赤毛のアン 第二十八章

CHAPTER XXVIII. An Unfortunate Lily Maid(1)

原文
"OF course you must be Elaine, Anne," said Diana. "I could never have the courage to float down there."

"Nor I," said Ruby Gillis, with a shiver. "I don't mind floating down when there's two or three of us in the flat and we can sit up. It's fun then. But to lie down and pretend I was dead--I just couldn't. I'd die really of fright."

"Of course it would be romantic," conceded Jane Andrews, "but I know I couldn't keep still. I'd be popping up every minute or so to see where I was and if I wasn't drifting too far out. And you know, Anne, that would spoil the effect."

語彙など
  • with a shiver:体を震わせて
  • flat:平底船
  • sit up:きちんと座る
  • pretend:〜のふりをする
  • fright:恐怖
  • concede:認める
  • keep still:じっとしている
  • pop up:ポンと飛び上がる
  • spoil:台無しにする