原文
"I wrote it last Monday evening. It's called 'The Jealous Rival; or In
Death Not Divided.' I read it to Marilla and she said it was stuff and
nonsense. Then I read it to Matthew and he said it was fine. That is
the kind of critic I like. It's a sad, sweet story. I just cried like
a child while I was writing it. It's about two beautiful maidens called
Cordelia Montmorency and Geraldine Seymour who lived in the same village
and were devotedly attached to each other. Cordelia was a regal brunette
with a coronet of midnight hair and duskly flashing eyes. Geraldine was
a queenly blonde with hair like spun gold and velvety purple eyes."
語彙など
- jealous:嫉妬深い
- stuff and nonsense:戯言,ばかげたこと
- critic:批評家
- maiden:乙女,少女
- devotedly:献身的に
- attach:くっ付ける
- regal:豪奢な,堂々たる
- brunette:茶色[褐色]の髪の女性
- coronet :〔金や宝石で飾った女性の〕頭飾り,コロネット
- duskish:やや暗い
- flashing:きらめく
- queenly:女王のような
- blonde:金髪の女性
- spun gold:金糸
- velvety:ビロードのような
- purple:紫色の