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What 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 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 chanel bags for cheep 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 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 chanel flap bag lambskin 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, 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 cartier ballon blue muscled arms and legsHis expression was dark with barely controlled emotion, and He loomed huge and dangerousScarlett's heart leapt with primitive fear, yet her breath quickened from excitementThis was what she had dreamed of-Rhett coming into her bedroom with passion overriding his cool self-controlHe strode to the bed, closing the door with a kick "You can't hide from me, Scarlett," he said In one motion his arm swept the unlit lamp off the table onto the floor with a splintering crash, and his big hand set the lighted one down with such force that it rocked perilouslyHe threw back the quilts, grabbed her arms, and dragged her from the bed onto her feetHer dark tumbled hair fell across? her neck and shoulders and over his chanel watches handsThe lace that edged the open neck of her nightdress quivered from the pounding of her heartHot blood stained her cheeks red and deepened the green color of her eyes, fixed on his Rhett threw her painfully against the bed's thick carved post and backed away"Damn you for an interfering fool," he said hoarsely "I should have killed you the minute you set foot in Charleston Scarlett held on to the bedpost to keep from fallingShe felt the surging thrill of danger in her veinsWhat had happened to put him in such a state? "Don't play the frightened maiden with me, ScarlettI know you better than thatI'm not going to kill you, I'm not even going to beat you, although God knows you deserve it Rhett's mouth twisted"How fetching you look, my dolce and gabbana cheap replica handbags

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