原文
"Oh, that's only part of the spell," asserted Anne confidently. "At
heart she's young and beautiful still . . . and if we only knew how to
unloose the spell she would step forth radiant and fair again. But we
don't know how . . . it's always and only the prince who knows that
. . . and Miss Lavendar's prince hasn't come yet. Perhaps some fatal
mischance has befallen him . . . though THAT'S against the law of all
fairy tales."
語彙など
- spell:魔法
- assert:〜を断言する
- confidently:確信して
- at heart:内実は,心根は
- unloose:解く
- step forth:進み出る
- radiant:光り輝く
- fair:美しい
- fatal:不運な
- mischance:不幸
- befall:降りかかる
- fairy tale:おとぎ話