原文
Anne went upstairs with Dora and sat by her until she fell asleep. The
next day Mirabel Cotton was kept in at recess and "gently but firmly"
given to understand that when you were so unfortunate as to possess an
uncle who persisted in walking about houses after he had been decently
interred it was not in good taste to talk about that eccentric gentleman
to your deskmate of tender years. Mirabel thought this very harsh. The
Cottons had not much to boast of. How was she to keep up her prestige
among her schoolmates if she were forbidden to make capital out of the
family ghost?
語彙など
- fall asleep:寝入る
- recess:休み時間
- firmly:きっぱりと
- persist:持続する
- decently:ちゃんと
- inter:埋葬する
- in good taste:上品で,趣味のいい
- eccentric:変わった
- tender:年端のいかない
- harsh:過酷な
- boast:自慢する
- keep up:維持する
- prestige:威信
- forbid:〜を禁じる
- make capital out of:〜を利用する
- ghost:幽霊