原文
"I'll be glad when the auction is over," said Marilla. "It is too much
responsibility having so much stock about the place and nobody but that
unreliable Martin to look after them. He has never come back yet and he
promised that he would certainly be back last night if I'd give him the
day off to go to his aunt's funeral. I don't know how many aunts he has
got, I am sure. That's the fourth that's died since he hired here a year
ago. I'll be more than thankful when the crop is in and Mr. Barry takes
over the farm. We'll have to keep Dolly shut up in the pen till Martin
comes, for she must be put in the back pasture and the fences there have
to be fixed. I declare, it is a world of trouble, as Rachel says. Here's
poor Mary Keith dying and what is to become of those two children of
hers is more than I know. She has a brother in British Columbia and she
has written to him about them, but she hasn't heard from him yet."
語彙など
- auction:オークション
- responsibility:責任
- stock:家畜
- unreliable:当てにならない
- look after:〜の世話をする
- promise:約束する
- day off:休日
- funeral:葬式
- hire:〜を雇う
- crop:作物
- take over:受け継ぐ,引き受ける
- pen:囲い
- pasture:牧草地
- fix:修理する
- I declare.:ほんとにそうなんだ。