アンの息子ジェムは子犬を抱えて帰ってきました。
"What kind of a dog is he, darling?" asked Anne dubiously.
"I . . . I think he's a lot of kinds," said Jem. "That makes him more interesting, don't you think, Mother? More exciting than if he was just one kind. Please, Mother."
"Oh, if your father says yes . . ."
Gilbert said "yes" and Jem entered into his heritage. Everybody at Ingleside welcomed Gyp into the family, except the Shrimp, who expressed his opinion without circumlocution. Even Susan took a liking to him and when she spun in the garret on rainy days Gyp, in his master's absence at school, stayed with her, gloriously hunting imaginary rats in dark corners and uttering a yelp of terror whenever his eagerness brought him too close to the little spinning-wheel.
circumlocution n. 回りくどさ、回りくどい表現
take a liking to 〜が気に入る、〜を好きになる
spin vt. 紡ぐ
utter vt. 発する、口から出す
Ex. utter a groan うめき声を発する
yelp n. キャンキャンなく声
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