原文
"I told Annetta it was very wrong to copy another person's letter and
pass it off as her own. But I'm afraid that all Annetta repented of was
being found out.
"'And I do love you, teacher,' she sobbed. 'It was all true, even if the minister wrote it first. I do love you with all my heart.'
"It's very difficult to scold anybody properly under such circumstances.
"Here is Barbara Shaw's letter. I can't reproduce the blots of the original.
語彙など
- pass off as:〜と言ってごまかす
- repent of:後悔する
- sob:むせび泣きながら〜を言う
- minister:牧師
- with all one's heart:心底から
- scold:〜を叱る,説教する
- properly:適切に
- circumstance:状況,事情
- reproduce:複製する,再現する
- blot:汚れ,染み
- original:原物,原本