原文
The news spread quickly through Avonlea, and all day friends and
neighbors thronged Green Gables and came and went on errands of kindness
for the dead and living. For the first time shy, quiet Matthew Cuthbert
was a person of central importance; the white majesty of death had
fallen on him and set him apart as one crowned.
語彙など
- spread:広まる
- throng:〜に群がる
- go on errands for:〜の使い走りをする
- for the first time:初めて
- shy:恥ずかしがり屋の,内気な
- majesty:尊厳さ,威厳
- fall on:〜に降りかかる
- set apart:際立たせる,目立たせる
- crowned:王冠をいただいた