原文
Avonlea school always enjoyed a scene. This was an especially enjoyable
one. Everybody said "Oh" in horrified delight. Diana gasped. Ruby
Gillis, who was inclined to be hysterical, began to cry. Tommy
Sloane let his team of crickets escape him altogether while he stared
open-mouthed at the tableau.
Mr. Phillips stalked down the aisle and laid his hand heavily on Anne's shoulder.
"Anne Shirley, what does this mean?" he said angrily. Anne returned no answer. It was asking too much of flesh and blood to expect her to tell before the whole school that she had been called "carrots." Gilbert it was who spoke up stoutly.
"It was my fault Mr. Phillips. I teased her."
Mr. Phillips paid no heed to Gilbert.
語彙など
- scene:大騒ぎ,出来事
- horrified:怖がっている
- delight:大喜び,楽しみ
- gasp:ハッと息をのむ
- inclined:〜の傾向がある
- hysterical:ヒステリー症の
- cricket:コオロギ
- open-mouthed:ぽかんと口を開けた
- tableau:劇的場面
- stalk:大股で歩く
- aisle:通路
- flesh and blood:具体性
- stoutly:平然として
- tease:からかう
- pay heed:注意を払う