原文
"Marilla, Mr. Harrison has a new wife . . . well, not ezackly new, but
they've stopped being married for quite a spell, Milty says. I always
s'posed people had to keep on being married once they'd begun, but Milty
says no, there's ways of stopping if you can't agree. Milty says one way
is just to start off and leave your wife, and that's what Mr. Harrison
did. Milty says Mr. Harrison left his wife because she throwed things at
him . . . HARD things . . . and Arty Sloane says it was because she
wouldn't let him smoke, and Ned Clay says it was 'cause she never let up
scolding him. I wouldn't leave MY wife for anything like that. I'd just
put my foot down and say, 'Mrs. Davy, you've just got to do what'll
please ME 'cause I'm a MAN.' THAT'D settle her pretty quick I guess. But
Annetta Clay says SHE left HIM because he wouldn't scrape his boots at
the door and she doesn't blame her. I'm going right over to Mr.
Harrison's this minute to see what she's like."
語彙など
- spell:しばらくの間
- start off:旅立つ
- let up:やめる
- scold:〜を叱る
- put one's foot down:断固として譲らない
- settle:落ち着かせる
- pretty:非常に
- scrape:こする
- boots:長靴,ブーツ
- blame:責める