原文
Two hours later Anne and Charlotta the Fourth came down the lane again.
Gilbert had gone to West Grafton on an errand and Diana had to keep an
engagement at home. Anne and Charlotta had come back to put things in
order and lock up the little stone house. The garden was a pool of late
golden sunshine, with butterflies hovering and bees booming; but the
little house had already that indefinable air of desolation which always
follows a festivity.
語彙など
- lane:小道
- on an errand:用事で
- engagement:約束,予定
- put ~ in order:後片付けする
- lock up:戸締まりをする
- hover:空中に舞う
- boom:ブーンと鳴る
- indefinable:漠然とした
- air:雰囲気
- desolation:もの寂しさ
- festivity:祝祭