原文
"Miss Maria Grimsby sits cati-corner from me. The first day I came I
remarked to Miss Maria that it looked a little like rain--and Miss Maria
laughed. I said the road from the station was very pretty--and Miss
Maria laughed. I said there seemed to be a few mosquitoes left yet--and
Miss Maria laughed. I said that Prospect Point was as beautiful as
ever--and Miss Maria laughed. If I were to say to Miss Maria, 'My father
has hanged himself, my mother has taken poison, my brother is in the
penitentiary, and I am in the last stages of consumption,' Miss Maria
would laugh. She can't help it--she was born so; but is very sad and
awful.
語彙など
- cati-corner:catty-corner(?),対角線の多角形に交差して傾斜する
- mosquito:蚊
- hang oneself:首吊り自殺をする
- penitentiary:感化院,刑務所
- consumption:肺病