原文
"You have sense, I see," said Miss Patty in a tone of great
satisfaction. "Would you believe it? All the people who came here to
rent the house wanted to know if they couldn't take the name off the
gate during their occupation of it. I told them roundly that the name
went with the house. This has been Patty's Place ever since my brother
Aaron left it to me in his will, and Patty's Place it shall remain until
I die and Maria dies. After that happens the next possessor can call it
any fool name he likes," concluded Miss Patty, much as she might have
said, "After that--the deluge." "And now, wouldn't you like to go over
the house and see it all before we consider the bargain made?"
語彙など
- have sense enough:わきまえがある
- tone:口調
- rent:賃借りする
- occupation:居住
- roundly:手厳しく
- will:遺言
- deluge:ノアの箱舟に乗ったノアの家族,つがいの動物たち以外の地球上のすべての生き物を滅ぼした大洪水
- bargain:契約