原文
"I can't do it, Grandma," he said. "I don't really know if I can eat
ANYTHING. I feel as if there was a dreadful lump in my throat. I'd have
cried coming home from school if Jake Donnell hadn't been watching me.
I believe I will cry after I go to bed. It wouldn't show on my eyes
tomorrow, would it? And it would be such a relief. But anyway, I can't
eat porridge. I'm going to need all my strength of mind to bear up
against this, Grandma, and I won't have any left to grapple with
porridge. Oh Grandma, I don't know what I'll do when my beautiful
teacher goes away. Milty Boulter says he bets Jane Andrews will get
the school. I suppose Miss Andrews is very nice. But I know she won't
understand things like Miss Shirley."
語彙など
- dreadful:ひどい
- lump:塊
- throat:のど
- relief:安堵
- porridge:ポリッジ
- bear up:くじけずに耐える
- grapple with:〜に取り組む
- bet:きっと〜だと思う