原文
"If I had been the boy you sent for," said Anne wistfully, "I'd be able
to help you so much now and spare you in a hundred ways. I could find it
in my heart to wish I had been, just for that."
"Well now, I'd rather have you than a dozen boys, Anne," said Matthew patting her hand. "Just mind you that--rather than a dozen boys. Well now, I guess it wasn't a boy that took the Avery scholarship, was it? It was a girl--my girl--my girl that I'm proud of."
語彙など
- send for:〜を呼びにやる,〜を取りにやる
- wistfully:切ない気持ちで
- spare:救う
- in one's heart:心の中で,本音では
- dozen:1ダースの,かなりたくさん
- pat:〜を軽くたたく
- scholarship:奨学金
- proud:誇りに思う