原文
"Next month. Of course it will be very quiet. I suppose people will talk
terrible. They'll say I made enough haste to snap John up as soon as his
poor mother was out of the way. John wanted to let them know the truth
but I said, 'No, John; after all she was your mother, and we'll keep the
secret between us, and not cast any shadow on her memory. I don't mind
what people say, now that I know the truth myself. It don't matter a
mite. Let it all be buried with the dead' says I to him. So I coaxed him
round to agree with me."
語彙など
- snap up:飛びつく
- out of the way:死んで
- cast:投げかける
- mite:ごくわずか
- coax:説得する