原文
"I'd love to call you Aunt Marilla," said Anne wistfully. "I've never
had an aunt or any relation at all--not even a grandmother. It would
make me feel as if I really belonged to you. Can't I call you Aunt
Marilla?"
"No. I'm not your aunt and I don't believe in calling people names that don't belong to them."
"But we could imagine you were my aunt."
"I couldn't," said Marilla grimly.
"Do you never imagine things different from what they really are?" asked Anne wide-eyed.
"No."
"Oh!" Anne drew a long breath. "Oh, Miss--Marilla, how much you miss!"
語彙など
- wistfully:あこがれるように
- relation:親戚
- believe in:〜の価値を信じる
- grimly:厳格に
- different from:〜と異なる
- wide-eyed:目を丸くして
- draw a long breath:深く息を吸う
- miss:見逃す