アンの青春 第十七章

CHAPTER XVII A Chapter of Accidents(36)

原文
"Well," sighed Anne, laying the letter down on the red sandstone step of the back porch, where she was sitting, while the twilight rained down out of a dappled sky, "I always thought it was too good to be true that Mrs. Morgan should really come. But there . . . that speech sounds as pessimistic as Miss Eliza Andrews and I'm ashamed of making it. After all, it was NOT too good to be true . . . things just as good and far better are coming true for me all the time. And I suppose the events of today have a funny side too. Perhaps when Diana and I are old and gray we shall be able to laugh over them. But I feel that I can't expect to do it before then, for it has truly been a bitter disappointment."

語彙など
  • sigh:ため息をつく
  • lay down:下に置く
  • sandstone:砂岩
  • back porch:裏口
  • twilight:たそがれ
  • rain down:雨あられと振り掛ける
  • dappled:まだらの
  • pessimistic:悲観的な
  • ashamed:恥じて
  • come true:実現する
  • funny:おかしい
  • disappointment:失望