原文
"I've met his two sisters, and I know of him. So does everybody
worthwhile in Kingsport. The Gardners are among the richest, bluest,
of Bluenoses. Roy is adorably handsome and clever. Two years ago his
mother's health failed and he had to leave college and go abroad with
her--his father is dead. He must have been greatly disappointed to have
to give up his class, but they say he was perfectly sweet about it.
Fee--fi--fo--fum, Anne. I smell romance. Almost do I envy you, but not
quite. After all, Roy Gardner isn't Jonas."
語彙など
- worthwhile:価値のある
- bluenose:極端な保守家,清教徒的な人
- adorably:ほれぼれするほど
- fee-fi-fo-fum:the first line of a historical quatrain (or sometimes couplet) famous for its use in the classic English fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk