原文
"I don't think he jilted her. There was a quarrel . . . I suppose there
was blame on both sides."
"Well, anyway, he didn't marry her, and she's been as queer as possible ever since, they say . . . living all by herself in that little stone house she calls Echo Lodge. Stephen went off to the States and went into business with his uncle and married a Yankee. He's never been home since, though his mother has been up to see him once or twice. His wife died two years ago and he's sending the boy home to his mother for a spell. He's ten years old and I don't know if he'll be a very desirable pupil. You can never tell about those Yankees."
語彙など
- jilt:(恋人を)捨てる,(恋人と)別れる
- quarrel:けんか,言い争い
- blame on:(人)に責めを負わせる
- anyway:とにかく
- marry:結婚する
- queer:奇妙な,変な
- ever since:その後ずっと
- all by oneself:自分だけで
- go into business:事業を始める
- spell:しばらくの間
- desirable:望ましい,好ましい
- tell:分かる