原文
Lauretta White was sitting in front of Davy, her head slightly bent
and her fair hair hanging in two long braids, between which a tempting
expanse of white neck showed, encased in a loose lace frill. Lauretta
was a fat, placid-looking child of eight, who had conducted herself
irreproachably in church from the very first day her mother carried her
there, an infant of six months.
語彙など
- bend:曲げる
- hang:垂れ下がる
- braid:三つ編み(の髪),お下げ髪
- tempt:誘惑する
- expanse:広がり
- encase:入れる
- loose:ゆったりとした
- frill:フリル
- placid:落ち着いた,おとなしい
- conduct oneself:行動する
- irreproachably:非難の余地がない
- infant:幼児