サウンドオブミュージック（４０９） ————————————【４０９】—————————————— When I had arrived at the last vase, the Captain came in. Steppingover to me, he stood and silently watched what I was doingwith the peonies. —————————————【訳】——————…

サウンドオブミュージック（４０８） ————————————【４０８】—————————————— That same night I was arranging flowers in big oriental vases.This was the last touch, and then the spring cleaning was over,and it had been really successful. ———————…

サウンドオブミュージック（４０７） ———————————【４０７】———————————————— " Why, of course I like him, " I answered,* somewhat absent-mindedly, because I had never washed a chandelier before. I noticed only vaguely that thechildren had disa…

サウンドオブミュージック（４０６） ———————————【４０６】———————————————— Running over* to me as I stood on a ladder washing a bigcrystal chandelier, they yelled from afar : " Father says he doesn't know whether you like him at all ! " ————…

サウンドオブミュージック（４０５） ———————————【４０５】————————————— The next morning I started spring cleaning. Under my direction the maids were taking down the curtains and proceeding to brush the walls, when I saw the three youngest c…

サウンドオブミュージック（４０４） ————————————【４０４】——————————————— One night I tenderly consulted my private calendar, " timeeaters " we had called them at school, and it showed onlythirteen more days in exile. ————————————（訳）————…

サウンドオブミュージック（４０３） ———————————【４０３】————————————— What was worse, I couldn't make out what had happened.He didn't look engaged, to me, at least, not according to my conception of a happily engaged man. But there was som…

サウンドオブミュージック（４０２） —————————【４０２】—————————————————— The Captain had come home and had almost immediatelyvanished into his private quarters. The family saw very littleof him ; even for meals he stayed in his study now. …

サウンドオブミュージック（４０１） ———————————【４０１】——————————————————— Who starts such a story ? Nobody. It doesn't start as a story ; it starts as an inflexion of the voice, a question asked in a certain tone and not answered with " …

サウンドオブミュージック（４００） —————————【４００】—————————————— That was why he had had to break off his near-engagement to Princess Yvonne. Because this must have been the contentof that letter which had made the Captain change his m…

サウンドオブミュージック（３９９） —————————【３９９】————————————— In deep silence*¹ the couple went back to the castle, and the Captain departed immediately for home. The very*² same evening the telephone wires carried the messsage from …

サウンドオブミュージック（３９８） —————————【３９８】————————————— He got up from the bench and seemed deeply moved. “ Well, what's the matter ? ” the Princess asked. “ Anybody ill ? ” “ No, nobody is ill, ” he answered slowly ; and then,…

サウンドオブミュージック（３９７） —————————【３９７】—————————————— He said apologetically： “ Baron, I thought it might be important. It's a registerered letter. ” Looking at the letter, the Captain said : “ Excuse me, Yvonne, but this c…

サウンドオブミュージック（３９６） —————————【３９６】—————————— In many long talks the Captain had tried to convince the Princessthat it was time to forget the various obstacles to the engagement ;that very morning he made up his mind not…

サウンドオブミュージック（３９５） ———————————【３９５】————————————— On a beautiful May morning the Captain and the Princess hadseated themselves on an old stone bench in the dense woods which led into the famous and ancient park of Castl…

サウンドオブミュージック（３９４） ———————————【３９４】————————————— Still hot with anger, I ran out and posted this document, registered. ———————————— （訳）—————————————— まだ、怒りがおさまりません。 私はお屋敷を飛び出してこの手紙を書留…

サウンドオブミュージック（３９３） ———————————【３９３】—————————————— By return mail a letter came back which said : "．．．I wish I could see your eyes when you read the announcement of my engagement. " The moment I read that, something …

サウンドオブミュージック（３９２） ———————————【３９２】——————————————— Three weeks had passed, and we had heard little from the Captain.The children and I received postcards with greetings ; that was all.Time was getting short. Only a lit…

サウンドオブミュージック（３９１） ———————————【３９１】——————————————— I started on page.1, and spent many hours every day in serious study on how to become a good housekeeper. Every evening a little note went out, saying, " Dear Captain …

サウンドオブミュージック（３９０） ———————————【３９０】——————————————— When I was confronted later with the eight expectant faces,I tried to solve the problem diplimatically, and asked : " What did you intend to do to-morrow ? " or " What…

サウンドオブミュージック（３８９） ———————————【３８９】——————————————— But nowhere in the eight hundred pages could I find anyindication of what to say to the servants in the form of to-day's orders for to-morrow. ———————————— （訳）—————…

サウンドオブミュージック（３８８） ———————————【３８８】——————————————— “ Well, whatever you want us to do to-morrow ; me and the two girls in the kitchen, the two chambermaids and the gardener, the chauffeur, and the laundress.” I almost …

サウンドオブミュージック（３８７） ———————————【３８７】——————————————— Oh, what a neophyte I was ! But if she knew, the cookdidn't show it, but continued almost respectfully : ———————————— （訳）———————————————— ああ、私は何という新参者で…

サウンドオブミュージック（３８６） ———————————【３８６】——————————————— There was also some good-natured mockery in the somewhat super-submissive air with which mighty Donna Resi asked on my first evening in office : “ Is fräulein Maria co…

サウンドオブミュージック（３８５） ———————————【３８５】——————————————— When the Captain introduced me as temporary housekeeper,I had noticed an exchange of glances between the cook andthe gardener, the first and second chambermaids ; glan…

サウンドオブミュージック（３８４） ———————————【３８４】——————————————— I had never in my life thought* about how a household isrun. In the boarding-school where I had spent most of myyoung years, the food was always ready on the table at …

サウンド オブ ミュージック（３８３） ———————————【３８３】——————————————— With these words he handed me a book. Glancing down, I read : 『 The Golden Book for Housewives: A Guide Through the Year, Together with Five Hundred Recipes and One…

サウンド オブ ミュージック（３８２） ———————————【３８２】——————————————— He left the next day. When he said good-bye, he asked : “Would it be too much for you to send me a daily report on how things are going ?” .——————————— （訳）———————…

サウンド オブ ミュージック（３８１） ———————————【３８１】——————————————— The same evening the Captain gathered the eight servantsin the library and introduced me as their temporary house-keeper, from whom they would have to expect, for th…

サウンド オブ ミュージック（３８０） ———————————【３８０】——————————————— With a sharp swing he turned around and, facing me eyeto eye, he asked slowly : " Am I doing you a favour by that ? " I was already retiring towards the door, mumbli…