原文
"Patty Spofford is the name of the old lady who owns it, I've
discovered. She lives there with her niece, and they've lived there for
hundreds of years, more or less--maybe a little less, Anne. Exaggeration
is merely a flight of poetic fancy. I understand that wealthy folk have
tried to buy the lot time and again--it's really worth a small fortune
now, you know--but 'Patty' won't sell upon any consideration.
And there's an apple orchard behind the house in place of a back
yard--you'll see it when we get a little past--a real apple orchard on
Spofford Avenue!"
語彙など
- more or less:おおよそ
- exaggeration:誇張
- flight of:一連の
- lot:一区画,用地
- time and again:何度も何度も
- fortune:財産
- consideration:考慮
- apple orchard:リンゴ園
- get past:の横を通り抜ける