原文
"Now, we must set the table," said Anne, in the tone of a priestess
about to perform some sacred rite in honor of a divinity. "We'll have a
big vaseful of wild roses in the center and one single rose in front
of everybody's plate--and a special bouquet of rosebuds only by Mrs.
Morgan's--an allusion to 'The Rosebud Garden' you know."
語彙など
- set the table:食事の用意をする
- tone:口調
- priestess:女司祭,尼僧
- sacred rite
- 宗教上の儀式,神聖な儀式
- in honor of:〜を称えて
- divinity:神性,神
- vase:花瓶
- bouquet:花束
- rosebud:バラのつぼみ
- allusion to:〜へのさりげない言及