原文
Anne was too excited to do herself justice as to lessons that morning in
school. Gilbert Blythe spelled her down in class and left her clear out
of sight in mental arithmetic. Anne's consequent humiliation was
less than it might have been, however, in view of the concert and the
spare-room bed. She and Diana talked so constantly about it all day that
with a stricter teacher than Mr. Phillips dire disgrace must inevitably
have been their portion.
語彙など
- do oneself justice:能力を十分に発揮する
- spell:スペリング[綴り]を言う
- mental arithmetic:暗算
- humiliation:屈辱
- in view of:〜のことを考えると
- dire:ひどい
- disgrace:不名誉,恥辱
- inevitably:いや応なく