原文
"Mary Joe . . . but she didn't know I heard her. Mrs. Peter Sloane's
hired girl, Veronica, came to see Mary Joe last evening and I heard them
talking in the kitchen as I was going through the hall. I heard Mary Joe
say, 'Dat Paul, he is de queeres' leetle boy. He talks dat queer. I tink
dere's someting wrong in his upper story.' I couldn't sleep last night
for ever so long, thinking of it, and wondering if Mary Joe was right. I
couldn't bear to ask Grandma about it somehow, but I made up my mind I'd
ask you. I'm so glad you think I'm all right in my upper story."
語彙など
- hired girl:お手伝い,雇い女
- queer:少し気が狂った
- upper story:頭,おつむ
- bear:耐える
- somehow:どうしたものか
- make up one's mind:決心する