原文
In early April, before Anne had come home from Queen's, Mr. Robert Bell,
whose farm adjoined the Cuthbert place on the west, had sold out and
moved to Charlottetown. His farm had been bought by a certain Mr. J. A.
Harrison, whose name, and the fact that he was a New Brunswick man, were
all that was known about him. But before he had been a month in Avonlea
he had won the reputation of being an odd person . . . "a crank," Mrs.
Rachel Lynde said. Mrs. Rachel was an outspoken lady, as those of you
who may have already made her acquaintance will remember. Mr. Harrison
was certainly different from other people . . . and that is the essential
characteristic of a crank, as everybody knows.
語彙など
- adjoin:〜に隣接する
- New Brunswick:ニューブランズウィック州(カナダ)
- reputation:評判,うわさ
- odd person:奇妙な人,変人
- crank:変人
- outspoken:遠慮のない,歯に衣着せずにものを言う
- make one's acquaintance:懇意になる
- essential characteristic:本質的特質