原文
She deliberately picked up Anne's clothes, placed them neatly on a prim
yellow chair, and then, taking up the candle, went over to the bed.
"Good night," she said, a little awkwardly, but not unkindly.
Anne's white face and big eyes appeared over the bedclothes with a startling suddenness.
"How can you call it a GOOD night when you know it must be the very worst night I've ever had?" she said reproachfully.
Then she dived down into invisibility again.
Marilla went slowly down to the kitchen and proceeded to wash the supper dishes. Matthew was smoking--a sure sign of perturbation of mind. He seldom smoked, for Marilla set her face against it as a filthy habit; but at certain times and seasons he felt driven to it and them Marilla winked at the practice, realizing that a mere man must have some vent for his emotions.
語彙など
- deliberately:ゆっくりと
- pick up:拾い上げる
- neatly:きちんと
- prim:堅苦しい,整った
- take up:〜を手に取って高く上げる
- awkwardly:ぎこちなく
- unkindly:つれなく,不人情に
- bedclothes:ベッドクローズズ,寝具
- startling:ぎょっとさせる
- reproachfully:非難をこめて
- dive:突進する
- invisibility:隠れていること
- proceed to:〜へ赴く
- perturbation of mind:心の動揺
- set one's face against:〜に断固として反抗する
- filthy:汚い,実に嫌な
- habit:習慣
- wink at:黙認する
- practice:習慣
- mere man:ただの人
- vent:はけ口
- emotion:感情
このthemは一体なんなのでしょうか？
このthemは一体なんなのでしょうか？