赤毛のアンの原文を少しずつ、ほぼ週一ペースで読んでいます。
今回は9回目。
チャプター1の14~16段落目部分です。
【前回までのおさらい】
引きこもりマシューの不審な外出のワケを探るため、グリーンゲイブルズにやって来たご近所のレイチェル夫人。
テーブルの上には普段使いのお皿3つに質素な夕食、特別な客ってわけじゃないはず。
じゃあマシューのおめかしはどーゆーこと?!
【本文】
Marilla was a tall, thin woman, with angles* and without curves**; her dark hair showed some gray streaks* and was always twisted up in a hard little knot* behind with two wire hairpins stuck* aggressively through it. She looked like a woman of narrow experience and rigid conscience*, which she was; but there was a saving something about her mouth which, if it had been ever so slightly developed, might have been considered indicative* of a sense of humor**.
“We’re all pretty well,” said Mrs. Rachel. “I was kind of afraid you weren’t, though, when I saw Matthew starting off today. I thought maybe he was going to the doctor’s.”
Marilla’s lips twitched* understandingly. She had expected Mrs. Rachel up; she had known that the sight of Matthew jaunting off* so unaccountably* would be too much for her neighbor’s curiosity*.
文字数の関係でコチラには載せきれないため、語彙説明などはnoteをご覧ください。
https://note.com/kobachism/n/nb5bf1c4dc8f6
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