『The sound of summer ～』1
Ray Bradburyの『The sound of summer running』という短編からの質問です。
Mr. Sanderson backed off a little distance from the boy’s fever, one hand to his chin. “Well . . . .”
“Mr. Sanderson,” said Douglas, “you sell me something and I’ll sell you something just as valuable.”
“It is absolutely necessary to the sale that I put on a pair of the sneakers, boy?” said the old man.
“I sure wish you could, sir!”
The old man sighed. A minute later, seated panting quietly, he laced the tennis shoes to his long narrow feet. They looked detached and alien down there next to the dark cuffs of his business suit. Mr. Sanderson stood up.
“How do they feel?” asked the boy.
“How do they feel, he asks; they feel fine.” He started to sit down.
☆Mr. Sandersonというのは、靴を売っているお店の主人です。
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Mr. Sanderson backed off a little distance from the boy’s fever, one hand to his chin.の個所について
ここはサンダーソンさんが少年の靴にかける情熱から少し引いた気持ちを持った、ということでしょうか？
one hand to his chinは、サンダーソンさんが自分の顎に手をやった、という状況ですか？
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“How do they feel, he asks; they feel fine.”について
これは、サンダーソンさんのセリフになっていると思うのですが、途中「;」が入っている意味がよくわかりません。
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