原文
"Why, you said you'd keep me here until I confessed," returned Anne
wearily, "and so I decided to confess because I was bound to get to the
picnic. I thought out a confession last night after I went to bed and
made it as interesting as I could. And I said it over and over so that I
wouldn't forget it. But you wouldn't let me go to the picnic after all,
so all my trouble was wasted."
Marilla had to laugh in spite of herself. But her conscience pricked her.
語彙など
- confess:白状する
- wearily:だるそうにして
- be bound to:〜しなければならない,必ず〜する
- think out:考え抜く,編み出す
- in spite of oneself:我知らず,思わず
- conscience:良心
- prick:刺す