原文
"But you've done good work this past year," Miss Stacy told them on the
last evening, "and you deserve a good, jolly vacation. Have the best
time you can in the out-of-door world and lay in a good stock of health
and vitality and ambition to carry you through next year. It will be the
tug of war, you know--the last year before the Entrance."
"Are you going to be back next year, Miss Stacy?" asked Josie Pye.
語彙など
- deserve:〜を受けるに値する
- jolly:すてきな
- out-of-door:戸外の
- lay in:手入れする,蓄える
- stock:蓄え
- vitality:活力
- ambition:野心
- carry through:最後までやり通させる
- tug of war:綱引き,主導権争い