| I'm sure Miles has strayed a time or two, but I've never been
temptedPerhaps you're the same way; I rather hopeso, for your
sake
I apologize again for my clumsiness, ScarlettPull
yourself together and drink your tea And behave better with
Middleton Sally pulled on her gloves with quick, practiced motions
and started for the door"Wait!" said ScarlettWho? Rhett and who?" Sally's
monkey face crumpled in sympathy"Nobody we know," she said
gentlyHe was only nineteen when he left Charleston, and at
that age boys go to a bordello or to a willing poor white girlSince
he returned he's demonstrated great delicacy in refusing all offers
without hurting any feelings"Charleston isn't a newest dior bag sink of iniquity,
dearPeople don't feel any social pressure to be constantly
rutting
I'm sure that Rhett is faithful to you"I'll see myself out As soon
as Sally was gone Scarlett ran upstairs to her bedroom and locked
herself inShe threw herself across the bed and wept
uncontrollably
Grotesque visions assaulted her mind of Rhett with one woman still another, and another and another of the ladies she saw at
parties every dayWhat a fool she'd been to believe that he would be
jealous of herWhen she could no longer bear her thoughts, she rang
for Pansy, then washed and powdered her faceShe couldn't sit and
smile and talk with Miss Eleanor when she woke upShe had to get
away, at least louis vuitton replica speedy for a while"We're going out," she told Pansy * * Scarlett walked for miles-quickly and
silently, uncaring whether Pansy was keeping upAs she passed
Charleston's tall, beautiful old houses, she didn't see their crumbling
pastel stucco walls as proud evidence of survival, she saw only that
they cared not how they looked to passers-by and turned their
shoulders
to the street to face inward toward their private walled gardensThey keep their secrets, she thoughtExcept from each
otherEveryone pretends about everythingwas nearly dark when
Scarlett got back, and the house looked silent and forbiddingNo
light showed through the curtains, drawn each day at sundownShe
opened the door 18k omega watch carefully, making no sound"Tell Manigo that I have
a
headache and I don't want any supper," she said to Pansy while they
were still in the vestibule
"Then come undo my lacesI'm going straight to bed Manigo would
have to notify the kitchen and the familyShe couldn't face
conversation with anyoneShe crept quietly up the stairs past the
open doors of the warmly lit drawing roomRosemary 's loud voice
was
proclaiming Miss Julia Ashley's opinion about something or other
Scarlett hastened her footstepsShe extinguished the lamp and curled
up tightly under the covers after Pansy undressed her, trying to hide
from her own desperate unhappinessIf only she could sleep, forget
Sally Brewton, rolex explorer forget everything, escape
Darkness was all around her, mocking her dry sleepless eyesShe
couldn't even cry; all her tears had been spent In the emotional storm
after Sally's hellish revelationsThe latch grated, and light poured
into the room as the door swung openScarlett turned her head
towards
it, startled by the sudden brightnessRhett was standing in the
doorway, a lamp in his raised handIt cast harsh shadows on the
strong
planes of his wind-burned face and salt-stiff black hairHe was still
wearing the clothes he'd worn 277 sailing; they clung, wet, to his hard
chest and muscled arms and legsHis expression was dark with barely
controlled emotion, and He loomed huge and rolex vintage women's watch danger |
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