原文
Anne had no sooner uttered the phrase, "home o'dreams," than it
captivated her fancy and she immediately began the erection of one of
her own. It was, of course, tenanted by an ideal master, dark, proud,
and melancholy; but oddly enough, Gilbert Blythe persisted in hanging
about too, helping her arrange pictures, lay out gardens, and accomplish
sundry other tasks which a proud and melancholy hero evidently
considered beneath his dignity. Anne tried to banish Gilbert's image
from her castle in Spain but, somehow, he went on being there, so
Anne, being in a hurry, gave up the attempt and pursued her aerial
architecture with such success that her "home o'dreams" was built and
furnished before Diana spoke again.
語彙など
- utter:口に出す
- phrase:言いまわし
- captivate:〜の心を奪う
- fancy:想像,夢
- erection:建設
- tenant:居住する
- master:主人
- melancholy:物悲しい
- oddly enough:おかしいことには
- persist in:〜を固持する
- hang about:まつわりつく
- arrange:きちんと並べる
- lay out:計画する
- accomplish:成し遂げる
- sundry:いろいろな
- beneath one's dignity:品位にかかわる,沽券にかかわる
- banish:追い払う
- pursue:追求する
- aerial:とらえどころのない
- architecture:建築
- furnish:備え付ける