原文
"I thought I'd wait for you, teacher, because I knew you were going to
the graveyard," he said, slipping his hand into hers. "I'm going there,
too . . . I'm taking this bouquet of geraniums to put on Grandpa Irving's
grave for grandma. And look, teacher, I'm going to put this bunch of
white roses beside Grandpa's grave in memory of my little mother. . .
because I can't go to her grave to put it there. But don't you think
she'll know all about it, just the same?"
語彙など
- graveyard:墓地
- slip:滑り込ませる
- bouquet:花束
- geranium:ゼラニウム
- bunch of:一房の
- in memory of:〜を記念して,〜を追悼して
- just the same:(それでも)やはり