原文：
Upon reflection, our “post-game party” (as Stratton referred to it) was pretentiously unpretentious. Jenny and I had absolutely rejected the champagne route, and since there were so few of us we could all fit into one booth, we went to drink beer at Cronin’s. As I recall, Jim Cronin himself set up with a round, as a tribute to “the greatest Harvard hockey player since the Cleary brothers.”
“Like hell,” argued Phil Cavilleri, pounding his fist on the table. “He’s better than all the Clearys put together.” Philip’s meaning, I believe (he had never seen a Harvard hockey game), was that however well Bobby or Bill Cleary might have skated, neither got to marry his lovely daughter. I mean, we were all smashed, and it was just an excuse for getting more so.
I let Phil pick up the tab, a decision which later evoked one of Jenny’s rare compliments about my intuition (You’ll be a human being yet, Preppie”). I got a little hairy at the end when we drove him to the bus, however. I mean the wet-eyes bit. His, Jenny’s, maybe mine too; I don’t remember anything except that the moment was liquid.
Anyway, after all sorts of blessings, he got onto the bus, and we waited and waved until it drove out of sight. It was then that the awesome truth started to get to me.
“Jenny, we’re legally married!”
“Yeah, now I can be a bitch.”
解説：この章の最後です。
Upon reflection（思うに：reflectionは「反射、影響、熟慮」の意）, our “post-game（通例「バーなどで飲んだ後友達などの家で飲み直すこと」をいいます」 party” (as Stratton referred to it) was pretentiously（仰々しく） unpretentious（仰々しくない）. Jenny and I had absolutely rejected the champagne（ここでは「贅沢な」の意） route, and since there were so few of us we could all fit into one booth, we went to drink beer at Cronin’s. As I recall, Jim Cronin himself set up with（・・・を準備する） a round（＜酒などの＞全員へのひとわたり⇒最初の一杯は店のおごりだったということです）, as a tribute（ここでは「賞賛の印」の意） to “the greatest Harvard hockey player since the Cleary brothers（１９５４−５８に実際に大活躍）.”
“Like hell（“the greatest Harvard hockey player since the Cleary brothers.”なんてとんでもない）,” argued（主張した） Phil Cavilleri, pounding（ガンガン叩く） his fist on the table. “He’s better than all the Clearys put together（寄せ集める）.” Philip’s meaning, I believe (he had never seen a Harvard hockey game), was that however well Bobby or Bill Cleary might have skated, neither got to marry（・・・と結婚するには至らなかった） his lovely daughter. I mean, we were all smashed（酔っぱらった）, and it was just an excuse for getting more so（＝smashed）.
I let Phil pick up the tab（Philが全費用を持つのを制しなかった：tabは「勘定書」の意）, a decision which later evoked（引き起こした） one of Jenny’s rare compliments about my intuition＝直観、洞察力 (You’ll be a human being yet（助動詞と共に使われて「いつの日にか」）, Preppie”). I got a little hairy（困難な、扱い難い） at the end when we drove him to the bus, however. I mean the wet-eyes bit（場面）. His, Jenny’s, maybe mine too; I don’t remember anything except that the moment was liquid（ここでは「不安定な」の意）.
Anyway, after all sorts of blessings, he got onto the bus, and we waited and waved until it drove out of sight. It was then that the awesome（とてもよい） truth started to get to （到着する）me.
“Jenny, we’re legally married!”
“Yeah, now I can be a bitch（意地の悪い女）.”
Upon reflection, our “post-game party” (as Stratton referred to it) was pretentiously unpretentious. Jenny and I had absolutely rejected the champagne route, and since there were so few of us we could all fit into one booth, we went to drink beer at Cronin’s. As I recall, Jim Cronin himself set up with a round, as a tribute to “the greatest Harvard hockey player since the Cleary brothers.”
“Like hell,” argued Phil Cavilleri, pounding his fist on the table. “He’s better than all the Clearys put together.” Philip’s meaning, I believe (he had never seen a Harvard hockey game), was that however well Bobby or Bill Cleary might have skated, neither got to marry his lovely daughter. I mean, we were all smashed, and it was just an excuse for getting more so.
I let Phil pick up the tab, a decision which later evoked one of Jenny’s rare compliments about my intuition (You’ll be a human being yet, Preppie”). I got a little hairy at the end when we drove him to the bus, however. I mean the wet-eyes bit. His, Jenny’s, maybe mine too; I don’t remember anything except that the moment was liquid.
Anyway, after all sorts of blessings, he got onto the bus, and we waited and waved until it drove out of sight. It was then that the awesome truth started to get to me.
“Jenny, we’re legally married!”
“Yeah, now I can be a bitch.”
解説：この章の最後です。
Upon reflection（思うに：reflectionは「反射、影響、熟慮」の意）, our “post-game（通例「バーなどで飲んだ後友達などの家で飲み直すこと」をいいます」 party” (as Stratton referred to it) was pretentiously（仰々しく） unpretentious（仰々しくない）. Jenny and I had absolutely rejected the champagne（ここでは「贅沢な」の意） route, and since there were so few of us we could all fit into one booth, we went to drink beer at Cronin’s. As I recall, Jim Cronin himself set up with（・・・を準備する） a round（＜酒などの＞全員へのひとわたり⇒最初の一杯は店のおごりだったということです）, as a tribute（ここでは「賞賛の印」の意） to “the greatest Harvard hockey player since the Cleary brothers（１９５４−５８に実際に大活躍）.”
“Like hell（“the greatest Harvard hockey player since the Cleary brothers.”なんてとんでもない）,” argued（主張した） Phil Cavilleri, pounding（ガンガン叩く） his fist on the table. “He’s better than all the Clearys put together（寄せ集める）.” Philip’s meaning, I believe (he had never seen a Harvard hockey game), was that however well Bobby or Bill Cleary might have skated, neither got to marry（・・・と結婚するには至らなかった） his lovely daughter. I mean, we were all smashed（酔っぱらった）, and it was just an excuse for getting more so（＝smashed）.
I let Phil pick up the tab（Philが全費用を持つのを制しなかった：tabは「勘定書」の意）, a decision which later evoked（引き起こした） one of Jenny’s rare compliments about my intuition＝直観、洞察力 (You’ll be a human being yet（助動詞と共に使われて「いつの日にか」）, Preppie”). I got a little hairy（困難な、扱い難い） at the end when we drove him to the bus, however. I mean the wet-eyes bit（場面）. His, Jenny’s, maybe mine too; I don’t remember anything except that the moment was liquid（ここでは「不安定な」の意）.
Anyway, after all sorts of blessings, he got onto the bus, and we waited and waved until it drove out of sight. It was then that the awesome（とてもよい） truth started to get to （到着する）me.
“Jenny, we’re legally married!”
“Yeah, now I can be a bitch（意地の悪い女）.”
