アンの青春 第十八章

CHAPTER XVIII An Adventure on the Tory Road(23)

原文
"No, indeed, you won't," said Anne vehemently. "If you do the story of this will get out everywhere and I shall be ashamed to show my face. No, we must just wait until the Copp girls come home and bind them to secrecy. They'll know where the axe is and get me out. I'm not uncomfortable, as long as I keep perfectly still . . . not uncomfortable in BODY I mean. I wonder what the Copp girls value this house at. I shall have to pay for the damage I've done, but I wouldn't mind that if I were only sure they would understand my motive in peeping in at their pantry window. My sole comfort is that the platter is just the kind I want and if Miss Copp will only sell it to me I shall be resigned to what has happened."

語彙など
  • vehemently:激しく
  • ashamed:恥じて
  • bind:〜を包む
  • axe:おの,大なた
  • as long as:〜する限り
  • value:大事にする
  • damage:損害
  • motive:動機
  • peep in:内をのぞく
  • pantry:食料品室
  • sole:唯一の
  • platter:大皿
  • resign:甘んじる