原文
"Anne Shirley," reluctantly faltered forth the owner of that name, "but,
oh, please do call me Cordelia. It can't matter much to you what you
call me if I'm only going to be here a little while, can it? And Anne is
such an unromantic name."
"Unromantic fiddlesticks!" said the unsympathetic Marilla. "Anne is a real good plain sensible name. You've no need to be ashamed of it."
"Oh, I'm not ashamed of it," explained Anne, "only I like Cordelia better. I've always imagined that my name was Cordelia--at least, I always have of late years. When I was young I used to imagine it was Geraldine, but I like Cordelia better now. But if you call me Anne please call me Anne spelled with an E."
"What difference does it make how it's spelled?" asked Marilla with another rusty smile as she picked up the teapot.
語彙など
- reluctantly:しぶしぶ
- falter:口ごもる
- forth:前へ
- matter:重要である
- fiddlestick:くだらない,ばからしい
- unsympathetic:思いやりがない
- plain:分かりやすい
- sensible:実用にかなった
- ashamed:恥じて
- of late years:近年
- used to:以前は〜したものだった
- rusty:下手になった
- pick up:持ち上げる,手に取る