原文
"It is all over," she informed Marilla. "I shall never have another
friend. I'm really worse off than ever before, for I haven't Katie
Maurice and Violetta now. And even if I had it wouldn't be the same.
Somehow, little dream girls are not satisfying after a real friend.
Diana and I had such an affecting farewell down by the spring. It will
be sacred in my memory forever. I used the most pathetic language I
could think of and said 'thou' and 'thee.' 'Thou' and 'thee' seem so
much more romantic than 'you.' Diana gave me a lock of her hair and I'm
going to sew it up in a little bag and wear it around my neck all my
life. Please see that it is buried with me, for I don't believe I'll
live very long. Perhaps when she sees me lying cold and dead before her
Mrs. Barry may feel remorse for what she has done and will let Diana
come to my funeral."
語彙など
- all over:すべて終わって
- somehow:どういうわけか
- affecting:心を打つ
- farewell:別れ
- spring:泉
- sacred:神聖な
- pathetic:感動的な
- thou:そなた
- thee:youの古語,汝を
- lock:巻毛,髪の房
- sew:〜を縫い付ける
- see that:(that 以下)するように取り計らう
- bury:埋葬する
- remorse:自責の念
- funeral:葬式