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第1章 Playing Pilgrims 巡礼あそび 1-3 4-6

CHAPTER 23 AUNT MARCH SETTLES THE QUESTION マーチおばさん 8

"I'll come if I'm at the ends of the earth, for the sight of Jo's face alone on that occasion would be worth a long journey. 「地球の果てからでもまいります。そのときのジョウの顔を見るだけでも、大旅行して来るねうちがあります。 You don't look festive, ma'am, what's the matter?" asked Laurie, following her in…

CHAPTER 23 AUNT MARCH SETTLES THE QUESTION マーチおばさん 7

Rushing upstairs, she startled the invalids by exclaiming tragically as she burst into the room, "Oh, do somebody go down quick! ジョウは悲痛なさけびとともにとび出し二階へかけあがり、「ああ、たれか早く階下へいって下さい。 John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!" ジョン…

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Meg stopped there, remembering all of a sudden that she hadn't made up her mind, that she had told 'her John' to go away, and that he might be overhearing her inconsistent remarks. メグは、そこまでいって、もしかジョンに聞かれたらと思って、はっとして言葉をきりましたが、 Aunt March was very angry, for she h…

CHAPTER 23 AUNT MARCH SETTLES THE QUESTION マーチおばさん 5

Aunt March put on her glasses and took a look at the girl, for she did not know her in this new mood. 老婦人は、メグがこんなことをいい出したのでおどろき、 Meg hardly knew herself, she felt so brave and independent, so glad to defend John and assert her right to love him, if she liked.

CHAPTER 23 AUNT MARCH SETTLES THE QUESTION マーチおばさん 4

He just stood looking at her so wistfully, so tenderly, that she found her heart relenting in spite of herself. What would have happened next I cannot say, if Aunt March had not come hobbling in at this interesting minute. この興味ふかい場面に、マーチおばさんが、びっこをひきなが…

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"Shall I tell you how?" asked Mr. Brooke, holding the small hand fast in both his own, and looking down at Meg with so much love in the brown eyes that her heart began to flutter, and she both longed to run away and to stop and listen. 「どうしてお礼をしていただくか、いってあげましょうか？」と、ジョンは、メグの手を握りしめ、愛情をこめて見るので、

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Jo couldn't help smiling at the important air which Meg had unconsciously assumed and which was as becoming as the pretty color varying in her cheeks. それから、恋愛についていろいろ話したあげく、 "Would you mind telling me what you'd say?" asked Jo more respectfully.

CHAPTER 23 AUNT MARCH SETTLES THE QUESTION マーチおばさん

Like bees swarming after their queen, mother and daughters hovered about Mr. March the next day, neglecting everything to look at, wait upon, and listen to the new invalid, who was in a fair way to be killed by kindness. はたらき蜂が、女王蜂のまわりにむらがるように、おかあさんと娘たちは、そのあくる日、ベスのそばの大きなイスに身体をうずめたおとうさ…

CHAPTER 22 PLEASANT MEADOWS たのしい野辺 4

"Now, Beth," said Amy, longing for her turn, but ready to wait. 「こんどはベスね。」と、エミイはじぶんの番の来るのを待ちどおしく思いました。 "There's so little of her, I'm afraid to say much, for fear she will slip away altogether, though she is not so shy as she used to be," began their father cheerfully…

CHAPTER 22 PLEASANT MEADOWS たのしい野辺 3

"Just a year ago we were groaning over the dismal Christmas we expected to have. 娘たちは、今年の思い出話をしましたが、 Do you remember?" asked Jo, breaking a short pause which had followed a long conversation about many things. "Rathe…

CHAPTER 22 PLEASANT MEADOWS たのしい野辺 2

Half an hour after everyone had said they were so happy they could only hold one drop more, the drop came. Laurie opened the parlor door and popped his head in very quietly. それは、ローリイが興奮して客間をのぞき、 He might just as well …

CHAPTER 22 PLEASANT MEADOWS たのしい野辺

Like sunshine after a storm were the peaceful weeks which followed. その後の数週間は、あらしが吹き去った後、日光がさしたようでした。 The invalids improved rapidly, and Mr. March began to talk of returning early in the new year. おとうさんは、新年になれば帰宅するといって来ました…

CHAPTER 21 LAURIE MAKES MISCHIEF, AND JO MAKES PEACE ローリイのいたずら 9

"You hussy, how dare you talk in that way? 「おてんば娘は、とんでもないことをいいなさる。 Where's your respect for me, and your proper bringing up? Bless the boys and girls! What torments they are, yet we can't do without them," he said…

CHAPTER 21 LAURIE MAKES MISCHIEF, AND JO MAKES PEACE ローリイのいたずら 8

"Indeed, Sir, I cannot tell. Mother forbade it. そのことは、母にとめられていますから、申せません。 Laurie has confessed, asked pardon, and been punished quite enough. ローリイは白状して、ばつを受けました。 We don't keep silence to shield…