原文
"No, he isn't," said Marilla in a troubled tone. "He's had some real
bad spells with his heart this spring and he won't spare himself a mite.
I've been real worried about him, but he's some better this while back
and we've got a good hired man, so I'm hoping he'll kind of rest and
pick up. Maybe he will now you're home. You always cheer him up."
Anne leaned across the table and took Marilla's face in her hands.
語彙など
- troubled:不安そうな,困惑した
- tone:口調,調子
- spell:しばらくの間,ひと続き(の期間)
- spare oneself:骨惜しみする,労を惜しむ
- not a mite:少しも〜でない
- while back:この間,しばらく前
- hired:雇い入れの
- kind of:多少,ちょっと
- pick up:元気を取り戻す
- lean:かがむ