But even before these sounds arose, the ladies looked at one another stunned. For the drunken voices expostulating with Rhett were those of Ashley and Hugh Elsing.

在这之前，屋里的几个女人已经吓得面面相觑，因她们都听出来了，和瑞德争论的那两个醉汉就是艾希礼和休·埃尔辛。

There was not a soul there save the two whom I had followed and a surpliced clergyman, who seemed to be expostulating with them.

在那里除了我所追踪的两个人和个身穿白色法衣、好象正在劝告他们什么似的牧师外，别无他人。

Sometimes, when the day was very unfavourable, his sisters would expostulate.

有时候，天气非常不好，他的姐妹们会劝阻他。

'It is not on that account, indeed, ' Elfride expostulated.

“确实不是因这个因， ” Elfride 告。

I must be allowed to expostulate seriously with the ladies, who follow these idle inventions; for ladies, mistresses of families, are not ashamed to drive in their own carriages to the door of the cunning man.

我必须被允许严肃地向追随这些无聊发明的女士们提出劝告；因女士们，家庭的女主人，并不以驾驶自己的马车到狡猾男人的门口耻。

He might have been a doctor summoning the next patient from the waiting-room, a hysterical patient who had been expostulating feebly with a nurse.

他可能是位医生， 正在从候诊室召唤下位病人， 位歇斯底里的病人， 直在无力地劝护士。

I expostulated with him, but in vain; neither would he so much as tell me who their new captain was.

我跟他争论了番，但没有用；他甚至不肯告诉我新船长是谁。

" No, no-don't say I should change" ! he expostulated; yet there was misgiving in his own voice also.

“不不不——别我要改” ！他告； 然而他自己的声音中也有疑虑。

Mrs Linton took off the grey cloak of the dairymaid which we had borrowed for our excursion, shaking her head and expostulating with her, I suppose: she was a young lady, and they made a distinction between her treatment and mine.

林惇太太把我们了出游而借来的挤牛奶女人的外套给她脱下来，摇着头，我猜是劝她。她是个小姐，他们对待她就和对待我大有区别了。

Finally, don't strain to find synonyms for " he said." Don't make your man assert, aver and expostulate just to avoid repeating " he said, " and please— please!

最后，不要费力去寻找“他” 的同义词。 不要了让“他”不重复而让角色去断言、宣称或抗议，也请——请！

If she had caught one pulling them down from the shelf in some library she would have expostulated.

如果她发现有人把它们从图书馆的书架上拉下来，她就会提出警告。