原文
"I am a very frail old woman, Miss Shirley. For over twenty years I've
been a great sufferer. For twenty long, weary years I've been dying by
inches."
"How painful!" said Anne, trying to be sympathetic and succeeding only in feeling idiotic.
語彙など
- frail:虚弱な
- sufferer:病人
- weary:うんざりした
- by inches:少しずつ,ジワジワと
- painful:つらい
- sympathetic:同情する
- idiotic:ばかげた