英語で読む『赤毛のアン』Chapter1-13

So in the end we decided to ask Mrs. Spencer to pick us out one* when she went over to get her little girl. We heard last week she was going, so we sent her word by Richard Spencer’s folks* at Carmody to bring us a smart, likely* boy of about ten or eleven. We decided that would be the best age—old enough to be of some use in doing chores* right off* and young enough to be trained up proper*. We mean to* give him a good home and schooling. We had a telegram* from Mrs. Alexander Spencer today—the mail-man brought it from the station—saying they were coming on the five-thirty train tonight. So Matthew went to Bright River to meet him. Mrs. Spencer will drop him off there. Of course she goes on to White Sands station herself.”