原文
"No, I didn't," said Anne solemnly, meeting Marilla's angry gaze
squarely. "I never took the brooch out of your room and that is the
truth, if I was to be led to the block for it--although I'm not very
certain what a block is. So there, Marilla."
Anne's "so there" was only intended to emphasize her assertion, but Marilla took it as a display of defiance.
"I believe you are telling me a falsehood, Anne," she said sharply. "I know you are. There now, don't say anything more unless you are prepared to tell the whole truth. Go to your room and stay there until you are ready to confess."
語彙など
- solemnly:まじめに
- gaze:凝視,注視
- squarely:正面から,堂々と
- lead to the block:come to the block(斬罪になる)と似たような意味
- so there:そんなわけ
- assertion:主張
- display:表示
- defiance:反抗
- falsehood:うそ
- sharply:厳しく
- confess:告白する