原文
"Oh, you are too little to understand," said Anne. But she felt rather
ashamed of saying it; for had she not, in keen remembrance of many
similar snubs administered in her own early years, solemnly vowed that
she would never tell any child it was too little to understand? Yet here
she was doing it . . . so wide sometimes is the gulf between theory and
practice.
語彙など
- ashamed:恥じて
- keen:痛烈な
- remembrance:記憶
- snub:鼻であしらうこと
- administer:施す
- solemnly:厳粛に
- vow:誓う,断言する
- gulf:大きな隔たり
- theory and practice:理論と実際