原文
Anne clasped her hands together, bowed her head, and waited for the word
of judgment.
There was no mistaking her sincerity--it breathed in every tone of her voice. Both Marilla and Mrs. Lynde recognized its unmistakable ring. But the former under-stood in dismay that Anne was actually enjoying her valley of humiliation--was reveling in the thoroughness of her abasement. Where was the wholesome punishment upon which she, Marilla, had plumed herself? Anne had turned it into a species of positive pleasure.
語彙など
- clasp:握りしめる
- bow:頭を垂れる
- sincerity:誠実,率直さ
- breathe:表明する
- tone:口調
- ring:響き
- in dismay:落胆して,失望して
- valley:谷間
- humiliation:屈辱
- revel in:〜を大いに楽しむ
- thoroughness:徹底,完全
- abasement:屈辱,不名誉
- wholesome:有益な
- plump:〜を褒めそやす
- positive:はっきりした