原文
"I know," nodded Diana. "It's the Gillis coming out in her . . . she
can't help it. Mrs. Lynde says that if ever a Gillis girl thought about
anything but the boys she never showed it in her walk and conversation.
She talks about nothing but boys and what compliments they pay her, and
how crazy they all are about her at Carmody. And the strange thing is,
they ARE, too . . ." Diana admitted this somewhat resentfully. "Last
night when I saw her in Mr. Blair's store she whispered to me that she'd
just made a new 'mash.' I wouldn't ask her who it was, because I
knew she was dying to BE asked. Well, it's what Ruby always wanted, I
suppose. You remember even when she was little she always said she meant
to have dozens of beaus when she grew up and have the very gayest time
she could before she settled down. She's so different from Jane, isn't
she? Jane is such a nice, sensible, lady-like girl."
語彙など
- nod:うなずく
- nothing but:〜だけ
- compliment:おせじ
- crazy:熱中した
- somewhat:いくらか
- resentfully:腹立たしげに
- mash:いい人
- beau:恋人
- gay:陽気な
- settle down:結婚して身を固める
- sensible:分別のある,聡明な