赤毛のアン 第三十一章

CHAPTER XXXI. Where the Brook and River Meet(5)

原文
Marilla looked dubious for a moment. Then she laughed.

"If you are I guess I am too, Anne, for Rachel often has that very effect on me. I sometimes think she'd have more of an influence for good, as you say yourself, if she didn't keep nagging people to do right. There should have been a special commandment against nagging. But there, I shouldn't talk so. Rachel is a good Christian woman and she means well. There isn't a kinder soul in Avonlea and she never shirks her share of work."

語彙など
  • dubious:半信半疑の,うさんくさい
  • have an effect on:〜に影響を及ぼす
  • nagging:良心の呵責を感じさせる
  • commandment:戒律
  • mean well:一生懸命やっている
  • soul:人,人間
  • shirk:責任逃れする,押し付ける