原文
Anne laid her fresh young cheek against Marilla's faded one, and reached
out a hand to pat Matthew's shoulder. Marilla would have given much just
then to have possessed Anne's power of putting her feelings into words;
but nature and habit had willed it otherwise, and she could only put her
arms close about her girl and hold her tenderly to her heart, wishing
that she need never let her go.
Matthew, with a suspicious moisture in his eyes, got up and went out-of-doors. Under the stars of the blue summer night he walked agitatedly across the yard to the gate under the poplars.
語彙など
- faded:色あせた,衰えた
- pat:〜を軽くたたく
- possess:持つ
- nature:性質,気質
- will:命ずる
- otherwise:別なふうに
- tenderly:やさしく,そっと
- hold ~ dear to one's heart:〜を心に大切にしまっておく
- suspicious:変な
- moisture:水分
- agitatedly:動揺して
- poplar:ポプラ