原文
Gilbert, too, was in full chase after a scholarship, but found plenty
of time for frequent calls at Thirty-eight, St. John's. He was Anne's
escort at nearly all the college affairs, and she knew that their names
were coupled in Redmond gossip. Anne raged over this but was helpless;
she could not cast an old friend like Gilbert aside, especially when
he had grown suddenly wise and wary, as behooved him in the dangerous
proximity of more than one Redmond youth who would gladly have taken his
place by the side of the slender, red-haired coed, whose gray eyes were
as alluring as stars of evening. Anne was never attended by the crowd of
willing victims who hovered around Philippa's conquering march through
her Freshman year; but there was a lanky, brainy Freshie, a jolly,
little, round Sophomore, and a tall, learned Junior who all liked to
call at Thirty-eight, St. John's, and talk over 'ologies and 'isms, as
well as lighter subjects, with Anne, in the becushioned parlor of that
domicile. Gilbert did not love any of them, and he was exceedingly
careful to give none of them the advantage over him by any untimely
display of his real feelings Anne-ward. To her he had become again the
boy-comrade of Avonlea days, and as such could hold his own against
any smitten swain who had so far entered the lists against him. As a
companion, Anne honestly acknowledged nobody could be so satisfactory as
Gilbert; she was very glad, so she told herself, that he had evidently
dropped all nonsensical ideas--though she spent considerable time
secretly wondering why.
語彙など
- in full chase:一生懸命に追いかけて
- scholarship:奨学金
- escort:付添人
- rage:怒る
- cast aside:見捨てる
- wary:慎重な
- behoove:〜にふさわしい
- proximity:接近
- coed:共学の学生
- alluring:魅惑的な
- hover around:うろつく
- lanky:やせ気味の
- brainy:聡明な
- freshie:新参者
- jolly:陽気な
- sophomore:2年生
- learned:博学な,教養ある
- ology:学問(biology、ecology、psychologyなどの-ologyが付く名称の学問)
- cushioned:クッション性のある
- parlor:応接間
- domicile:家,住居
- comrade:同志,仲間
- smitten:すっかり惚れ込んだ
- swain:田舎の若者,求婚者
- nonsensical idea:ナンセンスな考え