原文
To Anne and Priscilla, with their more serious views of life, Phil
remained the amusing, lovable baby she had seemed on their first
meeting. Yet, as she said herself, she had "heaps" of brains. When or
where she found time to study was a mystery, for she seemed always in
demand for some kind of "fun," and her home evenings were crowded
with callers. She had all the "beaux" that heart could desire, for
nine-tenths of the Freshmen and a big fraction of all the other classes
were rivals for her smiles. She was naively delighted over this, and
gleefully recounted each new conquest to Anne and Priscilla, with
comments that might have made the unlucky lover's ears burn fiercely.
"Alec and Alonzo don't seem to have any serious rival yet," remarked Anne, teasingly.
語彙など
- heaps of:たくさんの
- demand:要求
- crowd with:〜でいっぱいにする
- caller:訪問者
- beau:男友達
- fraction:ほんの少し
- naively:単純にも,世間知らずにも
- gleefully:大喜びで
- recount:列挙する
- conquest:征服
- fiercely:猛烈に
- remark:述べる
- teasingly:からかうように