■The Moon and Sixpence の単語
dilapidated　ボロボロの、荒廃した
dot　持参金◆dowry の方が普通
※"They（絵を売ったお金） will be her dot."
stature　身長
※文脈からわかりました。"of great stature"
　statueと間違えるんだよね。
scoundrel　〈古〉悪党、ろくでなし
leper　ハンセン病患者
jesting　ふざけ
leprosy　ハンセン病
fortitude　不屈の精神、堅忍
※"Strickland's fortitude was shaken"
cheroot　チェルート◆両切りの安価な葉巻きたばこ
※"He lit a cheroot."


気になった文。

Do you know how men can be so obsessed by love that they are deaf and blind to everything else in the world? They are as little their own masters as the slaves chained to the benches of a galley. The passion that held Strickland in bondage was no less tyrannical than love.

うん、まぁ。

And the passion that held Strickland was a passion to create beauty. It gave him no peace. It urged him hither and thither. He was eternally a pilgrim, haunted by a divine nostalgia, and the demon within him was ruthless. There are men whose desire for truth is so great that to attain it they will shatter the very foundation of their world. Of such was Strickland, only beauty with him took the place of truth. I could only feel for him a profound compassion.

これはなんというか、芥川の「地獄変」風？
あんな凄味はないけれど。