原文
"Oh, Diana," whispered Anne, finding it necessary to lean up against a
maple tree for support, "do you really mean it? But I'm afraid Marilla
won't let me go. She will say that she can't encourage gadding about.
That was what she said last week when Jane invited me to go with them
in their double-seated buggy to the American concert at the White Sands
Hotel. I wanted to go, but Marilla said I'd be better at home learning
my lessons and so would Jane. I was bitterly disappointed, Diana. I felt
so heartbroken that I wouldn't say my prayers when I went to bed. But I
repented of that and got up in the middle of the night and said them."
語彙など
- whisper:小声で言う
- lean:もたれかかる
- maple tree:カエデ,モミジ
- gad about:歩き回る、うろつく
- buggy:一頭立て軽装馬車
- bitterly:ひどく
- heartbroken:がっかりした
- prayer:祈り
- repent of:後悔する