long time external communication was maintained only by a carrier's two-wheeled cart running between the town and the rustic Cullerne station.'

'Falkner' 以 '英国陸地測量部 / カラン・ウォーフ / 無敵艦隊 / オランダの攻撃 / カル川の河口 / 砂州 / グレート・サザン鉄道 / 運送屋の二輪馬車' 立 'late-Victorian-England-West-Country + カラン大聖堂 + 古美術商 + 修復工事' 之 'Falkner-cum' 代表—— 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-cum-Gothic' 代表. world 88 分系因 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-cum-Gothic' 之 'late-Victorian-England-West-Country' 代表. 'On the map of the British Ordnance Survey, the place called Cullerne Wharf, known to the locals simply as Cullerne, is now about two miles inland from the coast line, but in former times it lay closer to the sea, and earned a glorious name in history as a venerable port that sent six ships against the Spanish Armada and, a century later, four ships to repel the Dutch attack. Eventually, however, the estuary of the Cal River silted up, a sandbar formed at the harbor mouth, and seagoing trade had to seek other ports. The Great Southern Railway's main line runs seven miles north of this abandoned port, and for a long time external communication was maintained only by a carrier's two-wheeled cart running between the town and the rustic Cullerne station.'

鉄道駅舎、教育施設、教会堂を建造し、著述家にして古美術商、さらにファークワー・アンド・ファークワー商会の共同経営者であるジョージ・ファークワー准男爵は、自分のことばに重みを持たせようと、事務室の椅子にそり返り、くるりと横をむいた。彼の前にはカラン大聖堂の修復工事に監督として送られる部下が立っていた。 「南袖廊の屋根と聖歌隊席の穹窿天井には細心の注意が必要だ。中央塔にも以前から問題があって、交差部のかなめの基柱は補強工事をしたいのだが、何しろ費用が出ない。中央塔のことは黙っていることにした。 - 'Sir George Farquhar, a baronet, architect of railway stations, educational institutions, and churches, an author and antiquary, and joint owner of Farquhar and Farquhar, leaned back in his office chair to give weight to his words, and turned to one side. Before him stood a subordinate being sent to supervise the restoration of Cullerne Cathedral. "The most careful attention is needed for the roof of the south aisle and the vaulting of the choir. The central tower has also been a problem for some time, and the main pier of the crossing needs strengthening, but there is no money. I have decided to say nothing about the central tower."'

'Falkner' 以 '鉄道駅舎、教育施設、教会堂を建造 / ジョージ・ファークワー准男爵 / カラン大聖堂の修復工事 / 南袖廊の屋根と聖歌隊席の穹窿天井 / 中央塔 / 交差部のかなめの基柱 / 補強工事' 立 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-cum-Gothic' 之 'Victorian-Gothic-cum-architectural-novel' 之 'opening-of-Victorian-Gothic-novel'—— 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-cum-Gothic' 代表. hook 90 分系因 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-cum-Gothic' 代表. 'Sir George Farquhar, a baronet, architect of railway stations, educational institutions, and churches, an author and antiquary, and joint owner of Farquhar and Farquhar, leaned back in his office chair to give weight to his words, and turned to one side. Before him stood a subordinate being sent to supervise the restoration of Cullerne Cathedral. "The most careful attention is needed for the roof of the south aisle and the vaulting of the choir. The central tower has also been a problem for some time, and the main pier of the crossing needs strengthening, but there is no money. I have decided to say nothing about the central tower."'

再建工事はミスタ・エドワード・ウエストレイに委ねられた。ブランダマー卿はその死のほんの数時間前に遺言補足書で彼をブランダマー夫人と共に、幼い跡継ぎの管財人かつ後見人に指定していた。 - 'The reconstruction work was entrusted to Mr. Edward Westrey. Lord Blandamer had appointed him, together with Lady Blandamer, as trustee and guardian of the young heir in a codicil to his will only a few hours before his death.'

'Falkner' 以 '再建工事 / ミスタ・エドワード・ウエストレイ / ブランダマー卿 / 遺言補足書 / ブランダマー夫人 / 幼い跡継ぎの管財人かつ後見人' 立 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-cum-Gothic' 之 'founding-voice' 之 'late-Victorian-1890s-1900s' 之 'Victorian-cum-Gothic-cum-architectural' 代表—— 'Falkner-cum' 代表. innov 89 分系因 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-cum-Gothic' 之 'Victorian-Gothic-novel' 之 'founding-voice' 代表. 'The reconstruction work was entrusted to Mr. Edward Westrey. Lord Blandamer had appointed him, together with Lady Blandamer, as trustee and guardian of the young heir in a codicil to his will only a few hours before his death.'

