[Gone with the Wind] Miss Margot

Seeing the three little daughters like this, Ellen couldn't hold on any longer, and fainted on the spot, causing Gerald to call the doctor in a panic.It was Mama Hei who reacted quickly and quickly found the smelling salt bottle.

The first thing Ellen did when she woke up was to ask her husband who was looking anxiously at her: "Mr. O'Hara, please tell me what happened at the Twelve Oaks banquet that day? Sue Is what Ellen said true?"

Gerald babbled and babbled for a long time, but still couldn't speak.But Ellen really knows her husband too well.If nothing happened, the husband would definitely not have such a face.

Ellen insisted that she should see Margot alone.Ellen knew that this daughter had always had an idea and would definitely tell herself the answer.

Gerald and Scarlet had no choice but to stay in the dining room and watch Ellen's skirt disappear by the door.

Sure enough, Margot didn't go back to her bedroom, but in her own study, and she didn't sit in front of her usual desk, but moved the small round table to the middle of the study, with a comfortable wicker chair on each side, and a There is a small stool.

Obviously, Margot was waiting for Ellen.

Mother Hei held the hand of the hostess and walked in.Although Mama Hei has a lot to say, she also knows that today's conversation is definitely not trivial.So, the smart black nanny shut her mouth.

Seeing her mother coming, Margot put down the book in her hand, stood up, and curtseyed: "Mom, you're here."

Ellen said, "Are you waiting for me?"

"Yes. Do you want tea? I specially made rose tea."

Ellen didn't refuse.

Margo gently poured a cup of tea for her mother, and held it to her with both hands.

Ellen was holding the teacup, and after a while, she said, "Margo, I'm sorry, I've neglected you, Suellen, and Karin over the past ten years."

Marge smiled and said: "Mom, from another perspective, although we have various shortcomings, compared to Scarlett, we are still your good daughters, so you are so relieved of us. Yeah?"

Ellen was silent for a while, and said, "Before today, yes."

Mag said: "So you came here to know the reason."

Ellen nodded and said, "Yes. Margot, you, can you tell me?"

Mag said: "The reason is very simple, nothing more than two, one is because of the war, and the other is Scarlett."

"War and Scarlet?" Ellen didn't expect such a reason.

Margot said: "Yes, Mom. The war and Scarlett. Mom, I don't know what you think of the war. But you have to admit that in the entire county, there are no people who have really experienced the war, Not a single one. And when I grow up so old, there is only one person who has really experienced the war that I can get in touch with, that is already respectable, who is almost deaf, who can no longer maintain clear logic when speaking, who occasionally Mr. McRae came from Fayetteville as a guest. What's more sad is that because of the old man's old age, almost no one wants to talk to him, let alone listen to him carefully and pay attention to the war in his mouth. different."

Ellen never expected that her 16-year-old daughter would be so smart to notice this old man that most people would not notice.

Ellen whispered: "Margo, you are smarter than I thought. You actually saw something that your father didn't see."

"Mother?"

Margot visibly froze.He obviously didn't expect that Ellen also had his own ideas about war.

Ellen said: "Margo, you are a smart child. Yes, war is sacrifice, death, hunger and disease, but it is not a picnic. But there is no doubt that this is our great cause and it is worthwhile. Each of us is proud."

Margot originally thought that her mother had the same idea as her own, but at the last sentence, she suddenly felt angry in her heart.

Margot said: "Mom, it looks like we have disagreements." He took a deep breath and said, "It looks like we're going to have a longer conversation. Would you mind having two more listeners?"

Ellen was taken aback: "What?"

I saw two young girls standing out from the desk, who else could it be if it wasn't Suellen and Karin?

Margot said: "Mom, I don't want to say it a second time because the content is too much. And it's not an option to let my sisters hide and listen. You don't mind?"

Shocked by the look on Margot's face, Ellen nodded blankly.

Suellen and Karin moved the other two wicker chairs from the corner and sat down.Suellen also took over the job of pouring tea for her mother and sisters.

Margo sorted out her thoughts, and said, "Mom, if we say that the conflict between the Yankees and us started |, it could be said to be land, it could be said to be about the fight for blacks, or it could be said that we are more pursuing the British and the British. European high-end goods, but to put it bluntly, there is nothing more than one word: state rights. Even if they shouted to give blacks freedom, even if we shouted for the dignity of the South, in the end, it was still for state rights. And war is nothing more than States' rights fought one way. Do you agree with what I say?"

Ellen froze for a moment and nodded.

Ellen had heard the term states' rights many times.

Margot said: "Mom, have you noticed the difference in the way the Yankees and ours fight, or in other words, the way of conscription? Whether it is the Yankees or us, those politicians will not go to the battlefield in person. The Yankees wisely choose Let the blacks die for them. A few beautiful lies and a few gold coins can make a large number of blacks become cannon fodder on the battlefield. And what about us? When the South was drafted, the blacks were excluded first, even the poor whites Will be nitpicked, like the guys in the county. Maybe the war will be on our side in the first place, but who's going to notice the dead? Yankee dead are niggers, it doesn't matter to them, just a few words Black people who can be exchanged for a few gold coins. And what about us? Those who die are the upper class people in the south, the elite of society. When the men are almost dead, how will our land and us women protect themselves? ?Mom, do you really think that after a large number of men died in battle, we can still keep our homes? We can continue to live a decent life like this? I'm afraid that at that time, we southern ladies, Even the poor whites live worse than the poor whites. What's more, the poor whites, even the blacks, encouraged by the Yankees dare to humiliate us because there is no protection from men. Mom, can you imagine that scene Pass?"

Ellen said: "Margo, sometimes sacrifice requires more courage than rejoicing at victory. And the south needs this kind of courage."

Margot replied: "Knowing the result, it is not courage to die, but it is stupid. Mom, sometimes, admitting one's inadequacy is more in line with the definition of courage than insisting that oneself is indestructible."

"Margo!"

It never occurred to Ellen that her daughter would say this.

Mag said: "Isn't it? The United States is not the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy. His rights are passed on through the king's power. But the United States is free. Especially in the North, congressmen and governors are elected. Since Those Yankees are shouting, give blacks the right to vote. We just have to turn it around and expose the Yankees' lies, and we can win. There's no need for our men to go to war and be slaughtered like cattle The opponent slaughtered!"

Ellen said: "Margo, why do you have such dangerous thoughts!"

Margot said: "Is it dangerous? Suellen, there is a piece of paper in the second row of the bookshelf over there, and the third book on the left. Can you read it to us?"

Suellen agreed immediately.

But after taking it out, she suddenly froze.

Because this is an article written in French.And Suellen knew no French.

Margot could only say: "I forgot, the first page is in French, and the next two pages are translated by me. You only need to read the English one. Mom, let's enjoy the unpublished article "" The Story of the Reed Stick."