原文
"I'm not going to put up with this," he spluttered, "not a day longer,
do you hear, miss. Bless my soul, this is the third time, miss . . . the
third time! Patience has ceased to be a virtue, miss. I warned your aunt
the last time not to let it occur again . . . and she's let it . . . she's
done it . . . what does she mean by it, that is what I want to know. That
is what I'm here about, miss."
"Will you explain what the trouble is?" asked Anne, in her most dignified manner. She had been practicing it considerably of late to have it in good working order when school began; but it had no apparent effect on the irate J. A. Harrison.
語彙など
- put up with:〜を我慢する
- splutter:せき込んで話す
- bless one's soul:(皮肉で)ありがたいことに
- patience:忍耐
- virtue:美徳
- dignified:威厳のある
- considerably:かなり
- of late:最近
- in good working order:適切に使える状態で
- irate:激怒した