原文
Poor Barbara stumbled back to her desk, her tears combining with the
coal dust to produce an effect truly grotesque. Never before had her
beloved, sympathetic teacher spoken to her in such a tone or fashion,
and Barbara was heartbroken. Anne herself felt a prick of conscience but
it only served to increase her mental irritation, and the second reader
class remember that lesson yet, as well as the unmerciful infliction
of arithmetic that followed. Just as Anne was snapping the sums out St.
Clair Donnell arrived breathlessly.
語彙など
- stumble back:よろよろと後ろに下がる
- combine with:〜と結合する
- coal dust:石炭の粉,炭塵
- grotesque:グロテスク,奇怪なもの
- beloved:最愛の
- sympathetic:思いやりのある
- tone:口調
- fashion:方法,やり方
- heartbroken:心が痛むような
- prick of conscience:良心の呵責
- irritation:苛だち
- unmerciful:途方もない
- infliction:課すること
- arithmetic:算数
- snap out:かみつくように言う
- breathlessly:息をはずませて,息を切らして