原文
For a few minutes nobody spoke. The girls were too nervous to find
words, and neither the ancient ladies nor the china dogs seemed
conversationally inclined. Anne glanced about the room. What a dear
place it was! Another door opened out of it directly into the pine grove
and the robins came boldly up on the very step. The floor was spotted
with round, braided mats, such as Marilla made at Green Gables, but
which were considered out of date everywhere else, even in Avonlea. And
yet here they were on Spofford Avenue! A big, polished grandfather's
clock ticked loudly and solemnly in a corner. There were delightful
little cupboards over the mantelpiece, behind whose glass doors
gleamed quaint bits of china. The walls were hung with old prints and
silhouettes. In one corner the stairs went up, and at the first low turn
was a long window with an inviting seat. It was all just as Anne had
known it must be.
語彙など
- conversationally:打ち解けて
- inclined:〜したい気がする
- pine grove:松林
- robin:コマドリ
- boldly:大胆に,平気で
- braided:編んだ
- out of date:時代遅れの
- everywhere else:他のどの場所にも
- polished:磨き上げた
- solemnly:おごそかに
- cupboard:食器棚,戸棚
- mantelpiece:マントルピース
- gleam:輝く
- quaint:風変わりな,古風で趣のある
- bits of:ちっぽけな
- china:(陶)磁器
- hung with:が貼られている
- print:印刷物
- silhouette:影絵
- inviting:魅力のある