原文
Anne's beauty-loving eyes lingered on it all, taking everything greedily
in. She had looked on so many unlovely places in her life, poor child;
but this was as lovely as anything she had ever dreamed.
She knelt there, lost to everything but the loveliness around her, until she was startled by a hand on her shoulder. Marilla had come in unheard by the small dreamer.
"It's time you were dressed," she said curtly. Marilla really did not know how to talk to the child, and her uncomfortable ignorance made her crisp and curt when she did not mean to be.
Anne stood up and drew a long breath.
"Oh, isn't it wonderful?" she said, waving her hand comprehensively at the good world outside.
"It's a big tree," said Marilla, "and it blooms great, but the fruit don't amount to much never--small and wormy."
語彙など
- linger:ぐずぐずする
- greedily:貪欲に
- look on:見つめる
- kneel:ひざまずく
- be lost to:〜に無感覚である
- startled:びっくりして
- dreamer:夢想家,夢見る人
- curtly:ぶっきらぼうに
- crisp:短くて明瞭な
- curt:素っ気ない
- draw a long breath:深く息を吸う
- comprehensively:包括的に,総合的に
- amount to much:大したものだ,役に立つ
- wormy:虫の食った