Ashley: Even if it is a lie, do you think that I could go off and leave Melanie and the baby? Break Melanie’s heart? Scarlett, are you mad? You couldn’t your father and the girls.

Scarlett: I could leave them. I’m sick of them. I’m tired of them…

Ashley: Yes, you sick and tired, that’s why you’re talking this way. You’ve carried the load¹ for all of us. But from now on, I’m going to be more help to you, I promise.

Scarlett: There’s only one way you can help me. Take me away. There’s nothing to keep us here.
Ashley: Nothing…nothing except honor². Please Scarlett, please dear, you mustn’t cry. Please, my brave dear, you mustn’t …

Scarlett: You do love me, you do love me…

Ashley: No don’t, don’t!

Scarlett: You love me.

Ashley: We won’t do this, I tell you, we won’t do it. It won’t happen again, I’m going to take Melanie and the baby and go.

Scarlett: Just say that you love me.

Ashley: All right, I’ll say it. I love your courage³ and your stubbornness⁴. I love them so much that a moment ago I could have forgotten the best wife a man ever had. But Scarlett, I’m not going to forget her.

Scarlett: Then there’s nothing left for me. Nothing to fight for. Nothing to live for.

Ashley: Yes, there is something. Something you love better than me, though you may not know it, Tara.
(Ashley puts into Scarlett’s hands some soil.)

Scarlett: Yes, I…I still have this. You needn’t go. I won’t have you all stare⁵ simply⁶ because I threw myself at your head. It won’t happen again.

阿希礼：即使我是在说谎，你想我会忍心离开玫兰妮和孩子吗？去伤玫兰妮的心吗？斯佳丽，你疯了吗？你会离开你的父亲和姐妹吗？

斯佳丽：我会。我讨厌他们。我厌倦他们……

阿希礼：你真的是太辛苦了，所以才会这样说。你为我们承受了太多的东西。但从现在开始，我会为你分担，我向你保证。

斯佳丽：你只有一个办法可以帮助我，就是带我走。这里没有什么值得我们留下。

阿希礼：有，还有荣誉。哦，斯佳丽，亲爱的斯佳丽，不要哭了，勇敢些，不要……

斯佳丽：你是爱我的！你是爱我的……

阿希礼：不，不爱，不爱你！

斯佳丽：你爱我！

阿希礼：我们以后再不能这样了，我告诉你，再不能这样，再不会发生这样的事了。我要带玫兰妮和孩子走。

斯佳丽：说吧，说你爱我。

阿希礼：好吧，我说。我爱你的勇气和执着，非常地爱，以至于此刻以前我都忘记了我那世上最好的妻子。但是，斯佳丽，我再不会忘记她了。

斯佳丽：那我什么都没了。没什么可为它而争，为它而生了。

阿希礼：有，你有。你爱它胜过爱我，而你却没意识到，那就是塔拉。

（阿希礼把一些泥土放进斯佳丽的手中。）

斯佳丽：对。我，我还有它。你们不必走了。我不想只是因为这得不到的爱而让大家挨饿。这种事再不会发生了。