原文
Anne "shooed," but the cat would not "shoo." As long as she stood he sat
back on his haunches and gazed at her reproachfully out of his one good
eye; when she resumed her walk he followed. Anne resigned herself to his
company until she reached the gate of Patty's Place, which she coldly
shut in his face, fondly supposing she had seen the last of him.
But when, fifteen minutes later, Phil opened the door, there sat the
rusty-brown cat on the step. More, he promptly darted in and sprang upon
Anne's lap with a half-pleading, half-triumphant "miaow."
語彙など
- shoo:シーッと言って追い払う
- haunch:動物の足と腰部,臀部
- reproachfully:とがめるように
- resume:再び始める
- resign oneself to:あきらめて〜する
- fondly:浅はかにも
- rusty:さびた
- dart:突進する
- lap:膝
- pleading:懇願
- triumphant:勝ち誇った