原文
"You needn't plead, Anne. You are not going to the picnic and that's
final. No, not a word."
Anne realized that Marilla was not to be moved. She clasped her hands together, gave a piercing shriek, and then flung herself face downward on the bed, crying and writhing in an utter abandonment of disappointment and despair.
"For the land's sake!" gasped Marilla, hastening from the room. "I believe the child is crazy. No child in her senses would behave as she does. If she isn't she's utterly bad. Oh dear, I'm afraid Rachel was right from the first. But I've put my hand to the plow and I won't look back."
語彙など
- plead:嘆願する,訴える
- clasp:握りしめる
- piercing shriek:金切り声
- fling oneself on:〜に身体を投げ出す
- writhe:身をよじる
- utter:完全な,ひどい
- abandonment:自暴自棄
- disappointment:失望
- despair:絶望
- for the land's sake:珍しい表現だけど使わないことはないみたい
- crazy:頭がおかしい,まともじゃない
- in one's senses:正気で
- behave:ふるまう
- utterly:まったく
- put one's hand to the plow:仕事に取り掛かる
- look back:尻込みする