原文
Theodore White's was the next stopping place. Neither Anne nor Diana
had ever been there before, and they had only a very slight acquaintance
with Mrs. Theodore, who was not given to hospitality. Should they go to
the back or front door? While they held a whispered consultation Mrs.
Theodore appeared at the front door with an armful of newspapers.
Deliberately she laid them down one by one on the porch floor and the
porch steps, and then down the path to the very feet of her mystified
callers.
語彙など
- acquaintance:面識
- be given to:病みつきになる
- hospitality:歓待
- whisper:小声で言う
- consultation:相談
- armful:ひと抱え,腕一杯
- deliberately:慎重に,ゆっくりと
- mystify:当惑させる,不可解にする
- caller:訪問者