原文
"What had your mother against me?" cried Janet.
"Nothing--nothing. She just didn't want another woman--ANY woman--there while she was living. She said if I didn't promise she'd die right there and I'd have killed her. So I promised. And she's held me to that promise ever since, though I've gone on my knees to her in my turn to beg her to let me off."
語彙など
- ever since:それ以来
- go on one's knees:ひざまずく
- in one's turn:今度は自分が
- let off:解き放す