原文
"It's dreadful to come upon you so unexpectedly as this," apologized
Priscilla, "but I did not know till last night that we were coming. Aunt
Charlotte is going away Monday and she had promised to spend today with
a friend in town. But last night her friend telephoned to her not to
come because they were quarantined for scarlet fever. So I suggested we
come here instead, for I knew you were longing to see her. We called
at the White Sands Hotel and brought Mrs. Pendexter with us. She is a
friend of aunt's and lives in New York and her husband is a millionaire.
We can't stay very long, for Mrs. Pendexter has to be back at the hotel
by five o'clock."
語彙など
- dreadful:恐ろしい
- come upon:〜に出会う
- apologize:謝る
- quarantine:隔離する
- scarlet fever:猩紅熱
- long to see:無性に会いたがる