原文
"You'd better get dressed and come down-stairs and never mind your
imaginings," said Marilla as soon as she could get a word in edgewise.
"Breakfast is waiting. Wash your face and comb your hair. Leave the
window up and turn your bedclothes back over the foot of the bed. Be as
smart as you can."
Anne could evidently be smart to some purpose for she was down-stairs in ten minutes' time, with her clothes neatly on, her hair brushed and braided, her face washed, and a comfortable consciousness pervading her soul that she had fulfilled all Marilla's requirements. As a matter of fact, however, she had forgotten to turn back the bedclothes.
語彙など
- get dressed:服を着る
- never mind:気にするな
- get a word in edgewise:横から口を出す,言葉を差し挾む
- comb:櫛で梳く
- smart:賢い,洗練された
- evidently:どうやら
- to some purpose:いくらか効果的に,かなり成功して
- neatly:小ざっぱりと
- brush:ブラシをかける
- braid:〜を編み込む
- consciousness:自覚
- pervade:充満する,行き渡る
- fulfill:希望にかなう
- requirement:要求,要望
- as a matter of fact:実を言うと