原文
"I can't do anything, and it's awful to hang round just waiting," sighed
Charlotta. "What if he don't propose after all, Miss Shirley, ma'am?
You can never be sure of them men. My older sister, Charlotta the
First, thought she was engaged to one once. But it turned out HE had a
different opinion and she says she'll never trust one of them again. And
I heard of another case where a man thought he wanted one girl awful bad
when it was really her sister he wanted all the time. When a man don't
know his own mind, Miss Shirley, ma'am, how's a poor woman going to be
sure of it?"
語彙など
- hang round:ぶらつく
- sigh:ため息をつく
- propose:結婚を申し込む
- after all:結局
- engaged:婚約している
- turn out:結局〜であることが分かる
- opinion:意見
- trust:信頼する