原文
After what seemed to her a year . . . about ten seconds in reality . . .
she said faintly, "Take your Testaments, please," and sank breathlessly
into her chair under cover of the rustle and clatter of desk lids that
followed. While the children read their verses Anne marshalled her shaky
wits into order and looked over the array of little pilgrims to the
Grownup Land.
語彙など
- in reality:現実には
- faintly:かすかに
- testament:聖書
- breathlessly:ハラハラしながら,息を切らして
- rustle:カサカサいう音
- clatter:ガチャガチャという音
- lid:ふた
- verse:詩句,詩節
- marshal:整理する
- shaky:おぼつかない
- wit:機知,理性
- order:秩序
- look over:〜を見渡す
- array:配列,ずらりと並んだもの
- pilgrim:巡礼者,旅人