アンの青春 第十七章

CHAPTER XVII A Chapter of Accidents(19)

原文
Davy had finished ravelling out his herring net and had wound the twine into a ball. Then he had gone into the pantry to put it up on the shelf above the table, where he already kept a score or so of similar balls, which, so far as could be discovered, served no useful purpose save to yield the joy of possession. Davy had to climb on the table and reach over to the shelf at a dangerous angle . . . something he had been forbidden by Marilla to do, as he had come to grief once before in the experiment. The result in this instance was disastrous. Davy slipped and came sprawling squarely down on the lemon pies. His clean blouse was ruined for that time and the pies for all time. It is, however, an ill wind that blows nobody good, and the pig was eventually the gainer by Davy's mischance.

語彙など
  • ravel:ほぐす
  • herring:ニシン
  • wind:巻く
  • twine:より糸,もつれ
  • pantry:食器室
  • a score of:大勢の
  • so far:これまでは
  • save:〜を除いて
  • yield:もたらす
  • possession:所有
  • angle:角度
  • forbid:〜を禁じる
  • come to grief:失敗する,ひどい目に遭う
  • in this instance:今回は
  • disastrous:大失敗の
  • slip:滑る
  • sprawl:大の字に倒れる
  • ruin:台無しにする
  • It's an ill wind that blows nobody good.:誰の得にもならないような風が吹くことはない。(風が吹けば桶屋がもうかる)
  • eventually:結局は
  • mischance:不幸