原文
"Mr. Joshua Pye of Carmody. He has nearly finished the shingling. We had
to give him the contract, for every one of the Pyes . . . and there are
four families, you know . . . said they wouldn't give a cent unless Joshua
got it. They had subscribed twelve dollars between them and we thought
that was too much to lose, although some people think we shouldn't have
given in to the Pyes. Mrs. Lynde says they try to run everything."
語彙など
- shingle:〜を屋根板でふく
- contract:契約
- subscribe:寄付する
- give in:譲歩する,下手に出る
- run:運営する,管理する