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Anne of Green Gables, Chapter 5, Part 2

Chapter 5, Part 2

"Mr. and Mrs. Thomas moved away from Bolingbroke to Marysville, and I lived with them until I was eight years old. I helped look after the Thomas children--there were four of them younger than me--and I can tell you they took a lot of looking after. Then Mr. Thomas was killed falling under a train and his mother offered to take Mrs. Thomas and the children, but she didn't want me.

Mrs. Thomas was at her wits' end, so she said, what to do with me. Then Mrs. Hammond from up the river came down and said she'd take me, seeing I was handy with children, and I went up the river to live with her in a little clearing among the stumps. It was a very lonesome place. I'm sure I could never have lived there if I hadn't had an imagination. Mr. Hammond worked a little sawmill up there, and Mrs. Hammond had eight children. She had twins three times. I like babies in moderation, but twins three times in succession is too much. I told Mrs. Hammond so firmly, when the last pair came. I used to get so dreadfully tired carrying them about.

"I lived up river with Mrs. Hammond over two years, and then Mr. Hammond died and Mrs. Hammond broke up housekeeping. She divided her children among her relatives and went to the States. I had to go to the asylum at Hopeton, because nobody would take me. They didn't want me at the asylum, either; they said they were over- crowded as it was. But they had to take me and I was there four months until Mrs. Spencer came." Anne finished up with another sigh, of relief this time.

Evidently she did not like talking about her experiences in a world that had not wanted her.

"Did you ever go to school?" demanded Marilla, turning the sorrel mare down the shore road.

"Not a great deal. I went a little the last year I stayed with Mrs. Thomas. When I went up river we were so far from a school that I couldn't walk it in winter and there was a vacation in summer, so I could only go in the spring and fall. But of course I went while I was at the asylum.

I can read pretty well and I know ever so many pieces of poetry off by heart--`The Battle of Hohenlinden' and `Edinburgh after Flodden,' and `Bingen of the Rhine,' and most of the `Lady of the Lake' and most of `The Seasons' by James Thompson. Don't you just love poetry that gives you a crinkly feeling up and down your back? There is a piece in the Fifth Reader--`The Downfall of Poland'--that is just full of thrills. Of course, I wasn't in the Fifth Reader--I was only in the Fourth--but the big girls used to lend me theirs to read." "Were those women--Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Hammond--good to you?" asked Marilla, looking at Anne out of the corner of her eye.

"O-o-o-h," faltered Anne. Her sensitive little face suddenly flushed scarlet and embarrassment sat on her brow.

"Oh, they meant to be--I know they meant to be just as good and kind as possible. And when people mean to be good to you, you don't mind very much when they're not quite--always. They had a good deal to worry them, you know. It's very trying to have a drunken husband, you see; and it must be very trying to have twins three times in succession, don't you think? But I feel sure they meant to be good to me." Marilla asked no more questions. Anne gave herself up to a silent rapture over the shore road and Marilla guided the sorrel abstractedly while she pondered deeply. Pity was suddenly stirring in her heart for the child. What a starved, unloved life she had had--a life of drudgery and poverty and neglect; for Marilla was shrewd enough to read between the lines of Anne's history and divine the truth. No wonder she had been so delighted at the prospect of a real home. It was a pity she had to be sent back.

What if she, Marilla, should indulge Matthew's unaccountable whim and let her stay? He was set on it; and the child seemed a nice, teachable little thing.

"She's got too much to say," thought Marilla, "but she might be trained out of that. And there's nothing rude or slangy in what she does say. She's ladylike. It's likely her people were nice folks." The shore road was "woodsy and wild and lonesome." On the right hand, scrub firs, their spirits quite unbroken by long years of tussle with the gulf winds, grew thickly.

On the left were the steep red sandstone cliffs, so near the track in places that a mare of less steadiness than the sorrel might have tried the nerves of the people behind her. Down at the base of the cliffs were heaps of surf-worn rocks or little sandy coves inlaid with pebbles as with ocean jewels; beyond lay the sea, shimmering and blue, and over it soared the gulls, their pinions flashing silvery in the sunlight.

