原文
"Well," said Anne to herself that night, as she brushed her hair before
her gilt framed mirror, "I am glad Diana is so happy and satisfied.
But when my turn comes . . . if it ever does . . . I do hope there'll be
something a little more thrilling about it. But then Diana thought so
too, once. I've heard her say time and again she'd never get engaged any
poky commonplace way . . . he'd HAVE to do something splendid to win her.
But she has changed. Perhaps I'll change too. But I won't . . . and
I'm determined I won't. Oh, I think these engagements are dreadfully
unsettling things when they happen to your intimate friends."
語彙など
- brush:ブラシをかける
- gilt-framed:金色の額に入った
- turn:番
- time and again:何度も
- get engaged:婚約する
- poky:みすぼらしい,古くさい
- commonplace:ありふれた
- splendid:素晴らしい
- determined:決心している
- engagement:婚約
- dreadfully:すごく
- unsettle:動揺させる
- intimate friend:親友