You'd better write Mrs. Tarleton about that, too.

你最好也写封信给塔尔顿太太，告诉她这件事。

The Tarleton twins are home" . " We heard that.

塔尔顿那对挛生兄弟现在也还呆在家里。" " 我们听说了。

" Curb them but don't break their spirits, " was Mrs. Tarleton's motto.

勒住他们，但不要伤了他们的锐气，" 这是塔尔顿夫的箴言。

It was during one of these brawls that Stuart Tarleton had shot Cade Calvert and Tony Fontaine had shot Brent.

就是在这样一场斗殴中，斯图尔特·塔尔顿开枪伤了凯德·卡尔弗特，托尼·方丹打伤了布伦特。

Mrs. Tarleton grinned and shook the lines.

塔尔顿太太抖了抖缰绳咧嘴一笑。

" I don't know which hit Beetrice Tarleton worse, losing her boys or her horses, " said Grandma Fontaine.

" 我真不知道，比阿特里斯·塔尔顿究竟是丢了孩子心疼，还是丢了马匹更心疼，" 方丹老太太说。" 她对吉姆和那几个女儿一向不大关心，你知道吗？她就是威尔刚才所说的那种人。

And, besides, Beatrice Tarleton never willingly permitted anyone, black or white, to hold reins when her arms were out of slings.

加上，阿特里斯·塔尔顿只要自己的一双手闲着便从不愿意让任何人来驾车，无论他是黑人还是白人。

Not even in de Tarleton fambly.

就连在塔尔顿家也没见过。

" Maybe there won't be any war, " Mrs. Tarleton temporized, her mind diverted completely from the Wilkeses' odd marriage habits.

" 也许并不会发生战争呢，" 塔尔顿夫人心存观望地说，这时她的心想已经从威尔克斯家的古怪婚姻习惯中彻底转过来了。

Mrs. Tarleton came down the hall, carrying two glasses of buttermilk.

虽然许多人是不赞成的。" 这时，塔尔顿太太顺着过道走来，手里端着两杯脱脂牛奶。

Whenever she thought of Scarlett it was hard for her even to be polite, remembering, always remembering Stuart Tarleton.

她一想到思嘉，就想起斯图尔特·塔尔顿，就连礼貌也顾不上了。

The whole family knew that Carreen's thirteen-year-old heart was set upon Brent Tarleton, who never gave her a thought except as Scarlett's baby sister.

全家都知道，卡琳这个１３岁的姑娘已尼倾心于布伦特了，但布伦特却全不在意，只把她当思嘉的小妹妹看待。

But she stopped in mid-smile as she saw the scandalized eyes of Mrs. Tarleton upon her.

她这微笑只笑了一半便收敛起来，因为她注意到塔尔顿太太正瞪着大眼盯着她。

" Where's Ellen this morning" ? asked Mrs. Tarleton.

" 今天早上爱伦在哪儿？" 塔尔顿夫人问。

Mrs. Tarleton's eyes began to snap and her lips to shape soundless words.

塔尔顿在太太两眼射出了愤怒的目光，嘴唇动了动，仿佛要说什么，却没有说出声来。

But Mrs. Tarleton had no such reticences.

可是塔尔顿夫人却没有这样的忌讳。

Betty Tarleton rescued him from his predicament.

赫蒂·塔尔顿把他从困境中救了出来。

Seated with Stuart and Brent Tarleton in the cool shade of the porch of Tara, her father's plantation, that bright April afternoon of 1861, she made a pretty picture.

１８６１年四月一个晴朗的下午，思嘉同塔尔顿家的孪生兄弟斯图尔特和布伦特坐在她父亲的塔拉农场阴凉的走廊里，她的美貌显得更明媚如画了。

" But not as loud as you yell when Mammy washes your ears, " returned Mrs. Tarleton.

" 可还不如你让嬷嬷洗耳朵时叫得响呢。" 塔尔顿夫人回敬她。"

The Tarleton boys have gone to spread the news.

塔尔顿的哥儿们已经去通知大家了。