Scarlett saw with amazement that her percale dress had grease spots on it and her hands were freckled and unclean.

她戴着一顶褪了色的遮阳，着头，思嘉惊讶地到看凯瑟琳是细纱长裙上挂着油渍，手上长了黑斑，也不干净，甲盖底下都是泥。如今的凯瑟琳已经失去了上流社会的风度。

She thought that previously, when God did not make the same traps out of the months and years that the Turks used when they measured a yard of percale, things were different.

她认为，，上帝没有用土耳其人测量一码细密布时所用的月份和年份制作同样的陷阱时，情况就不同了。