原文
Anne, by what somebody has called "a Herculaneum effort," kept back her
tears until she got home that night. Then she shut herself in the east
gable room and wept all her shame and remorse and disappointment into
her pillows . . . wept so long that Marilla grew alarmed, invaded the
room, and insisted on knowing what the trouble was.
語彙など
- Herculaneum:ヘルクラネウム(イタリア)
- Herculaneum:Herculeanのミススペルか？（ヘラクレスの,超人的な,非常に難しい）
- keep back one's tears:涙をこらえる
- shut oneself in a room:部屋に閉じこもる
- weep:すすり泣く
- shame:不名誉
- remorse:自責の念
- disappointment:失望
- pillow:まくら
- alarm:不安にさせる
- invade:侵入する
- insist on:〜を強く求める