傑拉爾德的聲音出奇地平靜，他慢吞吞地說著，仿佛是從壹個很少使用的思想匣子裏把話壹字壹句地抽出來似的。
“It’s only Ashley you’re wanting
and you’ll not be having him. And if he wanted to marry you
‘ould be with misgivings that I’d say Yes
for an the fine friendship that’s beeen me and John Wilkes.” And
seeing her startled look
he continued: “I want my girl to be happy and you wouldn’t be happy with him.”
“妳唯壹要的是艾希禮，可是卻得不到他。而且即使他要和妳結婚，我也未必就樂意應許，無論我同約翰·威爾克斯有多好的交情。"這時他看到她驚惶的神色，便接著說：“我要讓我的女兒幸福，可妳同他在壹起是不會幸福的。”
“Oh
I would! I would!”
“啊，我會的，我會的！”
“That you would not
daughter. Only when like marries like can there be any happiness.”
“女兒，妳不會的。只有同壹類型的人兩相匹配，才有幸福可言。”
Scarlett had a sudden treacherous desire to cry out
“But you’ve been happy
and you and Mother aren’t alike
” but she repressed it
fearing that he would box her ears for her impertinence .
思嘉忽然心裏起了種惡意，想大聲喊出來：“可妳不是壹直很幸福呀，盡管妳和媽並不是同類的人，"不過她把這念頭壓下去了，生怕他容忍不了這種鹵莽行為，給她壹耳光。
“Our people and the Wilkes are different
” he went on slowly
fumbling for words. “The Wilkes are different from any of our neighbors—different from any family I ever knew. They are queer folk
and it’s best that they marry their cousins and keep their queerness to themselves.”
“咱們家的人跟威爾克斯家的人不壹樣，"他字斟句酌地慢慢說。"威爾克斯家跟咱們所有的鄰居----跟我所認識的每家鄰居都不壹樣。他們是些古古怪怪的人，最好是和他們的表姐妹去結婚，讓他們壹起保持自己的古怪去吧。”
“Why
Pa
Ashley is not—”
“怎麽，爸爸，艾希禮可不是----”
“Hold your whist
Puss! I said nothing against the lad
for I like him. And when I say queer
it’s not crazy I’m meaning. He’s not queer like the Calverts who’d gamble everything they have on a horse
or the Tarletons who turn out a drunkard or o in every litter
or the Fontaines who are hot-headed little brutes and after murdering a man for a fancied slight. That kind of queerness is easy to understand
for sure
and but for the grace of God Gerald O’Hara would be having all those faults! And I don’t mean that Ashley would run off with another woman
if you were his wife
or beat you. You’d be happier if he did
for at least you’d be understanding that. But he’s queer in other ways
and there’s no understanding him at all. I like him
but it’s neither heads nor tails I can make of most he says. Now
Puss
tell me true
do you understand his folderol about books and poetry and music and oil paintings and such foolishness?”
“姑娘！別急呀，我並沒說這個年輕人的壞話嘛，因為我喜歡他。我說的古怪，並不就是瘋狂的意思。他的古怪並不像卡爾弗特家的人那樣，把所有的壹切都押在壹騎馬身上，也不像塔爾頓家的孩子那樣每次都喝得爛醉如泥，而且跟方丹家那些狂熱的小畜牲也不壹樣，他們動不動就行兇殺人。那種古怪是容易理解的，而且，老實說吧，要不是上帝保佑，傑拉爾德·奧哈拉很可能樣樣俱全呢。我也不是說，妳如果做了他的位子，艾希禮會跟別的女人私奔，或者揍妳。要是那樣，妳反而會幸福些，因為妳至少懂得那是怎麽回事。但他的古怪歸於另壹種方式，它使妳對艾希禮根本無理解可言。我喜歡他，可是對於他所說的那些東西，我幾乎全都摸不著頭腦。好了，姑娘，老實告訴我，妳理解他關於書本、詩歌、音樂、油畫以及諸如此類的傻事所說的那些廢話嗎？”
cherous adj. 背信棄義的，叛逆的，不可靠的，危險的
He is treacherous to his friends.
他對他的朋友不忠。
ess[ri'pres] v. 抑制，鎮壓，壓制
His childhood was repressed and solitary.
他的童年是壓抑而孤獨的。
rtinence n. 無禮，魯莽，不恰當
I've had enough of your impertinence.
妳太沒禮貌，我已經受夠了。
le vi. 摸索，笨手笨腳地做 vt. 笨拙地做，弄亂，失球 n. 摸索，失球，漏接球
She is fumbling the light switch.
她正找電燈開關。
rness n. 奇妙，不快
His action for some week have give indication of queerness.
幾個星期以來，他的行為有壹些古怪。
kard n. 酒鬼
The drunkard staggered along the street.
那醉漢趔趄著走在街上。
erol n. 無用的附件