アンの青春 第二十章

CHAPTER XX The Way It Often Happens(6)

原文
"Don't you want to be good?" asked Marilla, who had learned a great deal but had not yet learned the futility of asking such questions.

"Yes, I want to be good but not TOO good," said Davy cautiously. "You don't have to be very good to be a Sunday School superintendent. Mr. Bell's that, and he's a real bad man."

"Indeed he's not," said Marila indignantly.

語彙など
  • futility:無益
  • cautiously:慎重に
  • superintendent:監督
  • indignantly:腹を立てて,憤然として