原文
"I suppose I can have the mare and buggy this afternoon, Matthew?" said
Marilla.
Matthew nodded and looked wistfully at Anne. Marilla intercepted the look and said grimly:
"I'm going to drive over to White Sands and settle this thing. I'll take Anne with me and Mrs. Spencer will probably make arrangements to send her back to Nova Scotia at once. I'll set your tea out for you and I'll be home in time to milk the cows."
Still Matthew said nothing and Marilla had a sense of having wasted words and breath. There is nothing more aggravating than a man who won't talk back--unless it is a woman who won't.
語彙など
- mare:雌馬
- buggy:一頭立て軽装馬車
- wistfully:切ない気持ちで
- intercept:遮る
- grimly:厳格に
- settle:解決する
- make arrangements:方策を立てる
- milk:乳をしぼる
- waste words:無駄に言葉を費やす
- aggravating:癪に障る,イライラする
- talk back:言い返す
- unless:ただし〜の場合を除く