His voice was oddly pleasant to the ear, the well-modulated voice of a gentleman, resonant and overlaid with the flat slow drawl of the Charlestonian.

他那声音，她听来觉得分外愉快，是一个上等人的节奏抑扬的调子，响亮而带有查尔斯顿人的平稳、和缓、悠长的韵味。

Do you remember at the barbecue, the day our engagement was announced, that a man named Butler, a Charlestonian by his accent, nearly caused a fight by his remarks about the ignorance of Southerners?

你还记得举行大野宴和宣布我们订婚那天的情况吗？那天有个名叫巴特勒、口音像来自查尔斯顿的人，由于他批判南方无知，几乎引起了一场争斗。