原文
Matthew hitched the sorrel into the buggy in due time and Marilla and
Anne set off. Matthew opened the yard gate for them and as they drove
slowly through, he said, to nobody in particular as it seemed:
"Little Jerry Buote from the Creek was here this morning, and I told him I guessed I'd hire him for the summer."
Marilla made no reply, but she hit the unlucky sorrel such a vicious clip with the whip that the fat mare, unused to such treatment, whizzed indignantly down the lane at an alarming pace. Marilla looked back once as the buggy bounced along and saw that aggravating Matthew leaning over the gate, looking wistfully after them.
語彙など
- hitch:つなぐ
- sorrel:くり毛の馬
- buggy:一頭立て軽装馬車
- in due time:そのうちに,やがて
- set off:出発する
- creek:小川,入り江
- reply:返事
- vicious:ひどい
- clip:痛打
- whip:鞭
- fat:太った
- unused to:〜に不慣れな
- whiz:ビューっと走る
- lane:小道
- alarming:ただならぬ
- bounce along:はずんで行く
- aggravating:癪に障る,腹が立つ
- lean over:身を乗り出す
- wistfully:切ない気持ちで,あきらめきれずに