原文
All these raptured voyages of exploration were made in the odd half
hours which she was allowed for play, and Anne talked Matthew and
Marilla half-deaf over her discoveries. Not that Matthew complained, to
be sure; he listened to it all with a wordless smile of enjoyment on his
face; Marilla permitted the "chatter" until she found herself becoming
too interested in it, whereupon she always promptly quenched Anne by a
curt command to hold her tongue.
語彙など
- rapture:有頂天にさせる
- voyage:航海
- exploration:探検
- odd hour:空き［少しの］時間
- half-deaf:ほとんど通じない、ぐらいの意味かな
- not that:けれども(that 以下)というわけではない
- complain:不平を言う
- to be sure:確かに,実に
- wordless:無言の
- permit:許す
- chatter:おしゃべり
- whereupon:〜するとすぐ
- promptly:速やかに,即時
- quench:熱をさます
- curt:素っ気ない,短い
- command:命令
- hold one's tongue:口をつぐむ