原文
"Yes, I do," she confessed, boldly. "Of course it's silly in anybody as
old as I am. But what is the use of being an independent old maid if
you can't be silly when you want to, and when it doesn't hurt anybody?
A person must have some compensations. I don't believe I could live at
times if I didn't pretend things. I'm not often caught at it though, and
Charlotta the Fourth never tells. But I'm glad to be caught today, for
you have really come and I have tea all ready for you. Will you go up to
the spare room and take off your hats? It's the white door at the head
of the stairs. I must run out to the kitchen and see that Charlotta the
Fourth isn't letting the tea boil. Charlotta the Fourth is a very good
girl but she WILL let the tea boil."
語彙など
- confess:認める
- boldly:大胆に
- silly:愚かな
- compensation:埋め合わせ
- at times:時々
- pretend:〜のふりをする
- spare room:客間
- at the head of:〜の上部の
- boil:沸騰する