原文
"Davy?" But Anne could say no more. She carried Dora home with a heavy
heart. Her joy at finding the child safe and sound was drowned out in
the pain caused by Davy's behavior. The freak of shutting Dora up might
easily have been pardoned. But Davy had told falsehoods . . . downright
coldblooded falsehoods about it. That was the ugly fact and Anne could
not shut her eyes to it. She could have sat down and cried with sheer
disappointment. She had grown to love Davy dearly . . . how dearly she had
not known until this minute . . . and it hurt her unbearably to discover
that he was guilty of deliberate falsehood.
語彙など
- sound:健全な,健康な
- drown out:消し去る
- behavior:行動
- freak:異常
- pardon:〜を許す
- falsehood:うそ
- downright:完全に
- cold-blooded:冷酷な,冷血な
- ugly:醜い,不快な
- shut one's eyes to:〜にそ知らぬ顔をする
- sheer:本当の,全くの
- disappointment:失望,落胆
- unbearably:我慢できないほど
- guilty:罪を犯した
- deliberate falsehood:故意のうそ