原文
"So this is what Matthew has been looking so mysterious over and
grinning about to himself for two weeks, is it?" she said a little
stiffly but tolerantly. "I knew he was up to some foolishness. Well, I
must say I don't think Anne needed any more dresses. I made her three
good, warm, serviceable ones this fall, and anything more is sheer
extravagance. There's enough material in those sleeves alone to make a
waist, I declare there is. You'll just pamper Anne's vanity, Matthew,
and she's as vain as a peacock now. Well, I hope she'll be satisfied
at last, for I know she's been hankering after those silly sleeves ever
since they came in, although she never said a word after the first. The
puffs have been getting bigger and more ridiculous right along; they're
as big as balloons now. Next year anybody who wears them will have to go
through a door sideways."
語彙など
- mysterious:謎めいた
- grin:ニャッと笑う
- stiffly:堅く,ぎくしゃくと
- tolerantly:寛大に
- up to:〜しようと計画して
- foolishness:愚かさ
- serviceable:実用的な
- sheer:まったくの
- extravagance:浪費,贅沢
- pamper:甘やかす
- vanity:虚栄心
- vain as a peacock:クジャクのようにうぬぼれが強い
- hanker after:〜にあこがれる
- puff:膨れること
- ridiculous:ばかげた
- right along:ずっと
- balloon:風船
- sideways:片側に傾いて,横に