原文
Matthew, however, was spared the ordeal of speaking first, for as soon
as she concluded that he was coming to her she stood up, grasping with
one thin brown hand the handle of a shabby, old-fashioned carpet-bag;
the other she held out to him.
"I suppose you are Mr. Matthew Cuthbert of Green Gables?" she said in a peculiarly clear, sweet voice. "I'm very glad to see you. I was beginning to be afraid you weren't coming for me and I was imagining all the things that might have happened to prevent you. I had made up my mind that if you didn't come for me to-night I'd go down the track to that big wild cherry-tree at the bend, and climb up into it to stay all night. I wouldn't be a bit afraid, and it would be lovely to sleep in a wild cherry-tree all white with bloom in the moonshine, don't you think? You could imagine you were dwelling in marble halls, couldn't you? And I was quite sure you would come for me in the morning, if you didn't to-night."
語彙など
- spare:救う
- ordeal:試練
- grasp:つかむ
- handle:握り,柄
- shabby:粗末な
- old-fashioned:古臭い,時代遅れの
- carpet-bag:カーペット地の旅行カバン
- hold out:(腕を)伸ばす
- peculiarly:格別に
- sweet voice:きれいな声
- make up one's mind:決心する
- track:跡,行路
- bend:カーブ
- moonshine:月明かり
- dwell in:〜に住む
- marble:大理石でできた