| "The only question is, will she grow into them? It can be a
great handicap, being beautiful and having been a belleLots of
women
never recover from it
"It was ridiculous, the way she flirted with Edward
"Automatic, I think, not really ridiculousThere are plenty of men
who expect just thatkind of thing, tooMaybe they need it now more
than ever beforeThey've lost everything else that once made them
feel like men, all their wealth, their lands, and their power The
two women were silent for a while, thinking of things better left
unadmitted by a proud people under the heel of a military occupying
forceSally cleared her throat, breaking the somber mood"One
good
thing," she said in a positive way, "Rhett's wife is desperately in mens gucci watches love
with himHer face lit up like a sunrise when he appeared in that
doorway, did you see?"
"No, I didn't," said EmmaWhat I saw was the
same look-but it was on Anne's face eyes kept returning to the
door
What was keeping Rhett so long? Eleanor Butler pretended not to
notice,
but a tiny smile nestled in the corners of her mouthHer fingers
moved a gleaming ivory shuttle rapidly back and forth, tatting an
intricate web of loopsIt should have been a cozy momentThe
drawing room curtains were closed against the storm and the dark,
lamps
were lit on tables throughout the two beautiful adjoining rooms, and a
golden, crackling fire banished chill and dampBut Scarlett's nerves
were too drawn to be comforted by the domestic sceneWhere purse logo was
Rhett?
Would he still be angry when he returned? She tried to keep her mind
on what Rhett's mother was saying, but she couldn'tShe didn't care
about the Confederate Home for Widows and OrphansHer fingers
touched
the bodice of her dress, but there were no cascades of lace to fiddle
withSurely he wouldn't care about her clothes if he really didn't
care about her, would he? so the school just sort of grew by
itself because there was no place else really for the orphans to go,
Mrs"It's been more successful than we would
have
dared to hopeLast June, there were six graduated, all of them
teachers now themselvesTwo of the girls have gone to Walterboro to
teach, and one actually had a choice of places, either Yemassee chloe black chloe black or
Camden
Another onesuch a sweet girl-wrote to us, I'll show you the letter Oh,
where is he? What could be taking him so long? If I have to sit still
much longer, I'll screamThe bronze clock on the mantel chimed and
Scarlett jumped"I wonder what's keeping Rhett?"
said his motherHe knows we have supper at seven, and
he always enjoys a toddy firstHe'll be soaked to the skin, too;
he'll have to change hisclothesButler put her tatting down on
the table at her side"I'll just go see if the rain's stopped," she
saidScarlett leapt to her feet She walked quickly, released, and pulled back an edge of
the heavy silk curtainOutside a heavy mist was billowing over the
sea-wall promenadeIt swirled in the street and coiled upward like a
live cartier pasha watch thingThe street lamp was a glowing, undefined brightness in the
moving whiteness surrounding itShe drew back from the eerie
formlessness and dropped the silk over the sight of it"It's all
foggy," she said, "but it's not rainingDo you think Rhett's all
right?" Eleanor Butler smiled"He's been through worse than a little
wet and fog, Scarlett, you know thatOf course he's all right
You'll hear him at the door any minute now As if the words had
caused it, there came the sound of the great front door opening
Scarlett heard Rhett's laughter and the deep voice of Manigo, the
butler"You best hand me them wet things, Mist' Rhett, boots, tooI
got your house shoes right here," Manigo was sayingI'll go up and changeButler I'll be
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