赤毛のアン 第二章

CHAPTER II. Matthew Cuthbert is surprised(18)

原文
That was not what Mrs. Spencer had said; neither had the child tumbled out of the buggy nor had Matthew done anything astonishing. They had simply rounded a curve in the road and found themselves in the "Avenue."

The "Avenue," so called by the Newbridge people, was a stretch of road four or five hundred yards long, completely arched over with huge, wide-spreading apple-trees, planted years ago by an eccentric old farmer. Overhead was one long canopy of snowy fragrant bloom. Below the boughs the air was full of a purple twilight and far ahead a glimpse of painted sunset sky shone like a great rose window at the end of a cathedral aisle.

語彙など
  • tumble:転落する
  • buggy:一頭立て軽装馬車
  • round:曲がる
  • stretch of road:一筋の道路
  • yard:=91.44cm
  • eccentric:一風変わった
  • canopy:樹冠
  • snowy:雪のような
  • fragrant:良い香りの
  • bloom:花
  • bough:大きな枝
  • purple:紫色の
  • twilight:黄昏どき
  • glimpse:ちらりと見えること
  • painted:色彩の鮮やかな
  • rose window:バラ窓
  • cathedral:大聖堂
  • aisle:側廊(建築)