原文
"Oh, Marilla!" Anne straightened to her knees and clasped her hands.
"It's been the dream of my life--that is, for the last six months, ever
since Ruby and Jane began to talk of studying for the Entrance. But I
didn't say anything about it, because I supposed it would be perfectly
useless. I'd love to be a teacher. But won't it be dreadfully expensive?
Mr. Andrews says it cost him one hundred and fifty dollars to put Prissy
through, and Prissy wasn't a dunce in geometry."
語彙など
- straighten:まっすぐになる
- knee:膝
- clasp:握りしめる
- useless:無駄な
- dreadfully expensive:恐ろしく高い
- put through:卒業させる
- dunce:劣等生
- geometry:幾何学