原文
The green dress was made up with as many tucks and frills and shirrings
as Emily's taste permitted. Anne put it on one evening for Matthew's
and Marilla's benefit, and recited "The Maiden's Vow" for them in the
kitchen. As Marilla watched the bright, animated face and graceful
motions her thoughts went back to the evening Anne had arrived at Green
Gables, and memory recalled a vivid picture of the odd, frightened child
in her preposterous yellowish-brown wincey dress, the heartbreak looking
out of her tearful eyes. Something in the memory brought tears to
Marilla's own eyes.
語彙など
- tuck:縫いひだ
- frill:フリル,襞飾り
- shirring:シャーリング,飾りひだ
- taste:趣味,センス
- for someone's benefit:(人)のために
- recite:朗読する
- The Maiden's Vow:Carolina Oliphant(1766-1845)の詩かな
- animated:生き生きとした
- graceful motions:優美な身のこなし
- recall:〜を思い起こす
- vivid:鮮やかな,
- odd:奇妙な
- frightened child:おびえた子供
- preposterous:非常識な
- wincey:ウィンシー織
- heartbreak:胸が張り裂けるような思い