原文
Promptly on time Diana appeared with horse and buggy, her rosy face
glowing above her raincoat. The good-byes had to be said then somehow.
Mrs. Lynde came in from her quarters to give Anne a hearty embrace and
warn her to be careful of her health, whatever she did. Marilla, brusque
and tearless, pecked Anne's cheek and said she supposed they'd hear from
her when she got settled. A casual observer might have concluded that
Anne's going mattered very little to her--unless said observer had
happened to get a good look in her eyes. Dora kissed Anne primly and
squeezed out two decorous little tears; but Davy, who had been crying on
the back porch step ever since they rose from the table, refused to say
good-bye at all. When he saw Anne coming towards him he sprang to his
feet, bolted up the back stairs, and hid in a clothes closet, out of
which he would not come. His muffled howls were the last sounds Anne
heard as she left Green Gables.
語彙など
- promptly:ぴったり
- on time:予定どおりに
- buggy:一頭立て軽装馬車
- quarter:部屋
- embrace:抱擁
- brusque:素っ気ない
- peck:〜をつつく
- matter:問題である
- primly:取りすまして
- squeeze out:絞り出す
- decorous:上品な
- spring to one's feet:さっと立ち上がる
- bolt:逃走する
- muffled:音を殺した
- howl:わめき声