原文
"She will be lonelier still, I fear, when you go away again to college,"
said Mrs. Allan.
Anne did not reply; she said good night and went slowly back to green Gables. Marilla was sitting on the front door-steps and Anne sat down beside her. The door was open behind them, held back by a big pink conch shell with hints of sea sunsets in its smooth inner convolutions.
語彙など
lonely:寂しい
- reply:返答する
- doorstep:戸口の踏み段[上がり段]
- beside:〜のそばに
- conch:巻き貝,丸屋根
- shell:貝殻
- sunset:日没
- smooth:滑らかな
- inner:内側の
- convolution:渦巻き