原文
Mrs. Rachel shook her head, as much as to say if she were only at the
head of the educational system of the Province things would be much
better managed.
Marilla took Mrs. Rachel's advice and not another word was said to Anne about going back to school. She learned her lessons at home, did her chores, and played with Diana in the chilly purple autumn twilights; but when she met Gilbert Blythe on the road or encountered him in Sunday school she passed him by with an icy contempt that was no whit thawed by his evident desire to appease her. Even Diana's efforts as a peacemaker were of no avail. Anne had evidently made up her mind to hate Gilbert Blythe to the end of life.
As much as she hated Gilbert, however, did she love Diana, with all the love of her passionate little heart, equally intense in its likes and dislikes. One evening Marilla, coming in from the orchard with a basket of apples, found Anne sitting along by the east window in the twilight, crying bitterly.
語彙など
- shake one's head:首を横[左右]に振る
- as much as to say:〜と言わんばかりに
- educational system:教育制度
- take someone's advice:(人)の忠告を受け入れる
- do one's chores:家の手伝いをする
- chilly:ひんやりする,肌寒い
- twilight:黄昏どき,夕暮れ
- encounter:出くわす
- with contempt:軽蔑して
- no whit:少しも〜ない
- thaw:解かす
- evident:はっきりそれと分かる
- desire to:〜することを望む
- appease:なだめる
- peacemaker:仲裁者
- be of no avail:全く役に立たない
- make up one's mind:心に決める
- passionate:熱情的な
- intense:強烈な
- likes and dislikes:好き嫌い
- orchard:果樹園
- bitterly:ひどく