原文
"I don't believe he'll find the doctor at Carmody," sobbed Diana. "I
know that Dr. Blair went to town and I guess Dr. Spencer would go too.
Young Mary Joe never saw anybody with croup and Mrs. Lynde is away. Oh,
Anne!"
"Don't cry, Di," said Anne cheerily. "I know exactly what to do for croup. You forget that Mrs. Hammond had twins three times. When you look after three pairs of twins you naturally get a lot of experience. They all had croup regularly. Just wait till I get the ipecac bottle--you mayn't have any at your house. Come on now."
語彙など
- sob:すすり泣く
- guess:推測する
- croup:ひどい咳がでる喉頭炎
- cheerily:元気よく
- experience:経験
- regularly:定期的に,恒常的に
- ipecac:《植物》トコン《トコンの根で, 吐剤･下剤用》