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LITTLE WOMEN 若草物語 18-1
Chapter Eighteen Dark Days つづく暗い日 1
Alcott, Louisa May オルコット ルイーザ・メイ
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Beth did have the fever, and was much sicker than anyone but Hannah and the doctor suspected.
ベスは、まぎれもなく、しょうこう熱でした。ハンナと医者しか、その重態であることを知りませんでした。
The girls knew nothing about illness, and Mr. Laurence was not allowed to see her, so Hannah had everything her own way, and busy Dr. Bangs did his best, but left a good deal to the excellent nurse.
ローレンス氏は、老体なので、病人を見舞うことは許されませんでしたから、すべてハンナが一人でやりました。
Meg stayed at home, lest she should infect the Kings, and kept house, feeling very anxious and a little guilty when she wrote letters in which no mention was made of Beth's illness.
メグは、おかあさんへ手紙を書くとき、ベスのことに一言もふれないので、小さい罪をおかしているような気がしましたが、
She could not think it right to deceive her mother, but she had been bidden to mind Hannah, and Hannah wouldn't hear of 'Mrs. March bein' told, and worried just for sech a trifle.'
これはハンナがよけいな心配をかけてはいけないと、とめたためでした。
Jo devoted herself to Beth day and night, not a hard task, for Beth was very patient, and bore her pain uncomplainingly as long as she could control herself.
ジョウはベスにつききりでしたが、
But there came a time when during the fever fits she began to talk in a hoarse, broken voice, to play on the coverlet as if on her beloved little piano, and try to sing with a throat so swollen that there was no music left, a time when she did not know the familiar faces around her, but addressed them by wrong names, and called imploringly for her mother.
熱の高いベスは、ピアノをたたくかっこうをしたり、はれあがったのどでうたおうとしたり、まわりの人の顔がわからなくなったりするので、
Then Jo grew frightened, Meg begged to be allowed to write the truth, and even Hannah said she 'would think of it, though there was no danger yet'.
すっかりジョウはおびえてしまい、ハンナに、おかあさんへ知らせようといい、ハンナもそうしましょうかといっているところへ、
A letter from Washington added to their trouble, for Mr. March had had a relapse, and could not think of coming home for a long while.
ワシントンからの通信が来て、おとうさんの病気がぶりかえして、当分帰る見こみはないということでした。
How dark the days seemed now, how sad and lonely the house, and how heavy were the hearts of the sisters as they worked and waited, while the shadow of death hovered over the once happy home.
来る日も来る日も、家のなかは悲しくわびしく、父母の帰りと、ベスの回復とをねがいながら、はたらいている姉妹の心は、なんとおもくるしかったでしょう!
Then it was that Margaret, sitting alone with tears dropping often on her work, felt how rich she had been in things more precious than any luxuries money could buy--in love, protection, peace, and health, the real blessings of life.
けれど、みんなそれぞれ心に教訓を受けました。メグは、今までの生活が、金であがなうことのできる、いかなるぜいたくよりも、はるかにたっといものであることを知りました。
Then it was that Jo, living in the darkened room, with that suffering little sister always before her eyes and that pathetic voice sounding in her ears, learned to see the beauty and the sweetness of Beth's nature, to feel how deep and tender a place she filled in all hearts, and to acknowledge the worth of Beth's unselfish ambition to live for others, and make home happy by that exercise of those simple virtues which all may possess, and which all should love and value more than talent, wealth, or beauty.
ジョウは、ベスが病気になって、はじめてベスの美徳を知りました。ほかの者のために生き、手近の仕事をして家庭をたのしくしようとする、そのあたたかい心持は、才能や財産や美しさよりもたっといことを知りました。
And Amy, in her exile, longed eagerly to be at home, that she might work for Beth, feeling now that no service would be hard or irksome, and remembering, with regretful grief, how many neglected tasks those willing hands had done for her.
エミイは、早く帰ってベスのためにはたらきたいと思いました。労苦をいとわぬベスが、じぶんのなおざりにしておいた仕事を、いかにたくさん片づけてくれたかを考えて後悔しました。
Laurie haunted the house like a restless ghost, and Mr. Laurence locked the grand piano, because he could not bear to be reminded of the young neighbor who used to make the twilight pleasant for him.
