原文
"Better and better. Why, I'm just around the corner on Wallace Street.
I don't like my boardinghouse, though. It's bleak and lonesome, and my
room looks out on such an unholy back yard. It's the ugliest place
in the world. As for cats--well, surely ALL the Kingsport cats can't
congregate there at night, but half of them must. I adore cats on hearth
rugs, snoozing before nice, friendly fires, but cats in back yards at
midnight are totally different animals. The first night I was here I
cried all night, and so did the cats. You should have seen my nose in
the morning. How I wished I had never left home!"
語彙など
- boardinghouse:賄い付き下宿屋
- bleak:殺風景な
- lonesome:ひとりで寂しい
- unholy:神聖でない
- as for:〜について言えば
- congregate:集まる
- adore:〜が大好きだ
- hearth:暖炉
- rug:じゅうたん,敷物
- snooze:居眠りする