アンの青春 第二章

CHAPTER II. Selling in Haste and Repenting at Leisure(22)

原文
"That is, if he gives me a chance to say anything at all," she thought ruefully, as she climbed the lane fence and started on a short cut across the fields, golden in the light of the dreamy August evening. "I know now just how people feel who are being led to execution."

語彙など
  • ruefully:悲しそうに
  • lane:小道
  • shortcut:近道
  • execution:死刑執行