Ana od Zelenih zabata

Anne od Zelenih krovova

Anne of Green Gables

GLAVA I.

CHAPTER I.

Gospođa

Mrs.

Rachel Lynde je zaprepašćena

Rachel Lynde Is Surprised

GOSPOĐA

MRS.

Rachel Lynde živela je upravo tamo gde se glavni avonliški put spuštao u malu udolinu,

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

obrubljenu jovama i fuksijama

fringed with alders and ladies’

i presečenu potokom koji je izvirao daleko gore u šumama starog Cuthbertovog poseda;

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

govorilo se da je to zamršen,

it was reputed to be an intricate,

nagao potok u svom ranijem toku kroz one šume,

headlong brook in its earlier course through those woods,

s mračnim tajnama virova i vodopada;

with dark secrets of pool and cascade;

ali dok bi stigao do Lyndeove udoline, bio je tih,

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

dobro vaspitan potočić,

well-conducted little stream,

jer ni potok ne bi mogao proteći pored vrata gospođe

for not even a brook could run past Mrs.

Rachel Lynde bez dužnog obzira prema pristojnosti i dobrim običajima;

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

verovatno je bio svestan da gospođa

it probably was conscious that Mrs.

Rachel sedi na svom prozoru

Rachel was sitting at her window,

i budno prati sve što prođe,

keeping a sharp eye on everything that passed,

od potoka i dece pa dalje,

from brooks and children up,

i da bi, ako bi primetila nešto čudno ili neumesno, nikada ne bi imala mira dok ne iščačka sve razloge i povode tome.

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.

Ima mnogo ljudi,

There are plenty of people,

u Avonlei i van nje,

in Avonlea and out of it,

koji se mogu savesno posvetiti tuđim

who can attend closely to their neighbors’

poslovima time što zanemaruju svoje;

business by dint of neglecting their own;

ali gospođa

but Mrs.

Rachel Lynde bila je jedno od onih sposobnih stvorenja koja umeju da vode i svoje brige i, uz to, brige drugih ljudi.

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

Bila je izvrsna domaćica;

She was a notable housewife;

posao joj je uvek bio završen i dobro završen;

her work was always done and well done;

„

she

vodila“

“ran”

je Šivački krug,

the Sewing Circle,

pomagala u vođenju nedeljne škole,

helped run the Sunday-school,

i bila najčvršći oslonac Crkvenog dobrotvornog društva i Pomoćnog odbora za spoljne misije.

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

A ipak, uz sve to, gospođa

Yet with all this Mrs.

Rachel nalazila je obilje vremena da satima sedi kraj kuhinjskog prozora,

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

hekleći jorgane od

knitting

„pamučne potke“ —

“cotton warp” quilts —

izradila ih je šesnaest,

she had knitted sixteen of them,

kako su avonliške domaćice imale običaj da pričaju sa strahopoštovanjem u glasu —

as Avonlea housekeepers were wont to tell in awed voices —

i budno pratila glavni put koji je presecao udolinu i vijugao uz strmo crveno brdo s druge strane.

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

Kako je Avonlea zauzimala mali trouglasti poluostrvo što se pružalo u Zaliv Svetog

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

Lorensa,

Lawrence,

s vodom na dve strane,

with water on two sides of it,

svako ko je iz nje izlazio ili u nju ulazio morao je proći onim brdskim putem i tako, ne znajući, kroz šibu svevidećeg oka gospođe

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

Rachel.

Rachel’s all-seeing eye.