| She moved a little closer to
his side
She could feel the warmth of his body, sense the bulk and strength of
it"Wasn't that a wonderful party?" she said too loudlyHer voice
echoed, sounding strange to her ears"I thought I'd laugh out loud at
old lookdown-your-nose HannahMy grief, when she got a taste of
how
Southerners treat folks, her head was so turned I expected her to start
walking backwards to see where she was going
"Poor
Hannah," he said, "she may never again in her life feel so delightfully
attractive and wittyHe told me he wants to
move
back to the SouthThis visit will probably make Hannah agree
There's a foot of snow on the ground in Philadelphia cartier picasso tank watches Scarlett
laughed softly into the balmy darkness, then smiled with warm
contentmentWhen she and Rhett walked through the light of the
next
streetlamp, she saw that he was smiling, tooThere was no further
need to talkIt was enough that they were both feeling good, both
smiling, walking together, in no hurry to be any place elseTheir
route took them past the docksThe sidewalk abutted a long row of
ships chandlers, narrow buildings with tightly shuttered shops on
street level and the darkened windows of living quarters aboveMany
of the windows were open to the almost-summery warmth of the
nightA
dog barked half-heartedly at the sound of their stepsRhett
commanded
it to be hermes replica quiet, his own voice mutedThe dog whimpered once, then
was
still
They walked forward, past widely spaced street lampsRhett adjusted
his long stride automatically to match Scarlett's shorter one, and the
sound of heels on brick became a single clack clack clack
clack-testimony of the comfortable unity of the momentOne street
lamp had gone outIn the patch of greater darkness Scarlett noticed
for the first time that the sky seemed very near, its spangling of
stars brighter than she could remember them ever beforeOne star
looked almost close enough to touch"Rhett, look at the sky," she
said
softly"The stars look so close He stopped walking, put his hand
over hers to rolex watch for sale signal her to stop, too"It's because of the sea," he
said, the sound of his voice low and warm
"We're past the warehouses now, and there's only waterListen and
you
can hear it breathing They stood very stillScarlett strained to
hearThe rhythmic slap slap of the moving water against the invisible
pilings of the seawall became audible
Gradually it seemed to get louder, until she was amazed she hadn't
been
hearing it all the timeThen another sound merged with the cadence
of
the tidal riverIt was music, a thin high slow procession of notes
The purity of them made her eyes fill with unexpected tears"Do you
hear it?" she asked fearfullyWas she imagining things? chanel black and white purse "YesIt's
a homesick sailor on the ship anchored out thereThe tune is 'Across
the Wide Missouri They make those flute-like whistles themselves
Some of them have a real gift for playingHe must have the watch
See, there's a lantern in the rigging, that's where the ship isThe
lantern's supposed to warn any other ship traffic that she's anchored
there, but you always have a man on watch, too, to look for anything
approachingMaybe two in busy lanes like this riverThere are
always small boats, people who know the river moving at night when
no
one can see them
"Why would they do that?"
"A thousand reasons, all of them either dishonest or noble, depending
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