原文
"You look simply sweet," said Anne admiringly.
Diana sighed.
"But I've had to let out every one of my dresses AGAIN. I weigh four pounds more than I did in July. Anne, WHERE will this end? Mrs. Morgan's heroines are all tall and slender."
"Well, let's forget our troubles and think of our mercies," said Anne gaily. "Mrs. Allan says that whenever we think of anything that is a trial to us we should also think of something nice that we can set over against it. If you are slightly too plump you've got the dearest dimples; and if I have a freckled nose the SHAPE of it is all right. Do you think the lemon juice did any good?"
語彙など
- admiringly:感心して
- sigh:ため息をつく
- let out:大きくする
- weigh:〜の重さがある
- slender:ほっそりした
- mercy:幸運
- gaily:陽気に
- set over against:対置する
- plump:ぽっちゃりした
- dimple:えくぼ
- freckled:そばかすのある