原文
"I've moved the bureau and I've taken out the drawers and I've looked
in every crack and cranny" was Marilla's positive answer. "The brooch
is gone and that child has taken it and lied about it. That's the plain,
ugly truth, Matthew Cuthbert, and we might as well look it in the face."
"Well now, what are you going to do about it?" Matthew asked forlornly, feeling secretly thankful that Marilla and not he had to deal with the situation. He felt no desire to put his oar in this time.
"She'll stay in her room until she confesses," said Marilla grimly, remembering the success of this method in the former case. "Then we'll see. Perhaps we'll be able to find the brooch if she'll only tell where she took it; but in any case she'll have to be severely punished, Matthew."
語彙など
- bureau:化粧ダンス,整理ダンス
- drawer:引き出し
- crack:割れ目
- cranny:裂け目
- positive answer:明確な答え
- plain:明白な
- ugly truth:具合の悪い真理,醜い真実
- might as well:〜した方がいい
- forlornly:絶望的に,哀れに
- secretly:暗に,内心では
- deal with the situation:その件を処理する
- put one's oar in:差し出口をする,くちばしを入れる
- confess:白状する
- grimly:厳格に
- punish:罰する