そしてシルバーはほとんどたきびがあたらない後ろにひかえていたが、たっぷり食べ、何か用があるときはすぐ前にとんできて、僕らが談笑しているときには控えめにそれに加わったりもした。
And there was Silver, sitting back almost out of the firelight, but eating heartily, prompt to spring forward when anything was wanted, even joining quietly in our laughter - Robert Louis Stevenson『宝島』
泰時は「見事な負けっぷりだ。明らかな敗訴でも言い訳をするのが普通なのに、自分で敗訴を認めた貴殿は実に立派で正直な人だ。執権として長い間裁判をやってきたが、こんなに嬉しい事は初めてだ」と言って涙ぐんで感動した
Yasutoki was deeply moved and, with tears in his eyes, said, 'He is a good loser indeed. Even in what appears to be a lost cause, people usually make excuses. But you have admitted that you lost. Your attitude is truly great, and you are an honest person. I have supervised trials for a long time as the regent, but I have never experienced such pleasantness as this.' - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス
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