原文
"It's a kind of disappointing world after all," he remarked. "Milty has
a cat that takes fits . . . she's took a fit regular every day for three
weeks. Milty says it's awful fun to watch her. I went down today on
purpose to see her have one but the mean old thing wouldn't take a fit
and just kept healthy as healthy, though Milty and me hung round all
the afternoon and waited. But never mind" . . . Davy brightened up as the
insidious comfort of the plum jam stole into his soul . . . "maybe I'll
see her in one sometime yet. It doesn't seem likely she'd stop having
them all at once when she's been so in the habit of it, does it? This
jam is awful nice."
語彙など
- disappoint:がっかりさせる
- after all:結局
- remark:言う
- fit:痙攣
- on purpose:わざと
- mean:意地悪な
- hang around:うろつく
- brighten up:活気づく
- insidious:陰湿な
- plum jam:スモモジャム
- steal into:忍び込む
- all at once:突然に
- be in the habit of:〜するのを常とする