"Isn't the sea wonderful?" said Anne, rousing from a long, wide-eyed silence. "Once, when I lived in Marysville, Mr. Thomas hired an express wagon and took us all to spend the day at the shore ten miles away. I enjoyed every moment of that day, even if I had to look after the children all the time. I lived it over in happy dreams for years. But this shore is nicer than the Marysville shore.

Aren't those gulls splendid? Would you like to be a gull?

I think I would--that is, if I couldn't be a human girl.

Don't you think it would be nice to wake up at sunrise and swoop down over the water and away out over that lovely blue all day; and then at night to fly back to one's nest?

Oh, I can just imagine myself doing it. What big house is that just ahead, please?" "That's the White Sands Hotel. Mr. Kirke runs it, but the season hasn't begun yet. There are heaps of Americans come there for the summer. They think this shore is just about right." "I was afraid it might be Mrs. Spencer's place," said Anne mournfully. "I don't want to get there. Somehow, it will seem like the end of everything."


Chapter 5, Part 2

"Mr. and Mrs. Thomas moved away from Bolingbroke to Marysville, and I lived with them until I was eight years old. 「トーマス夫妻はボーリングブロークからメアリーズビルに引っ越し、8歳になるまで一緒に暮らしました。 I helped look after the Thomas children--there were four of them younger than me--and I can tell you they took a lot of looking after. 私はトーマスの子供たちの世話を手伝いました-私より若い子供たちが4人いました-そして私は彼らが多くの世話をしたと言うことができます。 Я помогал присматривать за детьми Томаса - их было четверо моложе меня - и могу вам сказать, что за ними очень много присматривали. Then Mr. Thomas was killed falling under a train and his mother offered to take Mrs. Thomas and the children, but she didn’t want me. それからトーマスさんは電車に乗って殺され、母親はトーマス夫人と子供たちを連れて行くことを申し出ましたが、彼女は私を欲しがりませんでした。

Mrs. Thomas was at her wits' end, so she said, what to do with me. Mme Thomas était à bout de souffle, alors elle a dit, que faire de moi. トーマス夫人は彼女の機知に富んでいたので、彼女は私をどうするかと言いました。 Миссис Томас была в бессознательном состоянии, поэтому она сказала, что со мной делать. Bayan Thomas zekasının ucundaydı, bu yüzden benimle ne yapacağını söyledi. Then Mrs. Hammond from up the river came down and said she’d take me, seeing I was handy with children, and I went up the river to live with her in a little clearing among the stumps. Puis Mme Hammond de la rivière est descendue et a dit qu'elle m'emmènerait, voyant que j'étais à portée de main avec les enfants, et j'ai remonté la rivière pour vivre avec elle dans une petite clairière parmi les souches. それから、川の上流からハモンド夫人が降りてきて、私が子供たちと一緒にいるのを見て、彼女が私を連れて行くと言いました、そして私は切り株の間の小さな空き地で彼女と一緒に暮らすために川を上りました。 Затем миссис Хаммонд спустилась вверх по реке и сказала, что возьмет меня, так как я умею обращаться с детьми, и я пошел вверх по реке, чтобы жить с ней на небольшой поляне среди пней. Sonra nehrin yukarısından Bayan Hammond aşağı geldi ve beni alacağını söyledi, çocuklara yardım ettiğimi görünce nehrin yukarısına, kütükler arasında küçük bir açıklıkta onunla yaşamak için gittim. It was a very lonesome place. とても寂しい場所でした。 I’m sure I could never have lived there if I hadn’t had an imagination. Je suis sûr que je n'aurais jamais pu y vivre si je n'avais pas eu d'imagination. 想像力がなかったら、そこに住むことはできなかったでしょう。 Я уверен, что никогда бы не смог там жить, если бы у меня не было воображения. Mr. Hammond worked a little sawmill up there, and Mrs. Hammond had eight children. ハモンド氏はそこで小さな製材所で働き、ハモンド夫人には8人の子供がいました。 She had twins three times. 彼女は3回双子を産んだ。 I like babies in moderation, but twins three times in succession is too much. J'aime les bébés avec modération, mais les jumeaux trois fois de suite, c'est trop. 私は適度な赤ちゃんが好きですが、3回続けて双子が多すぎます。 I told Mrs. Hammond so firmly, when the last pair came. Je l'ai dit si fermement à Mme Hammond, quand la dernière paire est arrivée. 最後のペアが来たとき、私はハモンド夫人にとてもしっかりと話しました。 I used to get so dreadfully tired carrying them about. J'étais si terriblement fatigué de les porter. 私はそれらを持ち歩くのにとても疲れていました。 Раньше я ужасно уставала носить их. Onları taşırken çok yorulurdum.

