But this was differentIt was a place to live, a...
But this was differentIt was a place to
live, a happy place to be, not just the room where food was prepared
and dishes washedShe wished she could stayThe static beauty of
her grandfather's drawing room made her shiver inside when she
thought
of itBut she belonged in a drawing room, not a kitchenShe was a
lady, accustomed to servants and luxuryShe drained her cup
hurriedly
and put it down in its saucer"You've saved my life, Maureen,
I thought I'd go crazy if I had to stay with my auntsBut I've really
got to go back nowYou haven't even had your cakeI'm told my cakes mulberry leather are
worth eating Helen and Mary Kate edged up to their mother's chair,
empty plates in hand"Take a piece, then, but not all of itThe
little ones will be in soon
Scarlett began to pull on her gloves"I've got to go," she
repeated
If you must, then you mustI'll hope you'll stay longer for the
dancing on Saturday, Scarlett? Jamie told me he's going to teach you
the reelMaybe Colum will be back by then, too
"Oh, Maureen! Are you having another party on Saturday?"
"Not to say a partyBut there's always the music and the dancing
when
the week's work is done and the men bring home fake cartier watches their pay packets
You'll be here?" Scarlett shook her headI'd love to, but
I won't still be in Savannah Her aunts expected her to go back to
Charleston with them on Saturday morning's trainShe didn't think
she
would, she'd never thought soSurely Rhett would come for her long
before thenMaybe he was at her grandfather's right nowShe
shouldn't have left the houseShe jumped to her feetI'll stop by again before I leave Maybe
she'd bring Rhett to meet the O'HarasHe'd fit right in, another big
dark-haired man with all the big dark-haired O 'HarasBut he might
slouch against the wall black spy bag in that infuriating elegant way he had and
laugh at all of themHe'd always laughed at her halfIrishness,
mocked
her when she repeated what Pa told her a hundred timesThe
O'Haras
were great and powerful landowners for centuriesUntil the Battle of
the BoyneI don't know why he found that so funnyJust about
everybody we know lost their land to the Yankees, it makes sense that
Pa 5 folks lost theirs the same way to whoever, the English, I think
I'll ask Jamie or Maureen about it, if I get a chanceIf Rhett
doesn't take me away firstHamilton's promised letter was delivered
to cartier watches women the Robillard house just as dark was setting inScarlett grabbed
it like a line thrown to the drowningShe'd been listening to her
aunts quarrelling for more than an hour about who was to blame for
their father's reaction to his birthday"This is about my Atlanta
property," Scarlett said
"Please excuse me, I'll take it up to my room She didn't wait for
them to agreeShe locked the door to her roomShe wanted to
savor
every word in private"What mess have you made this time?" the
letter began, without salutationThe old lawyer's handwriting was so
agitated that it was difficult to balenciaga motorcycle handbags r