アンの愛情 第十六章

Chapter XVI Adjusted Relationships(1)

原文
"It's the homiest spot I ever saw--it's homier than home," avowed Philippa Gordon, looking about her with delighted eyes. They were all assembled at twilight in the big living-room at Patty's Place--Anne and Priscilla, Phil and Stella, Aunt Jamesina, Rusty, Joseph, the Sarah-Cat, and Gog and Magog. The firelight shadows were dancing over the walls; the cats were purring; and a huge bowl of hothouse chrysanthemums, sent to Phil by one of the victims, shone through the golden gloom like creamy moons.

語彙など
  • avow:公然と認める,率直に言う
  • assemble:集まる
  • firelight:炉火の光
  • purr:(猫が)のどを鳴らす
  • bowl:ボウル,(深い)はち
  • hothouse:温室栽培の
  • chrysanthemum:菊
  • victim:犠牲者
  • gloom:薄暗さ
  • creamy:クリーム色の