原文
She knew Mrs. Peter Blewett only by sight as a small, shrewish-faced
woman without an ounce of superfluous flesh on her bones. But she had
heard of her. "A terrible worker and driver," Mrs. Peter was said to
be; and discharged servant girls told fearsome tales of her temper and
stinginess, and her family of pert, quarrelsome children. Marilla felt
a qualm of conscience at the thought of handing Anne over to her tender
mercies.
"Well, I'll go in and we'll talk the matter over," she said.
語彙など
- by sight:顔は(知っている)
- shrewish:口やかましい
- ounce:ンス:オンス(28.3495g に相当)
- superfluous:余分な
- flesh:贅肉
- hear of:〜の噂を聞く,〜のことを聞いて知っている
- discharge:解雇する
- fearsome:ものすごい,恐ろしいほどの
- temper:気質
- stinginess:けち
- pert:小生意気な
- quarrelsome:けんか好きな
- qualm:うしろめたさ
- conscience:良心
- hand:〜を手渡す
- tender:優しい
- mercy:情け深い行為
- go in:〜に加わる,参加する
- matter:状況,事態
- talk over:〜について相談する,よく話し合う