原文
Marilla wore her amethyst brooch to church that day as usual. Marilla
always wore her amethyst brooch to church. She would have thought it
rather sacrilegious to leave it off--as bad as forgetting her Bible or
her collection dime. That amethyst brooch was Marilla's most treasured
possession. A seafaring uncle had given it to her mother who in turn
had bequeathed it to Marilla. It was an old-fashioned oval, containing
a braid of her mother's hair, surrounded by a border of very fine
amethysts. Marilla knew too little about precious stones to realize how
fine the amethysts actually were; but she thought them very beautiful
and was always pleasantly conscious of their violet shimmer at her
throat, above her good brown satin dress, even although she could not
see it.
Anne had been smitten with delighted admiration when she first saw that brooch.
語彙など
- amethyst:アメシスト
- as usual:いつものように
- sacrilegious:神聖をけがすような,罰当たりの
- leave off:脱ぐ,身に着けない
- dime:10セント硬貨
- seafaring:船乗り業
- in turn:今度は
- bequeath:遺言で譲る,遺贈する
- oval:卵形のもの,楕円
- braid:編んだ頭髪
- conscious:意識して
- shimmer:きらめき
- smitten:すっかり惚れ込んだ,強く魅了されて