原文
"That is why I chose it. Of course Gilbert and Fred would have taken
this road if we had asked them. But you see, Diana, I feel myself
responsible for the A.V.I.S., since I was the first to suggest it, and
it seems to me that I ought to do the most disagreeable things. I'm
sorry on your account; but you needn't say a word at the cranky places.
I'll do all the talking . . . Mrs. Lynde would say I was well able to.
Mrs. Lynde doesn't know whether to approve of our enterprise or not. She
inclines to, when she remembers that Mr. and Mrs. Allan are in favor of
it; but the fact that village improvement societies first originated in
the States is a count against it. So she is halting between two opinions
and only success will justify us in Mrs. Lynde's eyes. Priscilla is
going to write a paper for our next Improvement meeting, and I expect it
will be good, for her aunt is such a clever writer and no doubt it runs
in the family. I shall never forget the thrill it gave me when I found
out that Mrs. Charlotte E. Morgan was Priscilla's aunt. It seemed so
wonderful that I was a friend of the girl whose aunt wrote 'Edgewood
Days' and 'The Rosebud Garden.'"
語彙など
- responsible for:〜の責任がある
- disagreeable:嫌な
- on someone's account:(人)のために
- cranky:偏屈な
- approve of:〜に賛成する
- enterprise:企て,活動
- incline:心が傾く
- in favor of:〜に賛成して
- improvement:改善,向上
- originate in:源を〜に発する,始まる
- count against:〜に不利となる
- halt:ためらう
- justify:正当化する
- It runs in the family.:そういう血筋だ。