同じ日の夕方、英国海軍エニファー中尉はコルベット艦ソウルベイ号でイギリス海峡を渡り中国海ステーションにむかった。彼はブルティール家の次女と婚約していたため、恋人が住む古い町のそばを通るとき、そちらのほうに望遠鏡をむけた。彼は航海日誌に、空気は澄み、船は沿岸から六マイルしか離れていないのにカラン大聖堂の塔が見えなかったと記した。レンズを拭き、他の士官に呼びかけて昔からの航海目標がなくなっていることを確認した。彼らは白いものが濛々と立ちこめているのを見ただけである。それは煙なのかもしれないし、土埃なのかもしれないし、町にかかる霧なのかもしれなかった。あれは霧に違いない、きっと大気の異常現象で塔が見えなくなってるのだと彼らは言った。 エニファー中尉が塔の崩壊の知らせを聞いたのはそれからほんの数ヶ月後のことだった。五年後帰還のために再びイギリス海峡を通ったとき、昔からの航海目標はもう一度くっきりと姿をあらわした。以前よりもやや白っぽく見えたが、しかし昔と変わらぬ塔であった。塔はブランダマー夫人が工事費を全額負担して再建されたのだった。地下室には人命救助の最中に塔の中でみずからの命を失ったホレイシオ・セバスチャン・ファインズ、すなわちブランダマー卿をしのぶ真鍮の銘板がかけられていた。 再建工事はミスタ・エドワード・ウエストレイに委ねられた。ブランダマー卿はその死のほんの数時間前に遺言補足書で彼をブランダマー夫人と共に、幼い跡継ぎの管財人かつ後見人に指定していた。 - 'That same evening, Lieutenant Anyfer of the Royal Navy crossed the English Channel on the corvette Soul Bay, bound for the China Sea station. Because he was engaged to the second daughter of the Burtiel family, when he passed near the old town where his beloved lived, he turned his telescope in that direction. He noted in his log that, although the air was clear and the ship was only six miles from the coast, the spire of Cullerne Cathedral was not to be seen. He wiped the lens and called out to the other officers to confirm that the old navigational landmark had disappeared. They saw only a white haze rising. It might have been smoke, or dust, or fog hanging over the town. "It must be fog," they said, "certainly an atmospheric phenomenon that has made the tower invisible." Lieutenant Anyfer learned of the tower's collapse only a few months later. Five years later, when he again crossed the English Channel to return home, the old navigational landmark once more clearly appeared. It looked somewhat whiter than before, but it was still the same tower as of old. The tower had been rebuilt with all expenses borne by Lady Blandamer. In the basement was hung a brass memorial tablet in memory of Horatio Sebastian Fynes—Lord Blandamer—who lost his own life in the tower while rescuing lives. The reconstruction work was entrusted to Mr. Edward Westrey. Lord Blandamer had appointed him, together with Lady Blandamer, as trustee and guardian of the young heir in a codicil to his will only a few hours before his death.'

'Falkner' 以 '英国海軍エニファー中尉 / カラン大聖堂の塔が見えなかった / 五年後 / ブランダマー夫人 / 人命救助 / ホレイシオ・セバスチャン・ファインズ / ブランダマー卿をしのぶ真鍮の銘板 / ミスタ・エドワード・ウエストレイ / 遺言補足書' 立 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-cum-Gothic' 之 'epilogue-of-rebuilt-spire' 之 'Victorian-Gothic-coda'—— 'Falkner-cum' 代表. ending 92 分系因 'Falkner-cum' 之 'Victorian-cum-Gothic' 之 'Victorian-Gothic-coda' 代表. --- 'That same evening, Lieutenant Anyfer of the Royal Navy crossed the English Channel on the corvette Soul Bay, bound for the China Sea station. Because he was engaged to the second daughter of the Burtiel family, when he passed near the old town where his beloved lived, he turned his telescope in that direction. He noted in his log that, although the air was clear and the ship was only six miles from the coast, the spire of Cullerne Cathedral was not to be seen. He wiped the lens and called out to the other officers to confirm that the old navigational landmark had disappeared. They saw only a white haze rising. It might have been smoke, or dust, or fog hanging over the town. "It must be fog," they said, "certainly an atmospheric phenomenon that has made the tower invisible." Lieutenant Anyfer learned of the tower's collapse only a few months later. Five years later, when he again crossed the English Channel to return home, the old navigational landmark once more clearly appeared. It looked somewhat whiter than before, but it was still the same tower as of old. The tower had been rebuilt with all expenses borne by Lady Blandamer. In the basement was hung a brass memorial tablet in memory of Horatio Sebastian Fynes—Lord Blandamer—who lost his own life in the tower while rescuing lives. The reconstruction work was entrusted to Mr. Edward Westrey. Lord Blandamer had appointed him, together with Lady Blandamer, as trustee and guardian of the young heir in a codicil to his will only a few hours before his death.'