原文
This important point of ethics being settled, Anne prepared to mount the
aforesaid "little house," a construction of lathes, with a peaked roof,
which had in times past served as a habitation for ducks. The Copp girls
had given up keeping ducks . . . "because they were such untidy birds". .
. and the house had not been in use for some years, save as an abode of
correction for setting hens. Although scrupulously whitewashed it had
become somewhat shaky, and Anne felt rather dubious as she scrambled up
from the vantage point of a keg placed on a box.
"I'm afraid it won't bear my weight," she said as she gingerly stepped on the roof.
語彙など
- ethics:倫理観
- mount:〜に登る
- aforesaid:前述の
- construction:建築
- lath:薄い木片,木摺
- peaked roof:まびさしのある屋根
- in times past:昔
- habitation:住居
- duck:アヒル,鴨
- untidy:だらしない
- save:〜を除いて
- abode of:〜のすみか
- correction:矯正
- set:卵を抱かせる
- scrupulously:几帳面に
- whitewash:水しっくいを塗る
- shaky:グラグラする
- dubious:半信半疑の
- scramble:よじ登る
- vantage point:地の利
- keg:ミニ樽