原文
"Anne, you have talked even on for ten minutes by the clock," said
Marilla. "Now, just for curiosity's sake, see if you can hold your
tongue for the same length of time."
Anne held her tongue as desired. But for the rest of the week she talked picnic and thought picnic and dreamed picnic. On Saturday it rained and she worked herself up into such a frantic state lest it should keep on raining until and over Wednesday that Marilla made her sew an extra patchwork square by way of steadying her nerves.
語彙など
- hold one's tongue:黙っている
- frantic:ひどく興奮して
- lest:〜しないように
- sew:縫う
- extra:余分の
- by way of:〜する目的で
- steady one's mind:心を静める