原文
Mrs Lynde looked upon all people who had the misfortune to be born
or brought up elsewhere than in Prince Edward Island with a decided
can-any-good-thing-come-out-of-Nazareth air. They MIGHT be good people,
of course; but you were on the safe side in doubting it. She had a
special prejudice against "Yankees." Her husband had been cheated out
of ten dollars by an employer for whom he had once worked in Boston and
neither angels nor principalities nor powers could have convinced Mrs.
Rachel that the whole United States was not responsible for it.
語彙など
- look upon:観察する
- misfortune:不運,不幸な
- bring up:育てる
- decided:断固とした
- Nazareth:ナザレ(Palestine 北部の都市;キリストが幼年時代を過ごした土地)
- on the safe side:大事をとって
- prejudice:偏見,先入観
- cheat:だまして取る
- employer:雇用主
- angel:エンジェル,天使の階級=第9位
- principalities:権天使,第7位の天使
- powers:能天使,第6位の天使
- convince:説得する
- responsible for:〜の責任がある