原文
At that moment Marilla had a revelation. In the sudden stab of fear that
pierced her very heart she realized what Anne had come to mean to her.
She would have admitted that she liked Anne--nay, that she was very fond
of Anne. But now she knew as she hurried wildly down the slope that Anne
was dearer to her than anything else on earth.
"Mr. Barry, what has happened to her?" she gasped, more white and shaken than the self-contained, sensible Marilla had been for many years.
語彙など
- revelation:啓示,お告げ
- stab:刺すような痛み
- pierce:刺し通す
- admit:認める
- gasp:恐怖であえぐ
- contained:自制した,抑制した
- sensible:分別がある