"I lived up river with Mrs. Hammond over two years, and then Mr. Hammond died and Mrs. Hammond broke up housekeeping. "J'ai vécu en amont de la rivière avec Mme Hammond pendant deux ans, puis M. Hammond est décédé et Mme Hammond a rompu l'entretien ménager. 「私はハモンド夫人と2年間川で暮らしましたが、その後ハモンド氏が亡くなり、ハモンド夫人は家事を解散しました。 "İki yıl boyunca Bayan Hammond ile nehir kenarında yaşadım ve sonra Bay Hammond öldü ve Bayan Hammond ev işlerinden ayrıldı. She divided her children among her relatives and went to the States. Elle a divisé ses enfants entre ses proches et est allée aux États-Unis. 彼女は子供たちを親戚に分けてアメリカに行きました。 I had to go to the asylum at Hopeton, because nobody would take me. 誰も私を連れて行かないので、私はホープトンの亡命に行かなければなりませんでした。 They didn’t want me at the asylum, either; they said they were over- crowded as it was. Ils ne voulaient pas non plus de moi à l'asile; ils ont dit qu'ils étaient surpeuplés. 彼らは私が亡命することも望んでいませんでした。彼らは、彼らがそうであったように彼らが混雑していると言いました。 Beni akıl hastanesine de istemediler; olduğu gibi aşırı kalabalık olduklarını söylediler. But they had to take me and I was there four months until Mrs. Spencer came." しかし、彼らは私を連れて行かなければならず、私はスペンサー夫人が来るまで4か月そこにいました。」 Anne finished up with another sigh, of relief this time. アンは今度は安堵のため息をついた。 Энн закончила с еще одним вздохом, на этот раз с облегчением.

Evidently she did not like talking about her experiences in a world that had not wanted her. 明らかに、彼女は自分を望まなかった世界での自分の経験について話すのが好きではありませんでした。 Очевидно, ей не нравилось рассказывать о своих переживаниях в мире, который ее не хотел.

"Did you ever go to school?" 「学校に行ったことがありますか?」 demanded Marilla, turning the sorrel mare down the shore road. demanda Marilla en faisant descendre la jument oseille sur la route côtière. マリラに要求し、スイバの牝馬を海岸道路に向けた。 - спросила Марилла, поворачивая кобылу на береговой дороге.

"Not a great deal. 「大したことではない。 "Ничего особенного. I went a little the last year I stayed with Mrs. Thomas. J'y suis allé un peu l'année dernière où je suis resté avec Mme Thomas. 去年はトーマス夫人と一緒に少し行きました。 Я немного поехал в последний год, когда жил у миссис Томас. When I went up river we were so far from a school that I couldn’t walk it in winter and there was a vacation in summer, so I could only go in the spring and fall. Quand je suis remonté la rivière, nous étions si loin d'une école que je ne pouvais pas marcher en hiver et qu'il y avait des vacances en été, donc je ne pouvais y aller qu'au printemps et à l'automne. 川を上ったときは、学校から遠く離れていたので、冬は歩けず、夏は休暇があったので、春と秋しか行けませんでした。 But of course I went while I was at the asylum. しかしもちろん、私は亡命中に行った。

