原文
"Yes, he told us so last evening," said Priscilla, seeing that outraged
Anne would not answer. "He and Charlie were down. We knew they were
coming, so we painstakingly put out of sight or out of reach all Miss
Ada's cushions. That very elaborate one with the raised embroidery I
dropped on the floor in the corner behind the chair it was on. I thought
it would be safe there. But would you believe it? Charlie Sloane made
for that chair, noticed the cushion behind it, solemnly fished it up,
and sat on it the whole evening. Such a wreck of a cushion as it was!
Poor Miss Ada asked me today, still smiling, but oh, so reproachfully,
why I had allowed it to be sat upon. I told her I hadn't--that it was
a matter of predestination coupled with inveterate Sloanishness and I
wasn't a match for both combined."
語彙など
- outraged:激怒した
- painstakingly:苦労して
- out of sight:見えない所に
- out of reach:手の届かないところに
- elaborate:手の込んだ,精巧な
- raised:浮き彫りの
- embroidery:刺繍
- make for:〜に向かう
- solemnly:まじめに
- fish up:引き揚げる
- wreck:破損
- reproachfully:とがめるように
- predestination:宿命
- inveterate:執念深い
- match:競争相手