原文
Old Mrs. Hiram Sloane had lately taken to making and selling "nut cakes"
by way of adding to her scanty income. The cakes were specially tempting
to small boys and for several weeks Anne had had not a little trouble in
regard to them. On their way to school the boys would invest their spare
cash at Mrs. Hiram's, bring the cakes along with them to school, and, if
possible, eat them and treat their mates during school hours. Anne had
warned them that if they brought any more cakes to school they would be
confiscated; and yet here was St. Clair Donnell coolly passing a parcel
of them, wrapped up in the blue and white striped paper Mrs. Hiram used,
under her very eyes.
語彙など
- take to:〜が習慣になる
- nut:木の実
- scanty income:わずかな収入
- tempt:誘惑する
- in regard to:〜については
- invest:金を使う
- spare cash:余分の現金
- treat:おごる,ごちそうする
- confiscate:没収する
- coolly:冷静に
- wrap up:包む
- striped:縞模様の