Anna de les Teulades Verdes

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

BAB I.

CHAPTER I.

Nyonya

Mrs.

Rachel Lynde Terkejut

Rachel Lynde Is Surprised

NYONYA

MRS.

Rachel Lynde tinggal tepat di tempat jalan utama Avonlea menurun ke sebuah lembah kecil,

Rachel Lynde lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow,

berpagar pepohonan alder dan bunga fuchsia,

fringed with alders and ladies’

dan dilintasi sebatang anak sungai yang berhulu jauh di dalam hutan kediaman Cuthbert yang lama;

eardrops and traversed by a brook that had its source away back in the woods of the old Cuthbert place;

anak sungai itu terkenal berliku dan

it was reputed to be an intricate,

terburu-buru pada bagian awal alirannya melewati hutan-hutan itu,

headlong brook in its earlier course through those woods,

menyimpan rahasia-rahasia kelam berupa kolam dan riam;

with dark secrets of pool and cascade;

tetapi ketika mencapai Lembah Lynde ia sudah menjadi aliran kecil yang tenang dan

but by the time it reached Lynde’s Hollow it was a quiet,

tertib,

well-conducted little stream,

sebab bahkan sebatang anak sungai pun tak mungkin melintas di depan pintu Nyonya

for not even a brook could run past Mrs.

Rachel Lynde tanpa memperhatikan kesopanan dan tata krama;

Rachel Lynde’s door without due regard for decency and decorum;

mungkin ia sadar bahwa Nyonya

it probably was conscious that Mrs.

Rachel sedang duduk di jendelanya,

Rachel was sitting at her window,

mengawasi dengan tajam segala yang lewat,

keeping a sharp eye on everything that passed,

mulai dari anak sungai dan anak-anak,

from brooks and children up,

dan bahwa jika ia melihat sesuatu yang aneh atau tak semestinya, ia takkan tenang sebelum berhasil mengorek sebab dan alasannya.

and that if she noticed anything odd or out of place she would never rest until she had ferreted out the whys and wherefores thereof.

Banyak sekali orang,

There are plenty of people,

di Avonlea maupun di luarnya,

in Avonlea and out of it,

yang dapat mengurus urusan tetangganya dengan saksama

who can attend closely to their neighbors’

berkat mengabaikan urusannya sendiri;

business by dint of neglecting their own;

tetapi Nyonya

but Mrs.

Rachel Lynde termasuk makhluk cakap yang mampu mengurus kepentingannya sendiri sekaligus kepentingan orang lain.

Rachel Lynde was one of those capable creatures who can manage their own concerns and those of other folks into the bargain.

Ia seorang ibu rumah tangga terkemuka;

She was a notable housewife;

pekerjaannya selalu selesai dan selesai dengan baik;

her work was always done and well done;

ia

she

“mengendalikan”

“ran”

Perkumpulan Menjahit,

the Sewing Circle,

membantu mengurus sekolah Minggu,

helped run the Sunday-school,

dan menjadi tiang paling kokoh bagi Himpunan Bantuan Gereja serta Perhimpunan Pendukung Misi Luar Negeri.

and was the strongest prop of the Church Aid Society and Foreign Missions Auxiliary.

Namun dengan semua itu Nyonya

Yet with all this Mrs.

Rachel masih punya waktu berlimpah untuk duduk berjam-jam di jendela dapurnya,

Rachel found abundant time to sit for hours at her kitchen window,

merajut selimut

knitting

“lungsin kapas” —

“cotton warp” quilts —

ia sudah merajut enam belas buah,

she had knitted sixteen of them,

seperti biasa dituturkan para ibu rumah tangga Avonlea dengan suara penuh kagum —

as Avonlea housekeepers were wont to tell in awed voices —

sembari mengawasi dengan tajam jalan utama yang melintasi lembah dan berkelok naik ke bukit merah terjal di seberang.

and keeping a sharp eye on the main road that crossed the hollow and wound up the steep red hill beyond.

Karena Avonlea menempati semenanjung kecil berbentuk segi tiga yang menjorok ke Teluk St.

Since Avonlea occupied a little triangular peninsula jutting out into the Gulf of St.

Lawrence,

Lawrence,

dengan air di kedua sisinya,

with water on two sides of it,

siapa pun yang keluar atau masuk ke sana harus melewati jalan bukit itu dan dengan demikian menempuh ujian tak terlihat dari

anybody who went out of it or into it had to pass over that hill road and so run the unseen gauntlet of Mrs.

mata Nyonya Rachel yang melihat segalanya.

Rachel’s all-seeing eye.