原文
Anne went home with the usual joyous anticipations--which were not
wholly fulfilled. She found Avonlea in the grip of such an early, cold,
and stormy winter as even the "oldest inhabitant" could not recall.
Green Gables was literally hemmed in by huge drifts. Almost every day of
that ill-starred vacation it stormed fiercely; and even on fine days it
drifted unceasingly. No sooner were the roads broken than they filled
in again. It was almost impossible to stir out. The A.V.I.S. tried, on
three evenings, to have a party in honor of the college students, and on
each evening the storm was so wild that nobody could go, so they gave up
the attempt in despair. Anne, despite her love of and loyalty to Green
Gables, could not help thinking longingly of Patty's Place, its cosy
open fire, Aunt Jamesina's mirthful eyes, the three cats, the merry
chatter of the girls, the pleasantness of Friday evenings when college
friends dropped in to talk of grave and gay.
語彙など
- joyous anticipation:楽しい予想
- in the grip of:〜に襲われて
- inhabitant:住民
- literally:文字どおり
- hem:包囲する
- drift:偏流
- starred:星をちりばめた
- fiercely:猛烈に
- unceasingly:絶えなく
- no sooner 〜 than:〜するとすぐ
- stir:動く
- in honor of:〜を祝って
- in despair:失望して
- cosy:=cozy,居心地のよい
- open fire:〔覆いのない暖炉の〕火
- mirthful:楽しげな
- chatter:おしゃべり
- drop in:ちょっと立ち寄る
- grave:重要な
- gay:陽気な