アンの青春13章65

"She set out those cherry trees over there," said Diana. "She told mother she'd never live to eat their fruit, but she wanted to think that something she had planted would go on living and helping to make the world beautiful after she was dead."

set out:配置する
plant:～を植える
go on:～を続ける

「ヘスターはあの向こうに桜の木を植えたのよ」とダイアナが言う。「母親には自分は絶対その実を食べないが、自分が植えたものが生き続けて自分が死んだ後世界を美しくするのに役立っていると思いたいと話していたの」