原文
The visit to Echo Lodge was not the least pleasant of many pleasant
holiday outings. Anne and Diana went back to it by the old way of the
beech woods, carrying a lunch basket with them. Echo Lodge, which had
been closed ever since Miss Lavendar's wedding, was briefly thrown open
to wind and sunshine once more, and firelight glimmered again in the
little rooms. The perfume of Miss Lavendar's rose bowl still filled the
air. It was hardly possible to believe that Miss Lavendar would not come
tripping in presently, with her brown eyes a-star with welcome, and
that Charlotta the Fourth, blue of bow and wide of smile, would not
pop through the door. Paul, too, seemed hovering around, with his fairy
fancies.
語彙など
- outing:外出
- beech wood:ブナの森
- firelight:火明かり,炉火の光
- glimmer:チラチラ光る
- perfume:香り
- rose bowl:ローズボウル,バラを生けるためのガラス鉢
- presently:間もなく
- bow:蝶形リボン
- hover around:うろつく
- fairy:妖精の
- fancy:想像