原文
"There's always a piece of unfinished work left," said Mrs. Lynde, with
tears in her eyes. "But I suppose there's always some one to finish it."
"How difficult it is to realize that one we have always known can really be dead," said Anne, as she and Diana walked home. "Ruby is the first of our schoolmates to go. One by one, sooner or later, all the rest of us must follow."
語彙など
- unfinished work:やりかけの仕事
- schoolmate:学校友達
- soon or later:遅かれ早かれ