(Ashley leaves the hall with intention¹ of walking around the house. But before he can do this, Scarlett calls him into a detached² room..)

    Scarlett: Ashley!

    Ashley: Scarlett…who are you hiding from here? What are you up to? Why aren’t you upstairs resting with the other girls What is this, Scarlett? A secret?

    Scarlett: Well, Ashley, Ashley…I love you.

    Ashley: Scarlett…

    Scarlett: I love you, I do.

    Ashley: Well, isn’t enough that you gathered every other man’s heart today? You always had mine. You cut your teeth on it.

    Scarlett: Oh, don’t tease³ me now. Have I your heart my darling? I love you, I love you…

    Ashley: You mustn’t say such things. You’ll hate me for hearing them.

    Scarlett: Oh, I could never hate you and, and I know you must care about me. Oh, you do care, don’t you?

    Ashley: Yes, I care. Oh can’t we go away and forget we ever said these things?

    Scarlett: But how can we do that? Don’t you, don’t you want to marry me?

    Ashley: I’m going to marry Melanie.

    Scarlett: But you can’t, not if you care for me.

    Ashley: Oh my dear, why must you make me say things that will hurt you? How can I make you understand? You’re so young and I’m thinking, you don’t know what marriage means⁴.

    Scarlett: I know I love you and I want to be your wife. You don’t love Melanie.

    Ashley: She’s like me, Scarlett. She’s part of my blood, we understand each other.

    Scarlett: But you love me!

    Ashley: How could I help loving you? You have all the passion⁵ for life that I lack. But that kind of love isn’t enough to make a successful marriage for two people who are as different as we are.

    Scarlett: Why don’t you say it, you coward⁶? You’re afraid to marry me. You’d rather live with that silly little fool who can’t open her mouth except to say “yes”, “no”, and raise a houseful of mealy-mouthed brats⁷ just like her!

    Ashley: You mustn’t say things like that about Melanie.

    Scarlett: Who are you to tell me I mustn’t? You led me on, you made me believe you wanted to marry me!

    Ashley: Now Scarlett, be fair. I never at any time…

    Scarlett: You did, it’s true, you did! I’ll hate you till I die! I can’t think of anything bad enough to call you…

　　(阿希礼离开客厅，想到处走走。但是斯佳丽把他喊到旁边的一个房间)

　　斯佳丽：阿希礼！

　　阿希礼：斯佳丽……你在这里躲谁呢？你搞什么鬼？为什么不和其他女孩子一样在楼上休息？这是什么，斯佳丽？这么神秘？
　
　　斯佳丽：阿希礼，阿希礼……我爱你。

　　阿希礼：斯佳丽……

　　斯佳丽：我真的很爱你。

　　阿希礼：哦，你今天已经赢得了其他男士的心，还不满足吗？我的心一直属于你，从小就是这样。

　　斯佳丽：别再逗我了。亲爱的，我赢得你的心了吗？我爱你，我爱你……

　　阿希礼：你别再说了，你会恨我听过这话的。

　　斯佳丽：我永远不会恨你。我知道你是在乎我的。你在乎我，是吗？
　
　　阿希礼：是的，我在乎。哦，我们还是走吧！忘了我们曾经说过的话。

　　斯佳丽：为什么，难道，难道你不想娶我吗？

　　阿希礼：我要娶玫兰妮。

　　斯佳丽：但是你不爱她，因为你在乎我。

　　阿希礼：哦，亲爱的，为什么要逼我说伤害你的话呢？我怎么样才能让你明白呢？你年纪还太小，根本不知道婚姻是什么。

　　斯佳丽：可我知道我爱你，我要成为你的妻子。你不爱玫兰妮。

　　阿希礼：但她跟我很像，斯佳丽。她是我生命的一部分。我们彼此了解。

　　斯佳丽：可你爱我。

　　阿希礼：我怎么能不爱你呢？你对生命的那种激情正是我所缺乏的。但那份爱意并不足以让我们这样两个不同的人有成功的婚姻。

　　斯佳丽：那你为什么不说要娶我，你这个胆小鬼？你不敢娶我！你宁愿娶那个只会唯唯诺诺，会养一窝像她那样说话拐弯抹角的坏孩子的傻女人！

　　阿希礼：你不能那样说玫兰妮。

　　斯佳丽：你是谁？凭什么管我？是你让我以为你想娶我的。

　　阿希礼：斯佳丽，公平点，我从来没有……

　　斯佳丽：你有，你真的有。我会恨你一辈子的，你这坏蛋！