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Pansy
pressed her nose to the sooty pane"Oooh," she whimpered"It
looks
like ghosts movingI'm scared of ghosts, Miss Scarlett
"Don't be a ninny!" But Scarlett shiveredThe long, swaying, gray
wisps of moss were eerie in the gray light, and she didn't like the way
it looked eitherIt meant that they were moving into the low-country,
though, close to the sea and to CharlestonScarlett peered at her
lapel watchThe train was over two hours lateHer
aunts would have waited, she was sureBut even so, she wished she
wouldn't be arriving after dark
There was something so unfriendly about the darkThe cavernous
station in Charleston was poorly chanel purse for cheap litScarlett craned her neck,
searching for her aunts or for a coachman who might be their servant,
looking for herWhat she saw instead were a half dozen more soldiers
in blue uniform, carrying guns slung over their shoulders"Miss
Scarlett-" Pansy tugged on her sleeve"There's soldiers
everywhere
The young maid's voice was quaveringHer fear forced Scarlett to
appear brave"Just act like they're not here at all, PansyThey
can't hurt you, the War's been over for practically ten years She gestured to the porter who was pushing the cart with her
luggage"Where would I find the carriage that's meeting me?" she
asked haughtilyHe led the way balenciaga bag amethyst outside, but the only vehicle there
was a ramshackle buggy with a swaybacked horse and a dishevelled
black
driverScarlett's heart sank
Suppose her aunts were out of town? They went to Savannah to visit
their father, she knewSuppose her telegram was just sitting on the
front stoop of a dark, empty house? She drew in a long breath
She didn't care what the story was, she had to get away from the
station and the Yankee soldiersI'll break a window to get into the
house if I have toWhy shouldn't I? I'll just pay to get it fixed
the same way I paid to fix the roof for them and everything else
She'd been sending her aunts money to live on ever since diamond gucci watch black they lost all
of theirs during the War"Put my things in that hack," she ordered
the porter, "and tell the driver to get down and help youI'm going
to the Battery The magic word "Battery" had exactly the effect she
hoped forBoth driver and porter became respectful and eager to be
of
serviceSo it's still the most fashionable address in Charleston,
Scarlett thought with reliefIt would be too awful if Rhett heard I was living in a
slumPauline and Eulalie threw open the door of their house the
moment the buggy stoppedGolden light streamed out onto the path
from
the sidewalk, and Scarlett ran through it to the sanctuary it
promised
But men's gold gucci watches they looked so old! she thought when she was close to her aunts
I don't remember Aunt Pauline being skinny as a stick and all wrinkled
like thatAnd when did Aunt Eulalie get so fat?
She looks like a balloon with gray hair on top"Look at you!"
Eulalie exclaimed"You've changed so, Scarlett, why I'd hardly know
youSurely she hadn't got old, too, had she? She
accepted her aunts' embraces and forced a smile"Look at Scarlett,
Sister," Eulalie burbled"She's grown up to be the image of Ellen"Ellen was never this thin, Sister, you know that
She took Scarlett's arm and pulled her away from Eulalie"There is a
clear resemblance, though, I will say cartier picasso tank watches tha
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