原文
"You did just splendidly, Anne," puffed Diana, recovering sufficiently
to sit up and speak, for Anne, starry eyed and rapt, had not uttered a
word. "Father brought the paper home from Bright River not ten minutes
ago--it came out on the afternoon train, you know, and won't be here
till tomorrow by mail--and when I saw the pass list I just rushed over
like a wild thing. You've all passed, every one of you, Moody Spurgeon
and all, although he's conditioned in history. Jane and Ruby did pretty
well--they're halfway up--and so did Charlie. Josie just scraped through
with three marks to spare, but you'll see she'll put on as many airs as
if she'd led. Won't Miss Stacy be delighted? Oh, Anne, what does it feel
like to see your name at the head of a pass list like that? If it were
me I know I'd go crazy with joy. I am pretty near crazy as it is, but
you're as calm and cool as a spring evening."
語彙など
- splendidly:立派に
- puff:息を切らす
- sufficiently:十分に
- sit up:きちんと座る
- starry-eyed:夢想的な目つきの
- rapt:うっとりした
- utter:口に出す
- rush over:急いでやって来る
- wild:狂気じみた,夢中になって
- conditioned:条件付きの
- halfway:中間にある
- scrape through:すれすれで合格する
- spare:取っておく
- put on airs:威張る,偉そうな顔をしている
- lead:先導する
- go crazy:気が狂う