原文
"I always like to do things as well as possible," said Miss Lavendar
meditatively, "and since an old maid I had to be I was determined to be
a very nice one. People say I'm odd; but it's just because I follow my
own way of being an old maid and refuse to copy the traditional pattern.
Anne, did anyone ever tell you anything about Stephen Irving and me?"
"Yes," said Anne candidly, "I've heard that you and he were engaged once."
語彙など
- meditatively:めい想にふけりながら
- maid:未婚の女
- odd:おかしな
- copy:倣う
- traditional:従来の
- candidly:ざっくばらんに
- engage:婚約させる