I can read pretty well and I know ever so many pieces of poetry off by heart--`The Battle of Hohenlinden' and `Edinburgh after Flodden,' and `Bingen of the Rhine,' and most of the `Lady of the Lake' and most of `The Seasons' by James Thompson. Je peux lire assez bien et je connais toujours tant de morceaux de poésie par cœur - `` La bataille de Hohenlinden '' et `` Édimbourg après Flodden '', et `` Bingen of the Rhine '', et la plupart de la `` Dame du lac '' et la plupart de «The Seasons» de James Thompson. 私はかなりよく読むことができ、「ホーエンリンデンの戦い」と「フロドゥンの戦い」、「ライン川のビンゲン」、そしてほとんどの「湖の女」など、これまでにないほど多くの詩を心から知っています。ジェームズ・トンプソンによる「シーズン」のほとんど。 Don’t you just love poetry that gives you a crinkly feeling up and down your back? N'aimez-vous pas simplement la poésie qui vous donne une sensation de froissement dans le dos? あなたは背中を上下に縮める感じを与える詩が好きではありませんか? There is a piece in the Fifth Reader--`The Downfall of Poland'--that is just full of thrills. Il y a un morceau dans le cinquième lecteur - `` La chute de la Pologne '' - qui est juste plein de sensations fortes. 5番目の読者には「ポーランドの没落」というスリルに満ちた作品があります。 Of course, I wasn’t in the Fifth Reader--I was only in the Fourth--but the big girls used to lend me theirs to read." Bien sûr, je n'étais pas dans le cinquième lecteur - je n'étais que dans le quatrième - mais les grandes filles me prêtaient le leur pour le lire. " もちろん、私は5番目の読者にはいませんでした-私は4番目にしかいませんでした-しかし、大きな女の子は私に彼らの読書を貸してくれました。」 "Were those women--Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Hammond--good to you?" 「それらの女性-トーマス夫人とハモンド夫人-はあなたに良かったですか?」 asked Marilla, looking at Anne out of the corner of her eye. マリラは彼女の目の隅からアンを見ながら尋ねた。

"O-o-o-h," faltered Anne. "Oooh," hésita Anne. 「おお、」アンは挫折した。 Her sensitive little face suddenly flushed scarlet and embarrassment sat on her brow. Son petit visage sensible devint soudainement écarlate et l'embarras se posa sur son front. 彼女の敏感な小さな顔は、突然紅色になり、恥ずかしさが彼女の額に座った。

"Oh, they meant to be--I know they meant to be just as good and kind as possible. "Oh, ils voulaient être - je sais qu'ils voulaient être aussi bons et gentils que possible. 「ああ、彼らはそうなるつもりだった-私は彼らが可能な限り善良で親切になることを意図していたことを知っている。 And when people mean to be good to you, you don’t mind very much when they’re not quite--always. Et quand les gens veulent être bons avec vous, cela ne vous dérange pas beaucoup quand ils ne le sont pas tout à fait - toujours. そして、人々があなたに良いことを意味するとき、あなたは彼らがかなりではないときはいつも大したことはありません-常に。 They had a good deal to worry them, you know. Ils avaient beaucoup à les inquiéter, vous savez. 彼らは彼らを心配するのにかなりのことをしました、あなたは知っています。 It’s very trying to have a drunken husband, you see; and it must be very trying to have twins three times in succession, don’t you think? 酔っ払った夫を作ろうとしているのですね。双子を3回続けてやろうとしているに違いありませんね。 But I feel sure they meant to be good to me." しかし、彼らは私にとって良いことを意味していると確信しています。」 Marilla asked no more questions. マリラはこれ以上質問をしませんでした。 Anne gave herself up to a silent rapture over the shore road and Marilla guided the sorrel abstractedly while she pondered deeply. Anne s'abandonna à un ravissement silencieux sur la route côtière et Marilla guida l'oseille de manière abstraite pendant qu'elle réfléchissait profondément. アンは海岸道路で静かな歓喜に身を任せ、マリラは深く考えながらスイバを抽象的に導きました。 Pity was suddenly stirring in her heart for the child. La pitié remuait soudain dans son cœur pour l'enfant. 哀れみは突然子供のために彼女の心の中で動いていました。 What a starved, unloved life she had had--a life of drudgery and poverty and neglect; for Marilla was shrewd enough to read between the lines of Anne’s history and divine the truth. Quelle vie affamée et mal aimée elle avait eue - une vie de corvée, de pauvreté et de négligence; car Marilla était assez habile pour lire entre les lignes de l'histoire d'Anne et deviner la vérité. 彼女が持っていたなんて飢えた、愛されていない人生-苦痛と貧困と怠慢の人生。なぜなら、マリラはアンの歴史の行間を読み、真実を神聖にするのに十分賢明だったからです。 No wonder she had been so delighted at the prospect of a real home. Pas étonnant qu'elle ait été si ravie à la perspective d'une vraie maison. 彼女が本物の家の見通しにとても喜んでいたのも不思議ではありません。 Gerçek bir yuva olma ihtimalinden bu kadar memnun olmasına şaşmamalı. It was a pity she had to be sent back. 彼女が送り返されなければならなかったのは残念でした。

