原文
"When we were assigned to our rooms Miss Stacy had to leave us. Jane and
I sat together and Jane was so composed that I envied her. No need of
the multiplication table for good, steady, sensible Jane! I wondered if
I looked as I felt and if they could hear my heart thumping clear
across the room. Then a man came in and began distributing the English
examination sheets. My hands grew cold then and my head fairly whirled
around as I picked it up. Just one awful moment--Diana, I felt exactly
as I did four years ago when I asked Marilla if I might stay at Green
Gables--and then everything cleared up in my mind and my heart began
beating again--I forgot to say that it had stopped altogether!--for I
knew I could do something with THAT paper anyhow.
語彙など
- assign:〜を割り当てる
- composed:落ち着いた
- envy:うらやましがる
- multiplication table:(掛け算の)九九表
- for good:いつまでも,ずっと
- steady:しっかりした
- sensible:分別のある
- thump:ゴツンと打つ
- distribute:配る
- examination:試験
- fairly:かなり
- whirl:グルグル回る
- awful:恐ろしい
- clear up:明らかになる
- anyhow:とにかく