原文
"I'm crying," said Anne in a tone of bewilderment. "I can't think why.
I'm glad as glad can be. Oh, GLAD doesn't seem the right word at all. I
was glad about the White Way and the cherry blossoms--but this! Oh, it's
something more than glad. I'm so happy. I'll try to be so good. It
will be uphill work, I expect, for Mrs. Thomas often told me I was
desperately wicked. However, I'll do my very best. But can you tell me
why I'm crying?"
"I suppose it's because you're all excited and worked up," said Marilla disapprovingly. "Sit down on that chair and try to calm yourself. I'm afraid you both cry and laugh far too easily. Yes, you can stay here and we will try to do right by you. You must go to school; but it's only a fortnight till vacation so it isn't worth while for you to start before it opens again in September."
語彙など
- bewilderment:困惑,混乱
- uphill work:苦しい仕事
- desperately:ひどく
- wicked:意地の悪い
- do one's best:ベストを尽くす
- work up:心が高ぶる,興奮する
- disapprovingly:非難して
- calm:落ち着かせる
- do right by:〜を公平に扱う
- fortnight:2週間
- worth while:価値がある