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