原文
Joseph and the Sarah-cat arrived by express in separate boxes. After
they had been released and fed, Joseph selected the cushion and corner
which appealed to him, and the Sarah-cat gravely sat herself down
before the fire and proceeded to wash her face. She was a large, sleek,
gray-and-white cat, with an enormous dignity which was not at all
impaired by any consciousness of her plebian origin. She had been given
to Aunt Jamesina by her washerwoman.
語彙など
- express:急行列車,速達便の
- release:放つ
- gravely:おごそかに
- proceed:取り掛かる
- sleek:優美な
- dignity:品位
- impair:損なう
- consciousness:自覚
- plebian:plebeian(?)平民の
- washerwoman:洗濯女