原文
"Oh, Marilla, I've had a perfectly scrumptious time. Scrumptious is a
new word I learned today. I heard Mary Alice Bell use it. Isn't it very
expressive? Everything was lovely. We had a splendid tea and then Mr.
Harmon Andrews took us all for a row on the Lake of Shining Waters--six
of us at a time. And Jane Andrews nearly fell overboard. She was leaning
out to pick water lilies and if Mr. Andrews hadn't caught her by her
sash just in the nick of time she'd fallen in and prob'ly been drowned.
I wish it had been me. It would have been such a romantic experience to
have been nearly drowned. It would be such a thrilling tale to tell. And
we had the ice cream. Words fail me to describe that ice cream. Marilla,
I assure you it was sublime."
語彙など
- scrumptious:優美な,すてきな
- expressive:表現に富む
- row:船遊び
- overboard:船外に
- lean out:身を乗り出す
- water lily:スイレン
- sash:飾り帯,サッシュベルト
- nick of time:際どい時に
- drown:おぼれさせる
- sublime:崇高な,気高い
water lily