" Ef you kain, who kin" ? " But what could I do, Mammy" ?

但我认为你是能帮上忙的。

Ah kain make out widout Miss Ellen. Ain' nuthin' lef' now but mizry an' trouble.

如今啥也没有，只有伤心和烦恼。

Ah kain have you buy dat stuff yo'seff. Miss Ellen would hant me.

我决不让你自己去买那玩意。爱伦小姐会恨我的。

Kain nobody sleep. No'm, Ah kain stop fer you ter look around.

不，小姐，俺不能停下来让你看。.

You kain show yo' buzzum befo' three o'clock an' dat dress ain' got no neck an' no sleeves.

你不到下午三点不能露出胸口，况且那件衣服既没领，也没袖。

" You kain sen' me ter Tara ness Ah wants ter go. Ah is free, " said Mammy heatedly.

我是自由的，" 嬷嬷也怒气冲冲地说。" 而且我就是要呆在这里。还是上床躺着吧。

Miss Pitty, she say dey is Inlish but kain nobody unnerstan a' wud dey says. Yas'm 'tis pow'ful smoky an' de soot jes' ruinin' Miss Pitty's silk cuttins.

皮蒂小姐说他们是英国人，可谁也听不懂他们说的话，是的，小姐，煤烟多得很呢，把皮蒂小姐的绸窗帘都弄坏了。