原文
Of course, it must be all right. Marilla knew best and Marilla was
bringing her up. Probably some wise, inscrutable motive was to be served
thereby. But surely it would do no harm to let the child have one pretty
dress--something like Diana Barry always wore. Matthew decided that
he would give her one; that surely could not be objected to as an
unwarranted putting in of his oar. Christmas was only a fortnight off.
A nice new dress would be the very thing for a present. Matthew, with a
sigh of satisfaction, put away his pipe and went to bed, while Marilla
opened all the doors and aired the house.
語彙など
- inscrutable:計り知れない
- motive:真意
- serve:果たす
- thereby:従って
- do no harm:害にならない
- object to:〜に反対する
- unwarranted:不当な
- put one's oar in:横から口を出す,差し出口をする
- fortnight:2週間
- sigh of satisfaction:満足の溜息
- air:換気する,部屋に風を通す