" Well, suh, Miss Scarlett wuz mout nigh as pretty w'en she come but not quite" .

" 哦，思嘉小姐生下来和她差不多漂亮，不过稍差一点。" " 再喝一杯，嬷嬷。

An' Ah din' know you wuz in 'Lanta. Ah thought you wuz at Tara.

我也不知道您就在亚特兰大，我还以为您在塔拉呢。

'Cept she wuz worried ter a ghos' 'bout de young Misses kase we couldn' git no medicines nor nuthin'.

她只担心两个年轻姑娘，因为咱们没有药，什么也没有。

An' she wuz allus gittin' outer baid affer eve'ybody sleep an runnin' roun' de house barefoot.

她常常等别人睡着了溜下床来，光着脚在屋里到处走动。

An' dey wuz sceered of me, kase Ah's so big.

他们不喜欢黑人，他们怕我，因为我块儿大。

An' dey wuz allus astin' me 'bout de blood houn's dat chase me an' de beatin's Ah got.

他们还老问我猫狗怎么追我，我怎么挨打。

Ah wuz plumb 'stracted, Miss Melly, kase Ah done had sumpin' on mah conscience all de time an' it weighin' me down.

我心里乱极了，媚兰小姐，因为我良心上一直压着一桩事再也忍受不住了。

Ah's done heshed mah mouf, even ef Miss Ellen in de Promise Lan' wuz sayin' 'Mammy, Mammy! You ain' look affer mah chile right! '

这些事，我都没吭声，就连爱伦小姐在九泉之下也会责怪我说：'嬷嬷，嬷嬷！你怎么不好照看我的孩子呀！'好吧，那些事都过去了，可这件事，我不赞成，思嘉小姐，你不能嫁给一个下流坯。

It wuz me as sceered Lil Miss of de dahk.' An' den, Miss Melly, Ah put mah haid down an' waited fer him ter hit me.

是我叫小小姐在黑暗中受惊了呢。'说完，媚兰小姐，我就把头低下来，等着他来打了。

" Missy, I got a pardner here who I wuz aimin' ter git ter the horsepittle but looks like he ain't goin' ter last that fer. Kin you take him in" ?

" 俺这里有伴儿，小姐，俺本想把他送到医院里去，可是他好像再也走不动了，你让他进来好吗？"

Den de Yankees come in an' a Yankee gempmum, he wuz a cunnel, he tek a shine ter me an' he keep me te ten' ter his hawse an' his boots.

后来北方佬来了，有个军官是个上校，他看中了我，叫我去给他喂马，擦靴子。

" Oh, Miss Scarlett, de cellar wuz de fust place dey went" . A swimming nausea compounded of hunger, sleeplessness, exhaustion and stunning blows came on suddenly and she gripped the carved roses under her hand.

" 唔，思嘉小姐，酒害是他们最先去的地方呀！" 一阵由饥饿、失眠、劳累和迎头打击所混合引起的恶心突然袭来，她迅速抓住椅子扶手上的雕花，定一定神。

Den he light outer de house on de hawse an' he wuz gone tell 'bout sundown. W'en he come t'arin' home, Ah seed dat he'd been drinkin' an' drinkin' heavy, but he wuz cahyin' it well's usual.

他急急忙忙回到家里时，我发现他喝得醉醺醺的，不过还像平常那样勉强支持着。

Dey done sont an' tuck us, kase us wuz de fo' bigges' an' stronges' han's at Tara" . His white teeth showed proudly. " Dey specially sont fer me, kase Ah could sing so good.

他们才挑中，送俺到这儿来的。" 他骄傲地露出一口雪白的牙齿笑着说。" 他们特别看中了俺，就因为俺唱得很好。

Ah knows you. An' Ah seed Mist' Frank's face jes' now an' Ah seed yo' face, an' Ah kin read yo' mine lak a pahson read a Bible. An' Ah heerd dat whisperin' you wuz givin' him 'bout Miss Suellen.

我还听见你对他讲的悄悄话，关于苏伦小姐的。