原文
Charlotta the Fourth felt that some mystery pervaded the stone house
that afternoon . . . a mystery from which she was excluded. Miss Lavendar
roamed about the garden in a distracted fashion. Anne, too, seemed
possessed by a demon of unrest, and walked to and fro and went up and
down. Charlotta the Fourth endured it till patience ceased to be a
virtue; then she confronted Anne on the occasion of that romantic young
person's third aimless peregrination through the kitchen.
語彙など
- mystery:神秘,謎
- pervade:〜に充満する
- exclude:締め出す
- roam about:〜の中をうろつく
- distract:の気を散らす
- fashion:方法
- possessed:とりつかれた
- demon:悪霊
- unrest:不安
- to and fro:あちらこちらに
- endure:耐える
- patience:忍耐
- cease:やめる
- virtue:美徳
- confront:対峙する
- aimless:目的のない
- peregrination:遍歴