10 Anne’s Confession

CHAPTER 10 Anne's Confession A few days before the picnic, Marilla came into the kitchen with a frown on her face. She found Anne shelling peas. "Anne," she said sternly. "Have you seen my brooch?" "Your brooch, Marilla?" Anne looked up from her work.

第十章安妮的忏悔野餐的前几天，玛丽拉皱着眉头走进厨房。 她发现安妮在剥豌豆壳。 “安妮，”她严厉地说。“你看到我的胸针了吗？”“你的胸针，玛丽拉？”安妮从工作中抬起头来。

"Yes," she responded. "The pearl brooch that was my mother's. Have you seen it?" Anne looked back down. "I saw it this afternoon when you were in town," said Anne, a little slowly. "I was passing your room and saw it on the cushion, so I went to look at it." "Did you touch it?" asked Marilla. "Y-e-s-s," admitted Anne. "I picked it up and pinned it to my shirt just to see how it would look." "You had no right to do anything of the sort. It was very wrong. Where did you put it?" "Oh, I put it back. I was only in your room for a minute, I promise." "You didn't put it back," said Marilla. "The brooch is not on its cushion. It's not in my room at all!" Anne stood up. "I did put it back! I

“是的，”她回答。“那枚珍珠胸针是我母亲的。 你看见了吗？”安妮低头看了看。 “今天下午你在城里的时候我看到了，”安妮说，语速有点慢。 “我路过你的房间，看到它在靠垫上，所以我就过去看了看。” “你碰它了吗？”玛丽拉问。 “嗯——嗯——嗯——”安妮承认道。“我把它捡起来，别在我的衬衫上，只是想看看它是什么样子。” “你没有权利做这种事。 这是非常错误的。你把它放在哪儿了？”“哦，我把它放回去了。 我只在你房间里待了一分钟，我保证。” “你没有把它放回去。”玛丽拉说。 “胸针不在靠垫上。 它根本不在我的房间里！”安妮站了起来。 “我把它放回去了！”我

remember it clearly. I just don't remember whether I stuck it in the pincushion or laid it on the china tray." "I'll go and have another look," said Marilla. "If you put that brooch back, it's still there. If it isn't, I'll know you didn't, that's all!" Marilla looked behind the dresser and under the bed but found nothing. She was very angry. How could Anne do this—and lie about it? Anne refused to admit that she took the brooch from the room. She insisted she put it right back. "Fine. If that's your only answer"—Marilla stood with arms crossed—"you can go up to your room and stay there until you're ready to admit the truth." "But the picnic?" Anne stuttered. "You'll not go unless you confess," Marilla

把它记清楚。我只是不记得我是把它插在针垫里还是放在瓷盘上了。” “我再去看看，”玛丽拉说。 “如果你把胸针放回去，它还在那里。 如果不是，我就知道不是你干的，仅此而已！”玛丽拉找了梳妆台后面和床底下，但什么也没找到。 她非常生气。安妮怎么能这么做——还撒谎？ 安妮拒绝承认她从房间里拿走了胸针。 她坚持要把它放回去。 “很好。如果这是你唯一的答案，”玛丽拉双臂交叉地站着，“你可以回你的房间去，呆在那里，直到你准备好承认真相。” “但是野餐呢？”安妮口吃。 “你不认罪就不能去，”玛丽拉说

said sternly. "Now, upstairs!" Anne did as she was told and slowly climbed the stairs. When Matthew came in for afternoon tea, Marilla told him the story. "She was admiring that brooch only last week," she said. "She even asked if I thought pearls were the souls of lilies." Marilla shook her head sadly. "I'm sure she didn't mean to lose it. Likely she took it outside to play one of her games and lost it. It just breaks my heart, Matthew. It was Mother's brooch." "Now, now, Marilla," Matthew said, trying to comfort her. The day of the Sunday school picnic finally arrived. Marilla took Anne's breakfast up to her room. As soon as she opened the door, Anne began to speak. "Very well, Marilla," she started. "I will confess to the crime. I took your brooch

