赤毛のアン37章04

Mrs. Lynde pushed them gently aside, tried his pulse, and then laid her ear over his heart. She looked at their anxious faces sorrowfully and the tears came into her eyes.

"Oh, Marilla," she said gravely. "I don't think--we can do anything for him."

push aside:脇へ押しやる
gently:優しく
pulse:脈拍
anxious:不安な
sorrowfully:悲しそうに
gravely:おごそかに

リンド夫人はマリラたちをそっと脇へ押しやると、マシューの脈を調べ、耳を心臓に当ててみた。マリラたちの悲しげな顔を見上げると涙がこみ上げてきた。

「マリラ」リンド夫人は重々しく言った。「どうも、マシューは手の施しようがないわ」
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