原文
"It's perfectly awful stuff, Marilla," she groaned. "I'm sure I'll never
be able to make head or tail of it. There is no scope for imagination in
it at all. Mr. Phillips says I'm the worst dunce he ever saw at it.
And Gil--I mean some of the others are so smart at it. It is extremely
mortifying, Marilla.
"Even Diana gets along better than I do. But I don't mind being beaten by Diana. Even although we meet as strangers now I still love her with an INEXTINGUISHABLE love. It makes me very sad at times to think about her. But really, Marilla, one can't stay sad very long in such an interesting world, can one?"
語彙など
- stuff:物
- groan:不満の声を上げる
- make head or tail of:〜を理解する
- dunce:できの悪い生徒,劣等生
- smart:賢い
- mortifying:癪に障る,腹が立つ
- get along:進める,うまくいく
- beaten:打ち負かされた
- inextinguishable:消すことができない,抑えきれない
- at times:たまに,どうかすると