原文
"She's feeling calmer and more composed," answered Marilla, sitting
down on Anne's bed . . . a proceeding which betokened some unusual mental
excitement, for in Marilla's code of household ethics to sit on a
bed after it was made up was an unpardonable offense. "But she's very
lonely. Eliza had to go home today . . . her son isn't well and she felt
she couldn't stay any longer."
語彙など
- composed:落ち着いた
- proceeding:行為,行動
- betoken:予示する
- mental excitement:精神的興奮
- code:慣例,規範
- household:家庭の
- ethics:道徳律
- unpardonable:不埒な,目に余る
- offense:不法行為