原文
Minnie May did not take kindly to the ipecac but Anne had not brought up
three pairs of twins for nothing. Down that ipecac went, not only once,
but many times during the long, anxious night when the two little girls
worked patiently over the suffering Minnie May, and Young Mary Joe,
honestly anxious to do all she could, kept up a roaring fire and heated
more water than would have been needed for a hospital of croupy babies.
It was three o'clock when Matthew came with a doctor, for he had been obliged to go all the way to Spencervale for one. But the pressing need for assistance was past. Minnie May was much better and was sleeping soundly.
語彙など
- ipecac:トコン《トコンの根で, 吐剤･下剤用》
- bring up:育てる
- for nothing:無駄に
- patiently:辛抱強く
- suffer:苦しむ
- keep up:〜し続ける
- roaring fire:燃えさかる火
- croupy:クループにかかった
- oblige:余儀なく〜させる
- all the way to:はるばる〜まで
- pressing need:差し迫った必要
- soundly:ぐっすりと