原文
"Well now, you'll have to punish her," said Matthew, reaching for his
hat. "I've nothing to do with it, remember. You warned me off yourself."
Marilla felt deserted by everyone. She could not even go to Mrs. Lynde for advice. She went up to the east gable with a very serious face and left it with a face more serious still. Anne steadfastly refused to confess. She persisted in asserting that she had not taken the brooch. The child had evidently been crying and Marilla felt a pang of pity which she sternly repressed. By night she was, as she expressed it, "beat out."
語彙など
- have nothing to do with:〜とは何の関係もない
- warn off:(人)に〜に近寄るなと警告する
- deserted:見捨てられた
- steadfastly:断固として,一貫して
- confess:白状する
- persist in:〜を固持する,〜の一点張りで押し通す
- assert:強く主張する,〜と言い張る
- evidently:明らかに
- pang:心の痛み
- sternly:厳格に
- repress:抑える
- beat out:打ち負かす