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