原文
"I don't fancy her style myself," admitted Marilla, "but it's that
or keeping her ourselves, Matthew. And since you seem to want her, I
suppose I'm willing--or have to be. I've been thinking over the idea
until I've got kind of used to it. It seems a sort of duty. I've never
brought up a child, especially a girl, and I dare say I'll make a
terrible mess of it. But I'll do my best. So far as I'm concerned,
Matthew, she may stay."
Matthew's shy face was a glow of delight.
"Well now, I reckoned you'd come to see it in that light, Marilla," he said. "She's such an interesting little thing."
語彙など
- fancy:好む,好きである
- style:仕方,流儀
- admit:認める
- used to:慣れる
- sort of:多少
- duty:義務
- bring up:育てる
- make a terrible mess:大きなへまをしでかす
- do one's best:ベストを尽くす
- so far as I am concerned:私に関する限り
- shy face:恥ずかしそうな表情,はにかんだ顔
- glow:輝き
- delight:歓喜
- reckon:推測する,思う
- see in that light:その観点から見る
- come to see ~ in a new light:〜に対する認識を新たにする