What if she, Marilla, should indulge Matthew’s unaccountable whim and let her stay? Et si elle, Marilla, devait se livrer au caprice inexplicable de Matthew et la laisser rester? 彼女、マリラがマシューの説明のつかない気まぐれにふけって、彼女をとどまらせるべきだとしたらどうでしょうか? He was set on it; and the child seemed a nice, teachable little thing. 彼はそれに設定されました。そして子供は素晴らしく、教えやすい小さなことのようでした。

"She’s got too much to say," thought Marilla, "but she might be trained out of that. «Elle a trop de choses à dire», pensa Marilla, «mais elle pourrait être formée à cela. 「彼女は言い過ぎだ」とマリラは考えた。「しかし、彼女はそれから訓練されているかもしれない。 "Söyleyecek çok şeyi var," diye düşündü Marilla, ama bunun dışında eğitilebilir. And there’s nothing rude or slangy in what she does say. そして、彼女の言うことには失礼なことや怠惰なことは何もありません。 She’s ladylike. 彼女はおしとやかです。 Kadın gibi. It’s likely her people were nice folks." Il est probable que son peuple était gentil. " 彼女の人々はいい人だったようだ」と語った。 The shore road was "woodsy and wild and lonesome." La route côtière était "boisée, sauvage et solitaire". 海岸道路は「木々が生い茂り、荒々しく寂しい」ものでした。 On the right hand, scrub firs, their spirits quite unbroken by long years of tussle with the gulf winds, grew thickly. Sur la droite, des sapins broussailleux, leur esprit tout à fait intact par de longues années de lutte contre les vents du golfe, se développaient abondamment. 右側では、湾岸の風との長年の喧嘩によって彼らの精神が完全に途切れることのないスクラブファーが厚く成長しました。 Sağ tarafta, körfez rüzgarlarıyla uzun yıllar süren mücadeleyle ruhları oldukça kırılmayan çalı köknarları yoğun bir şekilde büyüdü.

On the left were the steep red sandstone cliffs, so near the track in places that a mare of less steadiness than the sorrel might have tried the nerves of the people behind her. Sur la gauche se trouvaient les falaises de grès rouge abruptes, si près de la piste à des endroits qu'une jument moins stable que l'oseille aurait pu éprouver les nerfs des gens derrière elle. 左側には急な赤い砂岩の崖があり、トラックの近くで、スイバよりも安定性の低い牝馬が背後の人々の神経を試したのかもしれません。 Down at the base of the cliffs were heaps of surf-worn rocks or little sandy coves inlaid with pebbles as with ocean jewels; beyond lay the sea, shimmering and blue, and over it soared the gulls, their pinions flashing silvery in the sunlight. Au pied des falaises se trouvaient des tas de rochers usés par le surf ou de petites criques de sable incrustées de galets comme les joyaux de l'océan; au-delà s'étendait la mer, chatoyante et bleue, et au-dessus d'elle planaient les mouettes, leurs pignons brillants argentés au soleil. 崖のふもとには、波で磨耗した岩の山や、海の宝石のように小石がはめ込まれた小さな砂の入り江がありました。海を越えて、きらきらと青く、そしてその上にカモメが舞い上がり、彼らのピニオンは日光の下で銀色に点滅しました。 Uçurumların dibinde sörfte aşınmış kaya yığınları veya okyanus mücevherlerinde olduğu gibi çakıllarla kaplı küçük kumlu koylar vardı; ötesinde parıldayan mavi deniz uzanıyordu ve üzerinde martılar yükseliyordu, pinyonları güneş ışığında gümüşi parlıyordu.

