原文
When school went out Anne marched to her desk, ostentatiously took out
everything therein, books and writing tablet, pen and ink, testament and
arithmetic, and piled them neatly on her cracked slate.
"What are you taking all those things home for, Anne?" Diana wanted to know, as soon as they were out on the road. She had not dared to ask the question before.
"I am not coming back to school any more," said Anne. Diana gasped and stared at Anne to see if she meant it.
"Will Marilla let you stay home?" she asked.
"She'll have to," said Anne. "I'll NEVER go to school to that man again."
語彙など
- ostentatiously:これ見よがしに
- therein:その中に
- tablet:書き板
- testament:新訳聖書
- arithmetic:算数,算数の本
- pile:積み重ねる
- neatly:きちんと
- cracked:ひびの入った
- slate:石板
- gasp:ハッと息をのむ
- stare at:目を丸くして〜を見る