原文
"Why is it called the Tory Road?" asked Anne.
"Mr. Allan says it is on the principle of calling a place a grove because there are no trees in it," said Diana, "for nobody lives along the road except the Copp girls and old Martin Bovyer at the further end, who is a Liberal. The Tory government ran the road through when they were in power just to show they were doing something."
Diana's father was a Liberal, for which reason she and Anne never discussed politics. Green Gables folk had always been Conservatives.
語彙など
- Tory:トーリー党,保守政党
- on the principle of:〜の原則に基づいて
- grove:林
- liberal:自由党員
- discuss politics:政治を語る
- folk:人々
- Conservative:保守党