原文
"It isn't a horrible boardinghouse, Anne-girl. Here's our cab. Hop
in--the driver will get your trunk. Oh, yes, the boardinghouse--it's
really a very nice place of its kind, as you'll admit tomorrow morning
when a good night's sleep has turned your blues rosy pink. It's a big,
old-fashioned, gray stone house on St. John Street, just a nice little
constitutional from Redmond. It used to be the 'residence' of great
folk, but fashion has deserted St. John Street and its houses only dream
now of better days. They're so big that people living in them have
to take boarders just to fill up. At least, that is the reason our
landladies are very anxious to impress on us. They're delicious,
Anne--our landladies, I mean."
語彙など
- horrible:恐ろしい
- boardinghouse:賄い付き下宿屋,寄宿舎
- cab:タクシー
- hop in:車に乗る
- blues:憂鬱
- old-fashioned:古風な,昔風の
- constitutional:構成上の
- residence:住居
- fashion:流行
- desert:見捨てる
- boarder:下宿人,寮生
- fill up:埋める
- impress on:(人)に印象づける
- delicious:実におもしろい