原文
"But I'll wash my face before I go courting," protested Davy, trying to
improve matters by rubbing the back of his hand over the smears. "And
I'll wash behind my ears too, without being told. I remembered to this
morning, Marilla. I don't forget half as often as I did. But . . ." and
Davy sighed . . . "there's so many corners about a fellow that it's awful
hard to remember them all. Well, if I can't go to Miss Lavendar's I'll
go over and see Mrs. Harrison. Mrs. Harrison's an awful nice woman, I
tell you. She keeps a jar of cookies in her pantry a-purpose for little
boys, and she always gives me the scrapings out of a pan she's mixed
up a plum cake in. A good many plums stick to the sides, you see. Mr.
Harrison was always a nice man, but he's twice as nice since he got
married over again. I guess getting married makes folks nicer. Why don't
YOU get married, Marilla? I want to know."
語彙など
- court:誘う
- protest:〜に抗議する
- smear:汚れ
- sigh:ため息をつく
- jar:広口びん
- pantry:食料品室
- scraping:削り落としたもの
- mix up:まぜこぜにする
- plum cake:プラムケーキ,干しブドウ菓子
- stick to:〜にくっつく