原文
"We've got each other, Anne. I don't know what I'd do if you weren't
here--if you'd never come. Oh, Anne, I know I've been kind of strict and
harsh with you maybe--but you mustn't think I didn't love you as well as
Matthew did, for all that. I want to tell you now when I can. It's never
been easy for me to say things out of my heart, but at times like this
it's easier. I love you as dear as if you were my own flesh and blood
and you've been my joy and comfort ever since you came to Green Gables."
語彙など
- kind of:やや,多少
- strict:厳しい
- harsh:厳しい,辛辣な
- for all that:〜にもかかわらず,それでも
- flesh and blood:肉親,身内