原文
"I can't see that it's so terribly romantic at all," said Marilla rather
crisply. Marilla thought Anne was too worked up about it and had plenty
to do with getting ready for college without "traipsing" to Echo Lodge
two days out of three helping Miss Lavendar. "In the first place two
young fools quarrel and turn sulky; then Steve Irving goes to the States
and after a spell gets married up there and is perfectly happy from all
accounts. Then his wife dies and after a decent interval he thinks he'll
come home and see if his first fancy'll have him. Meanwhile, she's been
living single, probably because nobody nice enough came along to want
her, and they meet and agree to be married after all. Now, where is the
romance in all that?"
語彙など
- crisply:キビキビと
- work up about:〜のことで興奮する
- traipse:ダラダラ歩く
- in the first place:まず第一に
- quarrel:けんかする
- sulky:不機嫌な
- spell:しばらくの間
- from all accounts:誰に聞いても,誰の目にも
- decent:適当な
- interval:間隔
- fancy:好み