原文
The more Matthew thought about the matter the more he was convinced that
Anne never had been dressed like the other girls--never since she had
come to Green Gables. Marilla kept her clothed in plain, dark dresses,
all made after the same unvarying pattern. If Matthew knew there was
such a thing as fashion in dress it was as much as he did; but he was
quite sure that Anne's sleeves did not look at all like the sleeves the
other girls wore. He recalled the cluster of little girls he had seen
around her that evening--all gay in waists of red and blue and pink
and white--and he wondered why Marilla always kept her so plainly and
soberly gowned.
語彙など
- convince:納得させる
- plain:飾りのない,地味な
- unvarying:変わらない
- pattern:模様,型
- recall:思い出す
- cluster of:一群[団]の〜
- gay:派手な
- soberly:まじめに
- gown:ガウンを着せる