原文
"If he's so cross now what will he be when he hears what I've done," she
reflected miserably, as she rapped at the door.
But Mr. Harrison opened it, smiling sheepishly, and invited her to enter in a tone quite mild and friendly, if somewhat nervous. He had laid aside his pipe and donned his coat; he offered Anne a very dusty chair very politely, and her reception would have passed off pleasantly enough if it had not been for the telltale of a parrot who was peering through the bars of his cage with wicked golden eyes. No sooner had Anne seated herself than Ginger exclaimed,
語彙など
- cross:腹を立てた
- reflect:熟考する
- miserably:惨めに
- rap:ノックする
- sheepishly:気が弱そうに,おずおずと
- tone:口調
- nervous:気弱な,神経質な
- lay aside:しまっておく
- don:身につける,着る
- dusty:ほこりだらけの
- politely:礼儀正しく
- reception:応接
- pass off:終わる,(物事が)運ぶ
- telltale:密告者
- parrot:オウム
- peer through:〜を覗き込む
- bar:棒
- exclaim:叫ぶ,大声で言う