原文
Jane and Ruby and Josie, who had dropped in, did not take this view
of it. To them the coming examinations were constantly very important
indeed--far more important than chestnut buds or Maytime hazes. It was
all very well for Anne, who was sure of passing at least, to have her
moments of belittling them, but when your whole future depended on
them--as the girls truly thought theirs did--you could not regard them
philosophically.
語彙など
- drop in:ふらりと訪ねる,ちょっと立ち寄る
- view:意見,考え
- constantly:絶えず
- chestnut:クリの木
- bud:つぼみ,芽
- Maytime:5月(の季節)
- haze:かすみ
- belittle:軽視する,軽んじる
- regard:考える
- philosophically:哲学者らしく冷静に,達観して