原文
Mrs. Gardner was tall and thin and handsome, exquisitely gowned, cordial
with a cordiality that seemed a trifle forced. Aline Gardner was a
younger edition of her mother, lacking the cordiality. She endeavored
to be nice, but succeeded only in being haughty and patronizing. Dorothy
Gardner was slim and jolly and rather tomboyish. Anne knew she was Roy's
favorite sister and warmed to her. She would have looked very much
like Roy if she had had dreamy dark eyes instead of roguish hazel ones.
Thanks to her and Phil, the call really went off very well, except for
a slight sense of strain in the atmosphere and two rather untoward
incidents. Rusty and Joseph, left to themselves, began a game of chase,
and sprang madly into Mrs. Gardner's silken lap and out of it in their
wild career. Mrs. Gardner lifted her lorgnette and gazed after their
flying forms as if she had never seen cats before, and Anne, choking
back slightly nervous laughter, apologized as best she could.
語彙など
- exquisitely:この上なく見事に
- cordial:心のこもった
- trifle:少し
- endeavor:〜しようと努力する
- haughty:高慢な
- patronizing:人を見下したような
- jolly:陽気な
- tomboyish:おてんばな
- roguish:いたずらっぽい
- hazel:ハシバミ色,薄茶色
- go off:成り行く
- untoward:都合の悪い
- lorgnette:オペラグラス
- choke back:こらえる