原文
She came out of her reverie with a deep sigh and looked at him with the
dreamy gaze of a soul that had been wondering afar, star-led.
"Oh, Mr. Cuthbert," she whispered, "that place we came through--that white place--what was it?"
"Well now, you must mean the Avenue," said Matthew after a few moments' profound reflection. "It is a kind of pretty place."
"Pretty? Oh, PRETTY doesn't seem the right word to use. Nor beautiful, either. They don't go far enough. Oh, it was wonderful--wonderful. It's the first thing I ever saw that couldn't be improved upon by imagination. It just satisfies me here"--she put one hand on her breast--"it made a queer funny ache and yet it was a pleasant ache. Did you ever have an ache like that, Mr. Cuthbert?"
"Well now, I just can't recollect that I ever had."
語彙など
- reverie:空想,夢想
- deep sigh:深い溜息
- gaze:凝視
- wondering: wanderingのミス？
- afar:遠くに
- whisper:小声で言う
- profound:心の底から
- reflection:回想,熟考
- kind of:ちょっと,まあまあ
- They:= pretty, beautiful
- improve upon:〜を改良する
- imagination:想像力
- satisfy:満足させる
- queer:奇妙な
- funny:変な
- ache:痛み
- and yet:それなのに
- pleasant:心地よい
- recollect:思い出す