原文
Anne was sitting on the big gray boulder in the orchard looking at the
poem of a bare, birchen bough hanging against the pale red sunset
with the very perfection of grace. She was building a castle in air--a
wondrous mansion whose sunlit courts and stately halls were steeped in
Araby's perfume, and where she reigned queen and chatelaine. She frowned
as she saw Gilbert coming through the orchard. Of late she had managed
not to be left alone with Gilbert. But he had caught her fairly now; and
even Rusty had deserted her.
語彙など
- boulder:大きな岩
- bare:あらわな
- birchen:樺の
- bough:大枝
- grace:優美
- mansion:大邸宅
- court:中庭
- stately:堂々とした
- hall:広間
- steeped:包まれて
- Araby:アラビア
- perfume:香水,香料
- reign:支配する
- chatelaine:女城主
- frown:顔をしかめる
- of late:最近
- fairly:完全に
- desert:置き去りにする