原文
They hurried to the hayfield below the barn where Matthew was coiling
hay, and, as luck would have it, Mrs. Lynde was talking to Marilla at
the lane fence.
"Oh, Matthew," exclaimed Anne, "I've passed and I'm first--or one of the first! I'm not vain, but I'm thankful."
"Well now, I always said it," said Matthew, gazing at the pass list delightedly. "I knew you could beat them all easy."
語彙など
- hayfield:干し草畑
- barn:納屋
- coil:ぐるぐる巻く
- as luck would have it:運よく
- lane:小道
- fence:フェンス,柵
- vain:自慢にして
- gaze at:〜をじっと見つめる
- delightedly:喜んで,うれしそうに
- beat:勝つ