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Oxford Bookworms Library Level 5: Brat Farrar

Level 5

Brat Farrar

Josephine Tey

1,800 words

「あの子に本当にそっくりだ。死んだあの子の代わりになりすましても、誰も気が付かないだろう。そうすれば一生楽に暮らせる」そうして、その計画は生まれた。始めは、ブラット・ファーラーの心に葛藤があった。これは犯罪だ。危ないことだ。しかし、ついに説き伏せられ、数週間後、パトリック・アシュビーは甦り、財産を相続するために家に戻った。アシュビー一家はパトリックが戻ったことを喜んでいるようだったが、ブラットはまもなく、どこかで時限爆弾がカチカチと鳴っていて爆発のタイマーが動き出していることを悟る。

You look exactly like him! You can take the dead boy's place and no one will ever know the difference. You'll be rich for life!' And so the plan was born. At first Brat Farrar fought against the idea; it was criminal, it was dangerous. But in the end he was persuaded, and a few weeks later Patrick Ashby came back from the dead and went home to inherit the family house and fortune. The Ashby family seemed happy to welcome Patrick home, but Brat soon realized that somewhere there was a time-bomb ticking away, waiting to explode...

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