原文
It cannot be said that that dinner was a notable success socially.
The Allans and Miss Stacy exerted themselves to save the situation and
Marilla's customary placidity was not noticeably ruffled. But Anne
and Diana, between their disappointment and the reaction from their
excitement of the forenoon, could neither talk nor eat. Anne tried
heroically to bear her part in the conversation for the sake of her
guests; but all the sparkle had been quenched in her for the time being,
and, in spite of her love for the Allans and Miss Stacy, she couldn't
help thinking how nice it would be when everybody had gone home and she
could bury her weariness and disappointment in the pillows of the east
gable.
語彙など
- notable success:注目に値する成功
- socially:社交的に
- exert oneself:奮闘する,尽力する
- customary:いつもの
- placidity:平穏
- ruffled:かき乱された
- disappointment:失望
- forenoon:午前,昼前
- bear:持つ,担う
- for the sake of:〜のために
- sparkle:きらめき
- quench:火を消す
- for the time being:当分
- bury:埋める
- weariness:疲労
- pillow:まくら