原文
Davy came downstairs slowly. Dora was waiting in the hall for him,
having been made ready by Mrs. Lynde. Davy had attended to his own
preparations. He had a cent in his pocket for the Sunday School
collection, and a five-cent piece for the church collection; he carried
his Bible in one hand and his Sunday School quarterly in the other;
he knew his lesson and his Golden Text and his catechism question
perfectly. Had he not studied them--perforce--in Mrs. Lynde's kitchen,
all last Sunday afternoon? Davy, therefore, should have been in a placid
frame of mind. As a matter of fact, despite text and catechism, he was
inwardly as a ravening wolf.
語彙など
- attend to:〜に注意を払う
- collection:寄付
- quarterly:季刊誌
- catechism:教義問答
- perforce:否応なしに,必然的に
- placid:穏やかな
- frame of mind:心の状態
- despite:〜にもかかわらず
- inwardly:ひそかに,内心では
- ravening:貪欲な,獲物をあさる