アンの青春 第二十章

CHAPTER XX The Way It Often Happens(7)

原文
"He is . . . he says he is himself," asseverated Davy. "He said it when he prayed in Sunday School last Sunday. He said he was a vile worm and a miserable sinner and guilty of the blackest 'niquity. What did he do that was so bad, Marilla? Did he kill anybody? Or steal the collection cents? I want to know."

語彙など
  • asseverate:断言する
  • pray:祈る
  • vile:不潔な
  • worm:虫
  • sinner:(道徳・宗教上の)罪人
  • guilty:罪を犯した
  • 'niquity:=iniquity(邪悪)?
  • collection:募金