原文
"What am I to call you?" asked Anne. "Shall I always say Miss Cuthbert?
Can I call you Aunt Marilla?"
"No; you'll call me just plain Marilla. I'm not used to being called Miss Cuthbert and it would make me nervous."
"It sounds awfully disrespectful to just say Marilla," protested Anne.
"I guess there'll be nothing disrespectful in it if you're careful to speak respectfully. Everybody, young and old, in Avonlea calls me Marilla except the minister. He says Miss Cuthbert--when he thinks of it."
語彙など
- plain:平易な,飾りのない
- be used to:〜に慣れる
- nervous:神経質な
- sound:〜のように思える
- awfully:ひどく
- disrespectful:失礼な,無礼な
- protest:異議を申し立てる
- guess:〜だと思う
- respectfully:ていねいに
- except:〜を除いて
- minister:牧師
- think of:〜のことを考える