原文
"It'll be good, all right," assured Diana, who was a very comfortable
sort of friend. "I'm sure that piece of the one you made that we had for
lunch in Idlewild two weeks ago was perfectly elegant."
"Yes; but cakes have such a terrible habit of turning out bad just when you especially want them to be good," sighed Anne, setting a particularly well-balsamed twig afloat. "However, I suppose I shall just have to trust to Providence and be careful to put in the flour. Oh, look, Diana, what a lovely rainbow! Do you suppose the dryad will come out after we go away and take it for a scarf?"
語彙など
- assure:安心させる
- comfortable:落ち着ける
- elegant:素晴らしい
- habit:傾向
- sigh:ため息をつく
- balsam:バルサム
- twig:小枝
- trust to:〜を頼りにする
- providence:神意,神の導き
- flour:小麦粉
- dryad:ドリュアス(木の精)