原文
"Miss Ada's cushions are really getting on my nerves," said Anne. "She
finished two new ones last week, stuffed and embroidered within an inch
of their lives. There being absolutely no other cushionless place to
put them she stood them up against the wall on the stair landing. They
topple over half the time and if we come up or down the stairs in the
dark we fall over them. Last Sunday, when Dr. Davis prayed for all those
exposed to the perils of the sea, I added in thought 'and for all those
who live in houses where cushions are loved not wisely but too well!'
There! we're ready, and I see the boys coming through Old St. John's. Do
you cast in your lot with us, Phil?"
語彙など
- get on someone's nerves:(人)の神経に障る
- stuff:詰め物をする
- embroider:刺繍をする
- within an inch of one's life:死ぬ一歩手前まで,半殺しになるまで
- stair landing:踊り場
- topple over:転倒する
- exposed to:〜から見えるように
- perils of the sea:海難
- cast in one's lot with:〜と運命を共にする