原文
That evening Marilla told the whole story to Matthew over her stocking
basket.
"I'm willing to own up that I made a mistake," she concluded candidly, "but I've learned a lesson. I have to laugh when I think of Anne's 'confession,' although I suppose I shouldn't for it really was a falsehood. But it doesn't seem as bad as the other would have been, somehow, and anyhow I'm responsible for it. That child is hard to understand in some respects. But I believe she'll turn out all right yet. And there's one thing certain, no house will ever be dull that she's in."
語彙など
stocking basket:物入れのかご
- own up:白状する,何もかも話す
- make a mistake:誤りを犯す
- conclude:判断を下す,断定する
- candidly:率直に
- learn a lesson:教訓を得る,経験で教えられる
- falsehood:うそ
- somehow:どういうわけか
- anyhow:いずれにせよ
- responsible for:〜の責任がある
- in some respects:どこか
- turn out all right:すべてうまくいく
- dull:退屈な