原文
"Anne, you shouldn't say such things" rebuked Marilla, striving to
overcome that unholy tendency to laughter which she was dismayed to find
growing upon her. And indeed, when she told the whole story to Matthew
that night, she did laugh heartily over Anne's tribulations.
But when she slipped into the east gable before going to bed and found that Anne had cried herself to sleep an unaccustomed softness crept into her face.
"Poor little soul," she murmured, lifting a loose curl of hair from the child's tear-stained face. Then she bent down and kissed the flushed cheek on the pillow.
語彙など
- rebuke:叱る
- strive to:〜するよう努力する
- overcome:〜に耐える
- unholy:神聖でない
- tendency:傾向
- dismay:うろたえさせる
- grow upon:だんだん好きになってくる,ますます気に入る
- heartily:心から
- tribulation:苦難,苦悩
- slip into:こっそり入る
- unaccustomed:いつにない
- creep into:〜にそっと忍び込む
- murmur:つぶやく
- loose:ほぐれた,ゆったりとした
- curl:巻き毛
- tear-stained face:涙の跡が残る顔,涙に濡れた顔
- bend down:かがむ
- flushed:上気して