原文
"Anne, I don't know what else is to be done. I've thought it all over.
If my eyes were strong I could stay here and make out to look after
things and manage, with a good hired man. But as it is I can't. I may
lose my sight altogether; and anyway I'll not be fit to run things. Oh,
I never thought I'd live to see the day when I'd have to sell my home.
But things would only go behind worse and worse all the time, till
nobody would want to buy it. Every cent of our money went in that bank;
and there's some notes Matthew gave last fall to pay. Mrs. Lynde advises
me to sell the farm and board somewhere--with her I suppose. It won't
bring much--it's small and the buildings are old. But it'll be enough
for me to live on I reckon. I'm thankful you're provided for with that
scholarship, Anne. I'm sorry you won't have a home to come to in your
vacations, that's all, but I suppose you'll manage somehow."
語彙など
- think over:じっくり考える
- make out:うまくやっていく
- as it is:実のところ,実情は
- lose one's sight:失明する
- fit:健康な,元気な
- run:運営する,管理する
- all the time:いつでも
- note:紙幣
- board:下宿する
- reckon:考える,思う
- provide for:提供する
- scholarship:奨学金