原文
Diana was to be married in five more days. The gray house at Orchard
Slope was in a turmoil of baking and brewing and boiling and stewing,
for there was to be a big, old-timey wedding. Anne, of course, was to
be bridesmaid, as had been arranged when they were twelve years old, and
Gilbert was coming from Kingsport to be best man. Anne was enjoying the
excitement of the various preparations, but under it all she carried a
little heartache. She was, in a sense, losing her dear old chum; Diana's
new home would be two miles from Green Gables, and the old constant
companionship could never be theirs again. Anne looked up at Diana's
light and thought how it had beaconed to her for many years; but soon it
would shine through the summer twilights no more. Two big, painful tears
welled up in her gray eyes.
"Oh," she thought, "how horrible it is that people have to grow up--and marry--and CHANGE!"
語彙など
- turmoil:騒ぎ
- brew:(茶など)入れる,煎じる
- boil:ゆでる
- stew:煮る
- old-timey:昔懐かしい
- bridesmaid:花嫁介添人
- best man:花婿介添人
- heartache:悲嘆
- chum:親友
- beacon:信号を送る
- well up:込み上げる
- horrible:ひどく嫌な