アンの愛情 第十四章

Chapter XIV The Summons(4)

原文
"Every time you go to see Ruby you come home looking tired out," she said.

"It's so very sad and dreadful," said Anne in a low tone. "Ruby doesn't seem to realize her condition in the least. And yet I somehow feel she needs help--craves it--and I want to give it to her and can't. All the time I'm with her I feel as if I were watching her struggle with an invisible foe--trying to push it back with such feeble resistance as she has. That is why I come home tired."

語彙など
  • dreadful:無惨な
  • crave:切望する
  • struggle with:〜と戦う
  • foe:敵
  • feeble resistance:弱々しい抵抗