原文
Matthew encountered the stationmaster locking up the ticket office
preparatory to going home for supper, and asked him if the five-thirty
train would soon be along.
"The five-thirty train has been in and gone half an hour ago," answered that brisk official. "But there was a passenger dropped off for you--a little girl. She's sitting out there on the shingles. I asked her to go into the ladies' waiting room, but she informed me gravely that she preferred to stay outside. 'There was more scope for imagination,' she said. She's a case, I should say."
"I'm not expecting a girl," said Matthew blankly. "It's a boy I've come for. He should be here. Mrs. Alexander Spencer was to bring him over from Nova Scotia for me."
The stationmaster whistled.
語彙など
- encounter:出会う
- stationmaster:駅長
- lock up:戸締まりをする
- preparatory to:〜に先立って
- be along:やって来る,到着する
- brisk:元気のよい
- shingle:こけら板
- gravely:まじめに
- scope:余地
- case:変わり者
- I should say:おそらく〜だ
- blankly:ぼんやりと
- stationmaster:駅長
- whistle:口笛を吹く