原文
THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen
window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad's
Bubble beckoning mysteriously. In a trice Anne was out of the house
and flying down to the hollow, astonishment and hope struggling in
her expressive eyes. But the hope faded when she saw Diana's dejected
countenance.
"Your mother hasn't relented?" she gasped.
Diana shook her head mournfully.
語彙など
- bend over:かがむ,できるだけ努力する
- patchwork:パッチワーク
- glance:ちらりと見る
- behold:じっくり見る,注視する
- beckon:合図する,手招きする
- mysteriously:意味ありげに
- in a trice:アッという間に
- astonishment:驚き
- struggle:争う
- expressive eyes:表情豊かな目
- fade:次第に消える
- dejected countenance:がっくりした顔つき
- relent:態度を和らげる
- gasp:息を切らす
- mournfully:悲しげに