原文
When prayer-meeting was over this man came up to Janet and said,
"May I see you home, Janet?"
Janet took his arm--"as primly and shyly as if she were no more than sixteen, having her first escort home," Anne told the girls at Patty's Place later on.
"Miss Shirley, permit me to introduce Mr. Douglas," she said stiffly.
語彙など
- prayer meeting:祈祷会
- primly:取りすまして,上品ぶって
- shyly:恥ずかしそうに
- no more than:〜に過ぎない
- escort:エスコートする
- later on:後で
- stiffly:ぎくしゃくと