原文
"It's probably from the children's uncle," she said excitedly, when she
got home. "Oh, Marilla, I wonder what he says about them."
"The best plan might be to open it and see," said Marilla curtly. A close observer might have thought that she was excited also, but she would rather have died than show it.
Anne tore open the letter and glanced over the somewhat untidy and poorly written contents.
"He says he can't take the children this spring . . . he's been sick most of the winter and his wedding is put off. He wants to know if we can keep them till the fall and he'll try and take them then. We will, of course, won't we Marilla?"
語彙など
- curtly素っ気なく,ぞんざいに
- observer:観察者
- tear:〜を引き裂く
- glance over:ザッと読む
- somewhat:少し,多少
- untidy:乱雑な
- content:内容
- wedding:結婚式
- put off:延期する