原文
"Ruby was in hysterics when I reached their boardinghouse; she had just
discovered a fearful mistake she had made in her English paper. When
she recovered we went uptown and had an ice cream. How we wished you had
been with us.
"Oh, Diana, if only the geometry examination were over! But there, as Mrs. Lynde would say, the sun will go on rising and setting whether I fail in geometry or not. That is true but not especially comforting. I think I'd rather it didn't go on if I failed!
"Yours devotedly,
"Anne"
語彙など
- hysterics:ヒステリックス
- boardinghouse:寄宿舎
- fearful mistake:ひどい誤り
- uptown:山の手,街の北へ
- geometry:幾何学
- comforting:励みになる