原文
"He may have deserved it, but that is not the point. If I had calmly and
deliberately decided to whip him because I thought it a just punishment
for him I would not feel over it as I do. But the truth is, Mrs. Allan,
that I just flew into a temper and whipped him because of that. I wasn't
thinking whether it was just or unjust . . . even if he hadn't deserved it
I'd have done it just the same. That is what humiliates me."
語彙など
- deserve:〜を受けるに値する
- point:要点
- calmly:落ち着いて
- deliberately:慎重に
- whip:〜を鞭で打つ
- punishment:罰
- fly into a temper:カッとなる
- just:正しい
- humiliate:屈辱を与える