原文
"I don't believe you mean it," he said, smacking her wrinkled cheek
affectionately. "You don't LOOK like a lady who'd whip a little boy just
'cause he couldn't keep still. Didn't you find it awful hard to keep
still when you was only 's old as me?"
"No, I always kept still when I was told," said Marilla, trying to speak sternly, albeit she felt her heart waxing soft within her under Davy's impulsive caresses.
語彙など
- smack:〜をピシャリと打つ
- wrinkle:皺が寄る
- affectionately:愛情を込めて
- whip:〜を鞭で打つ
- awful:ひどい
- sternly:厳格に
- albeit:〜にもかかわらず
- wax:満ちる
- impulsive:衝動的な
- caress:愛撫