原文
The parlor at Green Gables was a rather severe and gloomy apartment,
with rigid horsehair furniture, stiff lace curtains, and white
antimacassars that were always laid at a perfectly correct angle, except
at such times as they clung to unfortunate people's buttons. Even Anne
had never been able to infuse much grace into it, for Marilla would not
permit any alterations. But it is wonderful what flowers can accomplish
if you give them a fair chance; when Anne and Diana finished with the
room you would not have recognized it.
語彙など
- parlor:応接室
- rather:多少
- severe:簡素な,地味な
- gloomy:薄暗い,陰気な
- apartment:部屋
- rigid:硬い,杓子定規な
- horsehair furniture:馬巣(ばす)織りの家具
- stiff:ゴワゴワする
- antimacassar:(椅子･ソファなどの汚れ防止用･装飾用の)背おおい
- angle:角度
- except:〜を除いて
- cling:くっつく
- infuse:注ぎ込む
- grace:品のよさ,優雅
- alteration:改変
- fair:公正な