原文
"I suppose I was very awkward," said Anne apologetically, "but then, you
see, I'd never had any practice. You couldn't really expect a person
to pray very well the first time she tried, could you? I thought out a
splendid prayer after I went to bed, just as I promised you I would.
It was nearly as long as a minister's and so poetical. But would you
believe it? I couldn't remember one word when I woke up this morning.
And I'm afraid I'll never be able to think out another one as good.
Somehow, things never are so good when they're thought out a second
time. Have you ever noticed that?"
語彙など
- awkward:不器用な,ぎこちない
- apologetically:申し訳なさそうに
- practice:練習
- pray:祈る
- think out:考え抜く,熟考する
- splendid:素晴らしい
- prayer:祈り
- minister:牧師
- poetical:詩的な
- somehow:どういうわけか
- notice:〜に気が付く