原文
"I am Mrs. DonNELL . . . Mrs. H. B. DonNELL," announced this vision, "and
I have come in to see you about something Clarice Almira told me when
she came home to dinner today. It annoyed me EXCESSIVELY."
"I'm sorry," faltered Anne, vainly trying to recollect any incident of the morning connected with the Donnell children.
"Clarice Almira told me that you pronounced our name DONnell. Now, Miss Shirley, the correct pronunciation of our name is DonNELL . . . accent on the last syllable. I hope you'll remember this in future."
語彙など
- vision:絶世の美女
- annoy:悩ます
- excessively:過度に
- falter:ひるむ,たじろぐ
- vainly:むなしく
- recollect:思い出す
- incident:出来事
- connect with:〜と関連付ける
- pronunciation:発音
- syllable:音節