原文
When she had gone Mr. Harrison watched her from the window . . . a lithe,
girlish shape, tripping lightheartedly across the fields in the sunset
afterglow.
"I'm a crusty, lonesome, crabbed old chap," he said aloud, "but there's something about that little girl makes me feel young again . . . and it's such a pleasant sensation I'd like to have it repeated once in a while."
語彙など
- lithe:しなやかな
- girlish:女の子らしい
- shape:外観
- trip:軽快な足取りで歩む
- lightheartedly:屈託のない
- afterglow:残光,夕焼け
- crusty:堅くなった外皮のある,気難しい
- lonesome:ひとりで寂しい
- crabbed:意地の悪い,気難しい
- chap:人,男
- sensation:感覚,気持ち
- repeat:繰り返す
- once in a while:時々