原文
"'Potent, wise, and reverend Seniors,'" quoted Phil. "Do you suppose we
really are any wiser than when we came to Redmond?"
"You don't act as if you were by times," said Aunt Jamesina severely.
"Oh, Aunt Jimsie, haven't we been pretty good girls, take us by and large, these three winters you've mothered us?" pleaded Phil.
語彙など
- potent:有力な
- reverend:尊敬すべき
- by times:時々
- severely:厳しく
- by and large:全体として見れば
- mother:〜の母になる
- plead:訴える,主張する