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Fri 6 Jun, 2014 04:49 am
He lay listlessly as I entered the room, but the sight of me brought a gleam of recognition to his eyes.
"Well, Watson, we seem to have fallen upon evil days," said he in a feeble voice, but with something of his old carelessness of manner.
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My interpretation:
-When I entered the room, he still recognised me as Watson; he said, 'nowadays there are many evils(=criminals), so it is natural that we fail to catch them all'
Do you agree?
@WBYeats,
I think it means that thay have fallen into bad luck
or
fallen into troubles, inconveniences & un-pleasantnesses.
Fallen on ________--is a stock construction. It is, i would say, most used often with the noun "times," meaning a period of whatever has happened. It is invariably used to denote misfortune: fallen upon hard times, fallen upon evil times . . .
Thank you~
Do you agree with my 'recognition' part?
@WBYeats,
Yes, that's pretty straight forward.
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