赤毛のアン 第二十一章

CHAPTER XXI. A New Departure in Flavorings(22)

原文
"Baking powder fiddlesticks! Go and bring me the bottle of vanilla you used."

Anne fled to the pantry and returned with a small bottle partially filled with a brown liquid and labeled yellowly, "Best Vanilla."

Marilla took it, uncorked it, smelled it.

"Mercy on us, Anne, you've flavored that cake with ANODYNE LINIMENT. I broke the liniment bottle last week and poured what was left into an old empty vanilla bottle. I suppose it's partly my fault--I should have warned you--but for pity's sake why couldn't you have smelled it?"

語彙など
  • baking powder:ベーキングパウダー,ふくらし粉
  • fiddlestick:ばからしい
  • vanilla:バニラエッセンス
  • flee:消える
  • pantry:食料品室
  • label:ラベルをはる
  • uncork:コルクを抜く
  • mercy on us!:おや,まあ
  • flavor:風味を添える
  • liniment:塗布薬,糊膏
  • pour:注ぐ,液体をつぐ
  • fault:誤り,責任
  • for pity's sake:あきれた