原文
"I do hope I'll be able to say something once in a while, and not sit
like a mute," said Diana anxiously. "All Mrs. Morgan's heroines converse
so beautifully. But I'm afraid I'll be tongue-tied and stupid. And I'll
be sure to say 'I seen.' I haven't often said it since Miss Stacy taught
here; but in moments of excitement it's sure to pop out. Anne, if I
were to say 'I seen' before Mrs. Morgan I'd die of mortification. And it
would be almost as bad to have nothing to say."
"I'm nervous about a good many things," said Anne, "but I don't think there is much fear that I won't be able to talk."
And, to do her justice, there wasn't.
語彙など
- once in a while:たまには
- mute:口の利けない人
- anxiously:心配そうに
- heroine:ヒロイン
- converse:会話をする
- tongue-tied:口がきけなくなって,舌足らずの
- excitement:興奮
- pop out:口をついて出る
- mortification:屈辱,はずかしめ
- do one justice:…を公平に評する