ローリイは、おちつきを失って、家のなかをうろつき、ローレンスは、ベスがじぶんをなぐさめてくれたピアノを思い出すのにたえられなくて、グランド・ピアノにかぎをかけてしまいました。牛乳屋もパン屋も肉屋も、みんながベスのことを尋ねました。
Everyone missed Beth.
ベスのすがたが見えないさびしいのでした。
The milkman, baker, grocer, and butcher inquired how she did, poor Mrs. Hummel came to beg pardon for her thoughtlessness and to get a shroud for Minna, the neighbors sent all sorts of comforts and good wishes, and even those who knew her best were surprised to find how many friends shy little Beth had made.
Meanwhile she lay on her bed with old Joanna at her side, for even in her wanderings she did not forget her forlorn protege.
ベスは、ぼろ人形をそばにおきました。
She longed for her cats, but would not have them brought, lest they should get sick, and in her quiet hours she was full of anxiety about Jo.
子ねこにもあいたがりましたが、病気がうつるのを心配してがまんしました。
She sent loving messages to Amy, bade them tell her mother that she would write soon, and often begged for pencil and paper to try to say a word, that Father might not think she had neglected him.
すこし気分がいいと、手紙を書きたがりました。
But soon even these intervals of consciousness ended, and she lay hour after hour, tossing to and fro, with incoherent words on her lips, or sank into a heavy sleep which brought her no refreshment.
けれど、そのうちに、病状はわるくなり、意識が不明となり、うわ言をいうようになりました。
Dr. Bangs came twice a day, Hannah sat up at night, Meg kept a telegram in her desk all ready to send off at any minute, and Jo never stirred from Beth's side.
バンクス先生は、一日に二回も来ました。メグは、机のひき出しに電報用紙を用意しました。
The first of December was a wintry day indeed to them, for a bitter wind blew, snow fell fast, and the year seemed getting ready for its death.
十二月一日は、冬らしい日で、風が吹き雪がふりました。
When Dr. Bangs came that morning, he looked long at Beth, held the hot hand in both his own for a minute, and laid it gently down, saying, in a low voice to Hannah, "If Mrs. March can leave her husband she'd better be sent for."
その朝、バンクス先生は診察をすますといいました。「おくさんが御主人のそばをはなれられるようなら、およびしたほうがよろしいです。」
Hannah nodded without speaking, for her lips twitched nervously, Meg dropped down into a chair as the strength seemed to go out of her limbs at the sound of those words, and Jo, standing with a pale face for a minute, ran to the parlor, snatched up the telegram, and throwing on her things, rushed out into the storm.
ハンナは、うなずきました。メグは、イスにぐったりたおれました。まっさおになったジョウは、電報用紙をひっつかんで、吹雪のなかへとび出していきました。
She was soon back, and while noiselessly taking off her cloak, Laurie came in with a letter, saying that Mr. March was mending again.
まもなく帰って来たとき、ローリイが来て、おとうさんがまた快方にむかったという手紙を持って来ました。
Jo read it thankfully, but the heavy weight did not seem lifted off her heart, and her face was so full of misery that Laurie asked quickly, "What is it? Is Beth worse?"
けれど、ジョウの顔が悲痛にあふれているので、「どうしたの? ベスわるいの?」
"I've sent for Mother," said Jo, tugging at her rubber boots with a tragic expression.
「ええ、おかあさんに電報うって来たの。
"Good for you, Jo! Did you do it on your own responsibility?" asked Laurie, as he seated her in the hall chair and took off the rebellious boots, seeing how her hands shook.
"No. The doctor told us to."
"Oh, Jo, it's not so bad as that?" cried Laurie, with a startled face.
"Yes, it is. She doesn't know us, she doesn't even talk about the flocks of green doves, as she calls the vine leaves on the wall.
もうあたしたちの顔がわからないのよ。
She doesn't look like my Beth, and there's nobody to help us bear it.
Mother and father both gone, and God seems so far away I can't find Him."
