原文
"I couldn't. She made me promise not to--mother made me promise not to.
Nineteen years ago she took a terrible spell. We thought she couldn't
live through it. She implored me to promise not to ask you to marry me
while she was alive. I didn't want to promise such a thing, even though
we all thought she couldn't live very long--the doctor only gave her
six months. But she begged it on her knees, sick and suffering. I had to
promise."
語彙など
- spell:ひとしきりの発作
- implore:懇願する
- beg:懇願する