原文
For the next month Anne lived in what, for Avonlea, might be called
a whirl of excitement. The preparation of her own modest outfit for
Redmond was of secondary importance. Miss Lavendar was getting ready to
be married and the stone house was the scene of endless consultations
and plannings and discussions, with Charlotta the Fourth hovering on the
outskirts of things in agitated delight and wonder. Then the dressmaker
came, and there was the rapture and wretchedness of choosing fashions
and being fitted. Anne and Diana spent half their time at Echo Lodge and
there were nights when Anne could not sleep for wondering whether she
had done right in advising Miss Lavendar to select brown rather than
navy blue for her traveling dress, and to have her gray silk made
princess.
語彙など
- whirl:めまぐるしい連続
- modest:控えめな
- outfit:服装一式
- endless:絶え間のない
- consultation:相談
- hover:うろつく
- outskirts:周辺
- agitate:かき混ぜる
- delight:大喜び
- wonder:驚嘆の念
- dressmaker:婦人服の仕立屋
- rapture:恍惚,大喜び
- wretchedness:惨めさ
- navy blue:濃紺