原文
"'God is a spirit, infinite, eternal and unchangeable, in His being,
wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth,'" responded Anne
promptly and glibly.
Marilla looked rather relieved.
"So you do know something then, thank goodness! You're not quite a heathen. Where did you learn that?"
"Oh, at the asylum Sunday-school. They made us learn the whole catechism. I liked it pretty well. There's something splendid about some of the words. 'Infinite, eternal and unchangeable.' Isn't that grand? It has such a roll to it--just like a big organ playing. You couldn't quite call it poetry, I suppose, but it sounds a lot like it, doesn't it?"
語彙など
- spirit:精霊
- infinite:無限
- eternal:永遠なもの
- unchangeable:変わらない
- holiness:神聖
- justice:正義
- respond:返答する
- promptly:すぐに
- glibly:ペラペラと
- rather:幾分,やや
- relieved:ほっとした,安堵して
- thank goodness:よかった
- quite a:相当な
- heathen:異教徒,野蛮人
- asylum:孤児院
- Sunday school:日曜学校
- catechism:教義問答
- splendid:すてきな
- grand:壮大な
- roll:震え音,顫動音
- quite:まったく
- poetry:詩歌,韻文
- sound:聞こえる