"Isn’t the sea wonderful?" 「海は素晴らしいじゃないですか?」 said Anne, rousing from a long, wide-eyed silence. dit Anne, sortant d'un long silence aux yeux écarquillés. アンは、長くて目を丸くした沈黙から目覚めながら言った。 dedi Anne, uzun, kocaman bir sessizlikten uyanarak. "Once, when I lived in Marysville, Mr. Thomas hired an express wagon and took us all to spend the day at the shore ten miles away. «Une fois, quand je vivais à Marysville, M. Thomas a loué un wagon express et nous a tous emmenés passer la journée sur la rive à dix miles de là. 「かつて、私がメアリーズビルに住んでいたとき、トーマス氏は急行ワゴンを雇い、私たち全員を連れて10マイル離れた海岸で1日を過ごしました。 I enjoyed every moment of that day, even if I had to look after the children all the time. いつも子供たちの世話をしなくても、その日のすべての瞬間を楽しんだ。 I lived it over in happy dreams for years. Je l'ai vécu dans des rêves heureux pendant des années. 私はそれを何年もの間幸せな夢の中で生きてきました。 Yıllarca mutlu rüyalarda yaşadım. But this shore is nicer than the Marysville shore. しかし、この海岸はメアリーズビルの海岸よりもいいです。 Ama bu kıyı Marysville kıyısından daha güzel.

Aren’t those gulls splendid? それらのカモメは素晴らしいではありませんか? Would you like to be a gull? カモメになりませんか?

I think I would--that is, if I couldn’t be a human girl. Je pense que je le ferais - c'est-à-dire si je ne pouvais pas être une fille humaine. つまり、私が人間の女の子になれないのなら、私はそうするだろうと思います。 Sanırım yapardım - yani, bir insan kız olamasaydım

Don’t you think it would be nice to wake up at sunrise and swoop down over the water and away out over that lovely blue all day; and then at night to fly back to one’s nest? Ne pensez-vous pas que ce serait bien de se réveiller au lever du soleil et de plonger au-dessus de l'eau et de partir sur ce beau bleu toute la journée; et puis la nuit pour rentrer dans son nid? 日の出で目を覚まし、水の上に急降下して、その素敵な青の上に一日中離れるのはいいことだと思いませんか。そして夜に巣に戻るために?

Oh, I can just imagine myself doing it. ああ、私は自分がそれをしているのを想像することができます。 What big house is that just ahead, please?" すぐ前にある大きな家は何ですか?」 "That’s the White Sands Hotel. 「それがホワイトサンドホテルです。 Mr. Kirke runs it, but the season hasn’t begun yet. カーク氏が運営していますが、シーズンはまだ始まっていません。 Bay Kirke yönetiyor ama sezon henüz başlamadı. There are heaps of Americans come there for the summer. 夏にはたくさんのアメリカ人がやって来ます。 Yaz için oraya gelen yığınla Amerikalı var. They think this shore is just about right." 彼らはこの海岸がちょうどいいと思っています。」 "I was afraid it might be Mrs. Spencer’s place," said Anne mournfully. «J'avais peur que ce soit la place de Mme Spencer,» a dit Anne tristement. 「私はそれがスペンサー夫人の場所かもしれないのではないかと心配しました」とアンは悲しげに言いました。 Anne kederli bir şekilde, "Orasının Bayan Spencer'ın yeri olabileceğinden korktum," dedi. "I don’t want to get there. 「そこに行きたくない。 Somehow, it will seem like the end of everything." D'une manière ou d'une autre, cela semblera la fin de tout. " どういうわけか、それはすべての終わりのように見えるでしょう。」