アンの愛情 第二十章

Chapter XX Gilbert Speaks(21)

原文
"Friends! Your friendship can't satisfy me, Anne. I want your love--and you tell me I can never have that."

"I'm sorry. Forgive me, Gilbert," was all Anne could say. Where, oh, where were all the gracious and graceful speeches wherewith, in imagination, she had been wont to dismiss rejected suitors?

語彙など
  • gracious:丁重な
  • graceful:素直な,優美な
  • wherewith:それで,それによって
  • wont:〜することを習慣としている
  • dismiss:退ける
  • reject:拒否する
  • suitor:求婚者