原文
"Sorry, miss! Sorry isn't going to help matters any. You'd better go and
look at the havoc that animal has made in my oats . . . trampled them from
center to circumference, miss."
"I am very sorry," repeated Anne firmly, "but perhaps if you kept your fences in better repair Dolly might not have broken in. It is your part of the line fence that separates your oatfield from our pasture and I noticed the other day that it was not in very good condition."
語彙など
- matter:状況
- havoc:大損害,大惨事
- oats:麦
- trample:踏みつける,踏みつぶす
- circumference:周囲,周辺
- repeat:繰り返す
- firmly:毅然と
- fence:フェンス,柵
- repair:修理
- separate:分ける
- pasture:牧草地
- notice:〜に気が付く