アンの青春 第二十三章

CHAPTER XXIII Miss Lavendar's Romance(9)

原文
"But you aren't an old maid," said Anne, smiling into Miss Lavendar's wistful woodbrown eyes. "Old maids are BORN . . . they don't BECOME."

"Some are born old maids, some achieve old maidenhood, and some have old maidenhood thrust upon them," parodied Miss Lavendar whimsically.

語彙など
  • maid:未婚の女
  • wistful:物思いに沈んだ
  • achieve:獲得する
  • maidenhood:娘時代
  • thrust upon:〜に押し付ける
  • parody:風刺的に模倣する,〜をもじる
  • whimsically:気紛れに