サウンドオブミュージック（４５６） ——————————【４５６】——————————— It was a matter of course that the lucky one whose holiday came around could expect a present from everyone in the house ; and of course, one didn't just go to a store andb…

サウンドオブミュージック（４５５） ——————————【４５５】——————————— My people had only celebrated the birthdays, whereas we on Nonnberg disregarded those and only celebrated the feast-days. These are celebrated on the feast of the Saint in …

サウンドオブミュージック（４５４） ——————————【４５４】——————————— There came a time when we were hardly able to read or sing together because we were so busy, and that was the birthday season. In a large household there are a number of fa…

サウンドオブミュージック（４５３） ——————————【４５３】————————————— How grateful I was now for those experience ! Sitting around the table, we worked on at least one new number evry evening. If we had more than three parts, I had to taket…

サウンド オブ ミュージック（４５２） ——————————【４５２】———————————— There were violins and cellos, French horns, and clarinets, and there was the newest and oldest of them all, the revivedrecorder, the ancient flute. There we sat togethe…

サウンドオブミュージック（４５１） ——————————【４５１】———————————— I was lucky enough, in my student years, to belong to onesuch group. Boys and girls met in large groups of thirty or forty and had the most wonderful time. A large portion…

サウンドオブミュージック（４５０） ——————————【４５０】—————————————— After the First World War the Catholic Youth Movement sweeping over Austria and Germany had done wonders formusic. These young people wanted genuine music again. They we…

サウンドオブミュージック（４４９） ——————————【４４９】—————————— After having read a couple of hours, I would say : "That's enough for to-day. Let's sing now; all right ? " That was the signal for everyone to drop whatever he was doing. W…

サウンドオブミュージック（４４８） —————————【４４８】—————————————— It is most amazing how much literature you can cover during the long winter evenings. We read fairy-tales and legends, historical novels and biographies, and thewords of …

サウンドオブミュージック（４４７） ——————————【４４７】—————————————— The older girls brought their knitting, the younger ones theirdolls ; the boys and their father usually worked on wood,carving or whittling ; and I, settling in a most c…

サウンドオブミュージック（４４６） ——————————【４４６】—————————————— Everyone was* anxious to have all his homework done before supper, because then came the most beautiful timeof the day, the evenings spent together. A fire was lit in th…

サウンドオブミュージック（４４５） ——————————【４４５】———————————— Everybody went to school, even Maria, who waswell again ——except little Martina, who was too youngQuietly she followed me around the house until I settleddown to some lett…

サウンドオブミュージック（４４４） ——————————【４４４】—————————— I would be very doubtful whether all seven children would ever take to me. I wouldn't feel adequate to take over so much responsibility——I simply wouldn'tdare. But at twenty…

サウンドオブミュージック（４４３） ———————————【４４３】————————————————— Now they were my children, and I was their mother.There was a world of difference. We all loved each other in a new way, and it was very beautiful. If Ihad to take t…

サウンドオブミュージック（４４２） ———————————【４４２】—————————————————— Ⅵ Feasts in a Family After the Christmas vacation life settled down to its normal routine ; that is , for the children. But forme everything was new. It was queer——…

サウンドオブミュージック（４４１） ——————————【４４１】—————————————————— Then the voice of the organ died out, and in the greatsilence which hovered over the big church, surroundedby the seven children, we promised each other loudlyand so…

サウンドオブミュージック（４４０） ——————————【４４０】————————————————— At this moment the big organ began with a jubilantchord. Slowly and solemnly the procession marchedup the aisle and up the many* steps into the sanctuary,where Father…

サウンドオブミュージック（４３９） ———————————【４３９】—————————————————— The two oldest girls were leading their father, who was in his Navy uniform. The two boys waited for me, and the three little ones busied themselves with my longtra…

サウンドオブミュージック（４３８） ———————————【４３８】——————————————————— Outside the procession had formed. Through swimming eyes I saw a packed church. Oh, and here the children. ———————————（訳）———————————————————— 行列の外側、私は目…

サウンドオブミュージック（４３７） —————————【４３７】—————————— On* Reverend Mother's hand I approached the heavyportal. As it opened, I knelt on the threshold for the last time, for the last blessing. ——————————（訳）———————————— 修道院…

サウンドオブミュージック（４３６） ——————————【４３６】——————————— It was time to go down into the church. The wholecommunity accompanied me, and for the last time Iwalked down the age-worn stairs, over the cobble-stoned yard, passing by t…

サウンドオブミュージック（４３５） ———————————【４３５】 —————————————— I was dressed in my bridal gown in the same vaulted room where I had spent the happiest years of my lifeso far. My three former room-mates, now in the whi-te veil of t…

サウンドオブミュージック（４３４） ———————————【４３４】 ————————————— It was the Saturday before the first Sunday in Advent,November 26, 1927. When the great day finally dawned, Igreeted it with a heart full of happiness and readiness to …

サウンドオブミュージック（４３３） ———————————【４３３】 ——————————— Then I went for the last time into my beloved conventfor a ten-day retreat to get prepared for matrimony,which is indeed a great sacrament. ———————————（訳）—————————————…

サウンドオブミュージック（４３２） ———————————【４３２】 ——————————— The leaves turned yellow and red, and the first heavy autumn storms shook them from the trees. The Captain came back, and I learned to call him Georg. ————————————（訳）—…

サウンドオブミュージック（４３１） ———————————【４３１】 ——————————— And he was right. Through the summer months the childrenand I grew closer together every day. And the figure of theirfather grew more and more distinctly into my life eve…

サウンドオブミュージック（４３０） ———————————【４３０】 ——————————— But the Captain was somewhat mysterious, and insisted thatit was for the best. If he and I had only known how terriblybusy many tongues had already been all these days. "…

サウンドオブミュージック（４２９） —————————————【４２９】 ———————————— Soon afterward the Captain left on a long journey whichwould keep him away until the autumn. He explained to methat he had to do this ; otherwise, people would talk. "…

サウンドオブミュージック（４２８） ———————————【４２８】————————————— The next day after breakfast their father told his childrenthat they had been right ; only if he married me, could I stay *for ever. And for that reason he was going*² t…