Ashley: Oh, mostly of life becoming too real for me, I suppose. Not that I mind splitting¹ rails. But I do mind very much losing the beauty of that, that life I loved. If the war hadn’t come, I’d have spent my life happily, buried at Twelve Oaks². But the war did come. I saw my boyhood friends blown to bits. I saw men crumple³ up in agony⁴ when I shot⁵ them. And now I find myself in a world which for me is worse than death. A world in which there is no place for me. Oh, I can never make you understand, because you don’t know the meaning of fear. You never mind facing realities. And you never want to escape from them as I do.

Scarlett: Escape? Oh, Ashley you’re wrong. I do want to escape, too. I’m so very tried of it all. I’ve struggled for food and for money and I’ve weeded and hoed⁶ and picked cotton until I can’t stand it another minute. I tell you, Ashley, the South is dead, it’s dead. The Yankees and the carpetbaggers have got it and there’s nothing left for us. Oh, Ashley, let’s run away. We’d to go Mexico. They want officers in the Mexican army, we could be so happy there. Ashley I’d work for you, I’d do anything for you. You know you don’t love Melanie, you told me you loved me that day at Twelve Oaks, and anyway, Melanie can’t …Dr. Meade told me she couldn’t ever have any more children. And I could give you…

Ashley: Can’ t we ever forget that day at Twelve Oaks?

Scarlett: Just think I could ever forget it, have you forgotten it? Can you honestly say you don’t love me?

Ashley: No, I…I don’t love you.

Scarlett: It’s a lie.

阿希礼：哦，我想我是害怕越来越现实的生活了。我并不介意建分支铁路，但怕失去往日美好的生活。如果不是战争，我会在十二橡胶园里过着快乐的日子，并终老于斯。但战争来了，我亲眼看到我儿时的伙伴被炸成碎片，我亲眼看着被我开枪击中的人垂死挣扎。现在我觉得自己活着比死了更痛苦。在这个世界上没有我的立足之地。哦，你永远不会明白的，因为你不知道害怕是什么。

斯佳丽：逃避？哦，你错了，阿希礼，我其实也很想逃避。我对这一切都厌倦透了，整天为粮食和钱挣扎，除草、锄地、摘棉花直到筋疲力尽。阿希礼，我告诉你，南方已经没有了。北方人和投机商将我们所有的都拿走了。哦，阿希礼，我们走吧。我们去墨西哥，墨西哥军队需要军官，在那里我们会很快乐。阿希礼，我会为你干活，为你做任何事。你知道你不爱玫兰妮。在十二橡园的那晚，你曾说你爱我。况且，玫兰妮她……米德医生说她不能再生孩子了，但我可以为你生……

阿希礼：哦，难道我们不能忘记那晚在十二橡园的事吗？

斯佳丽：你以为我会忘记吗？你是否忘记了呢？你能说你真的不爱我吗？

阿希礼：是的，我……我不爱你。

斯佳丽：你说谎。