おとうさんもおかあさんもいらっしゃらないし、神さまも遠くへいっておしまいになった!」
As the tears streamed fast down poor Jo's cheeks, she stretched out her hand in a helpless sort of way, as if groping in the dark, and Laurie took it in his, whispering as well as he could with a lump in his throat, "I'm here. Hold on to me, Jo, dear!"
ジョウの顔に、涙がたきのように流れました。
She could not speak, but she did 'hold on', and the warm grasp of the friendly human hand comforted her sore heart, and seemed to lead her nearer to the Divine arm which alone could uphold her in her trouble.
よろけそうなので、ローリイはその手をつかみ、
Laurie longed to say something tender and comfortable, but no fitting words came to him, so he stood silent, gently stroking her bent head as her mother used to do.
なにかなぐさめの言葉をかけようとしたが、言葉もないので、ジョウの顔をやさしくなでてやりました。
It was the best thing he could have done, far more soothing than the most eloquent words, for Jo felt the unspoken sympathy, and in the silence learned the sweet solace which affection administers to sorrow.
ジョウは無言の同情を心に感じ、
Soon she dried the tears which had relieved her, and looked up with a grateful face.
やっとおちついて、感謝にみちた顔をあげました。
"Thank you, Teddy, I'm better now. I don't feel so forlorn, and will try to bear it if it comes."
「ありがとう。もうだいじょうぶ、万一のことがあっても、こらえられるわ。」
"Keep hoping for the best, that will help you, Jo. Soon your mother will be here, and then everything will be all right."
"I'm so glad Father is better. Now she won't feel so bad about leaving him.
Oh, me! It does seem as if all the troubles came in a heap, and I got the heaviest part on my shoulders," sighed Jo, spreading her wet handkerchief over her knees to dry.
"Doesn't Meg pull fair?" asked Laurie, looking indignant.
"Oh, yes, she tries to, but she can't love Bethy as I do, and she won't miss her as I shall.
Beth is my conscience, and I can't give her up. I can't! I can't!"
Down went Jo's face into the wet handkerchief, and she cried despairingly, for she had kept up bravely till now and never shed a tear.
Laurie drew his hand across his eyes, but could not speak till he had subdued the choky feeling in his throat and steadied his lips.
It might be unmanly, but he couldn't help it, and I am glad of it.
Presently, as Jo's sobs quieted, he said hopefully, "I don't think she will die.
「ぼくはベス死ぬと思わない。
She's so good, and we all love her so much, I don't believe God will take her away yet."
あんなにいい子だし、ぼくたちこんなにかわいだっているんだもの、神さまがつれていらっしゃるわけはない。」
"The good and dear people always do die," groaned Jo, but she stopped crying, for her friend's words cheered her up in spite of her own doubts and fears.
「やさしい、かわいい子は、いつでも死んでしまうんだわ。」
"Poor girl, you're worn out. It isn't like you to be forlorn. Stop a bit. I'll hearten you up in a jiffy."
「きみ、つかれてるんだ、心ぼそく思うの、きみらしくないよ。ちょっと待ってて。」
Laurie went off two stairs at a time, and Jo laid her wearied head down on Beth's little brown hood, which no one had thought of moving from the table where she left it.
ローリイは、階段をかけあがり、まもなくいっぱいのぶどう酒を持って来た。
It must have possessed some magic, for the submissive spirit of its gentle owner seemed to enter into Jo, and when Laurie came running down with a glass of wine, she took it with a smile, and said bravely, "I drink-- Health to my Beth!
ジョウはにっこり笑って、ベスの健康のために飲むわといって飲みました。
You are a good doctor, Teddy, and such a comfortable friend.
「あなたいい医者ね。そして、ほんとに気持のいいお友だちね、
How can I ever pay you?" she added, as the wine refreshed her body, as the kind words had done her troubled mind.
どうして、お返しできるかしら?」
"I'll send my bill, by-and-by, and tonight I'll give you something that will warm the cockles of your heart better than quarts of wine," said Laurie, beaming at her with a face of suppressed satisfaction at something.
「いずれ勘定書を出すよ。そして、今夜はぶどう酒より、もっときみの心をあたためるものをあげるよ。」
"What is it?" cried Jo, forgetting her woes for a minute in her wonder.
「なんなの?」
Copyright (C) Louisa May Alcott, Masaru Mizutani
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