原文
"Haven't you heard?" said Jane wrathfully. "Well, its simply this. . .
Joshua Pye has gone and painted the hall blue instead of green. . .
a deep, brilliant blue, the shade they use for painting carts and
wheelbarrows. And Mrs. Lynde says it is the most hideous color for a
building, especially when combined with a red roof, that she ever saw
or imagined. You could simply have knocked me down with a feather when I
heard it. It's heartbreaking, after all the trouble we've had."
"How on earth could such a mistake have happened?" wailed Diana.
語彙など
- wrathfully:憤然と
- brilliant:鮮やかな
- brilliant blue:ブリリアント･ブルー
- shade:色合い,色調
- cart:カート,二輪荷車
- wheelbarrow:手押し車,手押し一輪車
- hideous:おぞましい
- combined with:〜と相まって
- knock someone down with a feather:(人)をびっくり仰天させる
- heartbreaking:胸が張り裂けるような
- on earth:一体全体
- wail:嘆き悲しむ