原文
Anne smothered a little sigh. She loved Diana dearly and they had always
been good comrades. But she had long ago learned that when she wandered
into the realm of fancy she must go alone. The way to it was by an
enchanted path where not even her dearest might follow her.
A thunder-shower came up while the girls were at Carmody; it did not last long, however, and the drive home, through lanes where the raindrops sparkled on the boughs and little leafy valleys where the drenched ferns gave out spicy odors, was delightful. But just as they turned into the Cuthbert lane Anne saw something that spoiled the beauty of the landscape for her.
語彙など
- smother:あくびをかみ殺す,もみ消す
- sigh:ため息
- comrade:同志,仲間
- wander into:入り込む
- realm:領域
- fancy:空想
- enchant:〜に魔法をかける
- thunder showers:雷雨
- come up:発生する
- last:続く
- lane:細道,狭い道
- raindrop:雨滴,雨粒
- sparkle:きらめく,輝く
- bough:大枝
- leafy:葉で覆われた
- drench:びしょ濡れにする,浸す
- fern:シダ
- give out:放つ
- spicy odor:ピリッとした香り
- spoil the beauty:美観を損なう
- landscape:景色,景観