严厉地说。“现在,楼上!”安妮照吩咐的做了，慢慢地爬上楼梯。 马修进来喝下午茶时，玛丽拉给他讲了这个故事。 “她上周还在欣赏那枚胸针，”她说。 “她甚至问我，珍珠是不是百合花的灵魂。” 玛丽拉伤心地摇了摇头。 “我敢肯定她不是故意弄丢的。 可能是她带它出去玩游戏，然后把它弄丢了。 这让我很伤心，马修。 那是妈妈的胸针。”“好了，好了，玛丽拉，”马修说，试图安慰她。 主日学校野餐的日子终于到了。 玛丽拉把安妮的早餐送到她的房间。 安妮一打开门，就开始说话了。 “很好，玛丽拉，”她说。 “我承认我的罪行。 我拿了你的胸针

outside. I imagined I was a princess out for a ride on my beautiful mare. When crossing the bridge, I noticed how the brooch sparkled in the water. I leaned over to get a better look and the brooch fell into the water. I'm very sorry, Marilla—I wish I could take it all back." Anne hung her head. "And now, Marilla," Anne said, "I'd like you to punish me so that we can get it over with. I'd like to go to the picnic." "Picnic indeed!" Marilla said. "That shall be your punishment, Anne Shirley! You won't be going to any picnic!" "No! Oh, please, Marilla," Anne cried. "That would be too awful! It's my first chance to taste ice cream! You promised me I could go if I confessed. That's the reason I confessed." "There's no reason for you to plead. You're not going and that's that."

在外面。我想象自己是一个公主，骑着我美丽的母马出去兜风。 过桥时，我注意到胸针在水里闪闪发光。 我俯身想看得更清楚，胸针掉进了水里。 我很抱歉，玛丽拉——我真希望我能把一切都收回来。” 安妮低下了头。“现在，玛丽拉，”安妮说，“我想让你惩罚我，这样我们就能把事情了结了。 我想去野餐。” “确实野餐!”玛丽拉说。 “这就是对你的惩罚，安妮·雪莉！”你不能去野餐了！”“不!哦，求你了，玛丽拉，”安妮叫道。 “那太可怕了！”这是我第一次有机会品尝冰淇淋！你答应过我，如果我认罪就可以走。 这就是我坦白的原因。” “你没有理由辩护。 你不能去，就这样。”

Anne threw herself onto her bed in tears. Marilla left the room. She spent the rest of the morning cleaning the house, trying to forget there was a weeping, upset girl upstairs. She called her down for lunch but Anne would not be moved. After eating, Marilla went up to her own room to get her shawl that needed mending. As she took it down from its hook she noticed something sparkling. When she turned the shawl over, she saw her pearl brooch dangling from a thread. "Oh no," Marilla gasped. "I remember now that when I took off my shawl Monday afternoon I laid it on the bureau for a minute. I suppose the brooch got caught in it somehow. Why would she tell me she took the brooch if she didn't? Oh, poor Anne! She must have made up that confession just to go to the picnic!" She rushed to Anne's room.

安妮泪流满面地倒在床上。 玛丽拉离开了房间。整个上午她都在打扫房子，试图忘记楼上有个伤心哭泣的女孩。 她叫安妮下来吃午饭，但安妮不为所动。 吃完饭，玛丽拉回到楼上自己的房间去拿需要缝补的披肩。 当她从钩子上取下来时，她注意到有什么东西在闪闪发光。 当她把披肩翻过来时，她看到她的珍珠胸针挂在一根线上。 “哦，不，”玛丽拉喘着气说。“我现在记得，星期一下午脱下披肩时，我把它放在写字台上一会儿。 我猜胸针不知道怎么被夹住了。 如果她没有拿胸针，为什么要告诉我是她拿的？ 哦，可怜的安妮！她一定是为了去野餐才编出来的！”她冲到安妮的房间。