原文
Gilbert Blythe was probably the only person to whom the news of Anne's
resignation brought unmixed pleasure. Her pupils looked upon it as
a sheer catastrophe. Annetta Bell had hysterics when she went home.
Anthony Pye fought two pitched and unprovoked battles with other boys by
way of relieving his feelings. Barbara Shaw cried all night. Paul Irving
defiantly told his grandmother that she needn't expect him to eat any
porridge for a week.
語彙など
- resignation:辞職
- unmixed:純粋の
- look upon ~ as:〜を〜と見なす
- sheer:全くの
- catastrophe:大災害
- have hysterics:ヒステリーを起こす
- pitched battle:長く激しい戦い,激戦
- unprovoked:いわれのない
- by way of:〜する目的で
- relieve:解放する
- defiantly:ふてくされて
- porridge:ポリッジ(水または牛乳でオートミールなどを煮た粥状のもの)