" Scarlett, how did you manage to get his consent to come to Atlanta and take over the mill? Did he struggle very hard against you" ?

你是怎么取得他，到亚特兰大来为你经营这个木材厂？当时他有没有极力推辞？" 思嘉马上想起父亲葬礼之后她和艾希礼话情景，但随即置之脑后。

He wanted to leave it all behind and find somewhere not yet tainted by the artificiality of modern life.

他想将一切置之脑后寻找一个尚未被现代生活中人造元素所纯净世界。

Let’s just say that even if you did manage to persuade her to fall for you as a cunning ruse, once you plunged in the knife, she would probably just annihilate you.

这么说吧，就算你用狡猾计策说服了她爱上你，一旦你插上刀， 她很可能会把你置之脑后。