原文
"We must leave him here till morning," said Phil, replacing the stone.
"He hasn't mewed for five minutes. Perhaps the mews we heard were his
dying groan. Or perhaps we merely imagined them, under the strain of our
guilty consciences."
語彙など
- replace:元に戻す
- mew:ネコの鳴き声
- groan:うめき声
- strain:緊張
- guilty conscience:良心のとがめ,罪悪感