原文
If Anne had tumbled off the roof on the side up which she had ascended
Diana would probably have fallen heir to the pearl bead ring then and
there. Fortunately she fell on the other side, where the roof extended
down over the porch so nearly to the ground that a fall therefrom was
a much less serious thing. Nevertheless, when Diana and the other
girls had rushed frantically around the house--except Ruby Gillis, who
remained as if rooted to the ground and went into hysterics--they found
Anne lying all white and limp among the wreck and ruin of the Virginia
creeper.
語彙など
- tumble off:転げ落ちる
- ascend:登る
- fall heir to:〜の相続人となる
- bead:ビーズ
- then and there:その場で,直ちに
- extend:伸びる,達する
- porch:張り出し玄関,ベランダ,玄関
- therefrom:そこから
- frantically:半狂乱で,必死に
- root:根付かせる
- hysterics:ヒステリックス
- limp:ぐったりした
- wreck:壊れた残がい
- ruin:破壊
- Virginia creeper:バージニア･クリーパー,アメリカヅタ