原文
Was it a dream? Was it one of those nightmare things in which you find
yourself engaged or married to some one you hate or don't know, without
the slightest idea how it ever came about? No, she, Anne Shirley, was
lying there, wide awake, in her own bed, and Jane Andrews was beside
her, calmly proposing for her brother Billy. Anne did not know whether
she wanted to writhe or laugh; but she could do neither, for Jane's
feelings must not be hurt.
"I--I couldn't marry Bill, you know, Jane," she managed to gasp. "Why, such an idea never occurred to me--never!"
語彙など
- nightmare:悪夢
- engaged:婚約している
- wide-awake:すっかり目覚めた
- writhe:身もだえする,悶え苦しむ
- gasp:あえぎながら言う