原文
The guests in the parlor heard peal after peal of laughter from the
kitchen, but they never knew what the fun was about. There were no green
peas on the dinner table that day, however.
"Well," said Anne, sobering down again with a sigh of recollection, "we have the salad anyhow and I don't think anything has happened to the beans. Let's carry the things in and get it over."
語彙など
- parlor:応接間
- peal:大きな響き,とどろき
- green peas:グリーンピース
- sober:冷静になる
- recollection:想起,回想
- anyhow:とにかく