原文
When Anne had finished washing the dinner dishes she suddenly confronted
Marilla with the air and expression of one desperately determined to
learn the worst. Her thin little body trembled from head to foot; her
face flushed and her eyes dilated until they were almost black; she
clasped her hands tightly and said in an imploring voice:
"Oh, please, Miss Cuthbert, won't you tell me if you are going to send me away or not? I've tried to be patient all the morning, but I really feel that I cannot bear not knowing any longer. It's a dreadful feeling. Please tell me."
語彙など
- confront:対峙する,立ち向かう
- air:態度,様子
- expression:表情
- desperately:ひどく
- determine:決心する
- tremble:震える
- flush:顔を赤らめる
- dilate:膨らむ
- clasp:握りしめる
- tightly:しっかりと
- imploring:〜に懇願する
- patient:辛抱強い
- all the morning:午前中ずっと
- bear:我慢する,耐える
- dreadful:無惨な,凄惨な