原文
"I wouldn't feel comfortable without it," she thought. "Gilbert looks
awfully determined. I suppose he's making up his mind, here and now, to
win the medal. What a splendid chin he has! I never noticed it before.
I do wish Jane and Ruby had gone in for First Class, too. I suppose I
won't feel so much like a cat in a strange garret when I get acquainted,
though. I wonder which of the girls here are going to be my friends.
It's really an interesting speculation. Of course I promised Diana that
no Queen's girl, no matter how much I liked her, should ever be as dear
to me as she is; but I've lots of second-best affections to bestow. I
like the look of that girl with the brown eyes and the crimson waist.
She looks vivid and red-rosy; there's that pale, fair one gazing out of
the window. She has lovely hair, and looks as if she knew a thing or two
about dreams. I'd like to know them both--know them well--well enough to
walk with my arm about their waists, and call them nicknames. But just
now I don't know them and they don't know me, and probably don't want to
know me particularly. Oh, it's lonesome!"
語彙など
- awfully:とても
- determined:やる気である
- make up one's mind:心に決める
- here and now:今ここで
- splendid:すてきな
- chin:あご
- garret:屋根裏部屋
- get acquainted:知り合いになる
- speculation:推測
- second best:2番目に良いもの
- affection:愛情
- bestow:与える
- look:外観
- crimson:深紅の
- waist:ブラウス
- vivid:生き生きとした
- pale:青白い
- fair one:美人
- gaze out:外を見つめる