原文
Jane spoke rather coldly. She had been perfectly sure that the enamored
Billy had no chance at all of inducing Anne to marry him. Nevertheless,
she felt a little resentment that Anne Shirley, who was, after all,
merely an adopted orphan, without kith or kin, should refuse her
brother--one of the Avonlea Andrews. Well, pride sometimes goes before a
fall, Jane reflected ominously.
語彙など
- enamor:〜を夢中にさせる
- induce:説いて〜させる
- resentment:憤慨
- adopt:〜を養子にする
- orphan:孤児
- kith and kin:親類縁者
- Pride goes before a fall.:思い上がりは失敗のもと。おごれる人も久しからず。
- reflect:思案する
- ominously:気味悪く,不吉にも