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At last he said slowly, "I can't say I...
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At last he said slowly, "I can't say I do,
Scarlett, but I ain't the one to knowI never seen him above four or
five times in my life She felt as if he had struck herThen quick
anger erased the pain
"You just don't understand anything at all, Will Benteen! Rhett's upset
right now, but he'll get over itHe'd never do anything as low as go
off and leave his wife strandedScarlett could take it
for agreement if she wanted toBut he hadn't forgotten Rhett's
sardonic description of himselfAccording to
everything folks said, he always had been and likely always would be
Scarlett stared at the familiar red clay road in front of herHer jaw
was set, her mind working furiouslyRhett would come backHe had
to,
because she wanted him to, and she always got what she wantedAll
she
had to do was set her mind to itwhen and louis vuitton handbags push at Five Points was a
tonic to Scarlett's spiritSo was the disorder on her desk at the
house
She needed life and action around her after the numbing succession of
deaths, and she needed work to doThere were stacks of newspapers
to
be read, piles of daily business accounts from the general store she
owned in the very center of Five Points, mounds of bills to be paid,
and circulars to tear up and throw away
Scarlett sighed with pleasure and pulled her chair up close to the
deskShe checked the freshness of the ink in its stand and the supply
of nibs for her penThen she lit the lampIt would be dark long
before she finished all this; maybe she'd even have her supper on a
tray tonight while she workedShe reached eagerly for the store
accounts, then her hands stopped in midair when a large square
envelope balenciaga bag amethyst on top of the newspapers caught her eyeIt was addressed
simply "Scarlett," and the handwriting was Rhett'sI won't read it
now, she thought at once, it'll just get in the way of all the things
I've got to doI'm not worried about what's in it-not a bit-I just
don't want to look at it nowI'll save it, she told herself, like for
dessertAnd she picked up a handful of ledger sheetsBut she kept
losing track of the arithmetic she was doing in her and finally she
threw the accounts downHer fingers tore the sealed envelope open
Believe me, Rhett's letter began, when Isay that you have my deepest
sympathy in your bereavement Mammy's death il a great lossI am
grate4l that you nortfed me in time for me to see her before she
went
Scarlett looked up in a rage from the thick black pen strokes and
spoke
aloud"'Grateful,' chanel handbags my foot!
So you could lie to her and to me, you varmint She wished she could
burn the letter and throw the ashes in Rhett's face, shouting the words
at himOh, she'd get even with him for shaming her in front of
Suellen and WillNo matter how long she had to wait and plan, she'd
find a way somehowHe had no right to treat her that way, to treat
Mammy that way, to make a sham out of her last wishes like thatI'll
burn it now, I won't even read the rest, I don't have to put my eyes to
any more of hislies! Her hand fumbled for the box of matches, but
when
she held it, she dropped it at once
I'll die of wondering what was in it, she admitted to herself, and she
lowered her head to read onShe would find her life unaltered, Rhett
statedThe household bills would be paid by his lawyers, an
arrangement he had made cartier watch years before, and all moneys drawn from
Scarlett's bank account by check would be replaced automatically
She might want to instruct any new shops where she opened accounts
about the procedure all her current shopping places used: they sent
their bills directly to Rhett's lawyersAlternatively, she could pay
her bills by check, the amount being replaced in her bank
Scarlett read all this with fascinationAnything that had to do with
money always interested her, always had, since the day when she was
forced by the Union Army to discover what poverty was
Money was safety, she believedShe hoarded the money she earned
herself, and now, viewing Rhett's open-handed generosity, she was
shockedWhat a fool he is, I could rob him blind if I wanted to
Probably his lawyers have been cooking those account books for louis vuitton brown canvas handbag ages,
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