原文
"There is, too. Would you," demanded Dora gravely, "would you say
'tomcat' before the minister?"
This was a staggerer. Davy was not prepared for such a concrete example of the freedom of speech. But one did not have to be consistent with Dora.
"Of course not," he admitted sulkily.
語彙など
- gravely:いかめしく
- tomcat:女の尻を追い回す男
- minister:牧師
- stagger:ふらつき
- concrete example:具体的な実例
- consistent with:〜と一致して
- sulkily:むっつりとして