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No matter what you may think of me, India, you'll never find anybody to say that I ever backed down on a promise or broke my word India hesitated, and Scarlett knew she was winning"You don't have to go to the store yourself," she said"You can send a list by somebody else India took a deep breath"Only for Beau's school clothes," she said grudgingly Scarlett kept herself from smilingOnce India saw how pleasant it was to get things for free, she'd do a lot more shopping than thatoe Scarlett was sure of it"I'll say good day, then, India Kershaw, the head clerk, is the only one knows about this, and he won't run off at the mouth to anybodyPut his name on the outside of your list, and he'll take care of mens gucci wallets everything When she settled back in her carriage, Scarlett's stomach gave out an audible rumbleShe smiled from ear to earThank heaven it had waited Back home she ordered the cook to heat up her dinner and serve it againWhile she waited to be called to the table she looked through the other pages of the newspapers, avoiding the stories about the PanicThere was a column she'd never bothered with before that was fascinating to her nowIt contained news and gossip from Charleston, and Rhett or his mother or sister or brother might be mentionedThey weren't, but she hadn't really expected anythingIf there was anything really exciting going on in Charleston she'd learn about it from Rhett next time he came chanel replica home Being interested in his folks and the place he'd grown up would be a proof to him that she loved him, no matter what he might believe How often, she wondered, was "often enough to keep down gossip"? Scarlett couldn't get to sleep that nightEvery time she closed her eyes she saw the wide front door of Aunt Pitty's house, closed and bolted against herIt was India's doing, she told herself Uncle Henry couldn't possibly be right that every door in Atlanta was going to be closedBut she hadn't thought he was right about the Panic, eitherNot until she read the newspapers, and then she discovered it was even worse than he'd told herInsomnia was no stranger to her; she'd learned years before that two or three wholesale rolex watches brandies would calm her down and help her sleepShe padded silently downstairs and to the dining room sideboardThe cut-glass decanter flashed rainbows from the light of the lamp she held in her handThe next morning she slept later than usualNot because of the brandy but because, even with its aid, she'd been unable to sleep until just before dawnShe couldn't stop worrying about what Uncle Henry had saidOn her way down to the store she stopped in at Mrs Merriwether's bakeryThe clerk behind the counter looked through her and turned a deaf ear when she spokeShe treated me like I didn't even exist, she realized with horrorAs she crossed the sidewalk from the shop to her carriage, she saw MrsElsing and black chanel handbags her daughter approaching on footScarlett paused, ready to smile and say helloThe two Elsing ladies stopped dead when they saw her, then, without a word or a second look, turned and walked away Scarlett was paralyzed for a momentThen she scurried into her carriage and hid her face in the shadowy corner of the deep enclosure For one horrible instant she was afraid she was going to be sick all over the floorWhen Elias stopped the carriage in front of the store, Scarlett stayed in the sanctuary of her carriageShe sent Elias inside with the clerks' pay envelopesIf she got out, she might see someone she knew, someone who would cut her deadIt was unbearable even to think of itIndia Wilkes must be behind silver rolex daytona watches thi

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