原文
"It was dreadful of me to forget," said Anne apologetically, "but that
was the afternoon I was trying to think of a name for Violet Vale and it
crowded other things out. Matthew was so good. He never scolded a bit.
He put the tea down himself and said we could wait awhile as well as
not. And I told him a lovely fairy story while we were waiting, so
he didn't find the time long at all. It was a beautiful fairy story,
Marilla. I forgot the end of it, so I made up an end for it myself and
Matthew said he couldn't tell where the join came in."
"Matthew would think it all right, Anne, if you took a notion to get up and have dinner in the middle of the night. But you keep your wits about you this time. And--I don't really know if I'm doing right--it may make you more addlepated than ever--but you can ask Diana to come over and spend the afternoon with you and have tea here."
語彙など
- dreadful:ひどい
- apologetically:すまなさそうに,弁解がましく
- crowd out:締め出す,押しのける
- scold:しかる
- fairy story:おとぎ話,作り話,童話
- make up:作り上げる
- join:継ぎ目
- take a notion:突然〜しようと思い付く
- keep one's wits about one:気を引き締めている,如才なく立ち回る
- addlepated:頭の混乱した,常軌を逸した