赤毛のアン 第十五章

CHAPTER XV. A Tempest in the School Teapot(32)

原文
"Yes. That is I wouldn't say school to her again until she said it herself. Depend upon it, Marilla, she'll cool off in a week or so and be ready enough to go back of her own accord, that's what, while, if you were to make her go back right off, dear knows what freak or tantrum she'd take next and make more trouble than ever. The less fuss made the better, in my opinion. She won't miss much by not going to school, as far as THAT goes. Mr. Phillips isn't any good at all as a teacher. The order he keeps is scandalous, that's what, and he neglects the young fry and puts all his time on those big scholars he's getting ready for Queen's. He'd never have got the school for another year if his uncle hadn't been a trustee--THE trustee, for he just leads the other two around by the nose, that's what. I declare, I don't know what education in this Island is coming to."

語彙など
  • depend upon it:だいじょうぶ,間違いない
  • cool off:頭を冷やす
  • of one's own accord:自発的に,自分から進んで
  • right off:すぐに
  • dear knows:誰にも分からない
  • freak:気紛れ
  • tantrum:癇癪
  • fuss:騒動
  • as far as that goes:そう言えば
  • keep order:秩序を保つ
  • scandalous:あきれた,恥ずべき
  • fry:雑魚
  • get ready for:〜を準備する
  • trustee:理事,役員
  • lead by the nose:完全に管理する,ごまかす