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| This is an old city with an old
civilizationAn essential part of being civilized is consideration
for the sensibilities of othersYou can do anything you like,
provided you do it discreetlyThe unpardonable sin is to force your
peccadilloes down the throats of your friendsYou must make it
possible for others to pretend they don't know what you're doing
Scarlett couldn't believe what she was hearingThis was not at all
like pretending that initialed napkins belonged to someone elseAlthough she had married three times while she was
in
love with someone else, she had never thought of physically betraying
any one of her husbandsShe could yearn for Ashley, tiffany round tag necklace imagine
Ashley's
embraces, but she would never have sneaked off to meet him for an
hour
in bedI don't want to be civilized, she thought with despairShe'd
never be able to look at any woman in Charleston again without
wondering if she and Rhett were lovers or had ever been loversWhy
had
she come to this place? She didn't belong hereShe didn't want to
belong in the kind of place Sally Brewton was talking about"I think
you'd better go home," she said"I don't feel very well Sally
nodded ruefully"I do apologize for upsetting you, ScarlettIt may
make you feel better to know that there are lots of other innocents in
Charleston, my dear; you're not the only oneUnmarried girls omega de ville watch ladies and
maiden ladies of all ages are never told about things they'd rather not
knowThere are many faithful wives, tooI'm lucky enough to be one
of themI'm sure Miles has strayed a time or two, but I've never been
temptedPerhaps you're the same way; I rather hopeso, for your
sake
I apologize again for my clumsiness, ScarlettPull
yourself together and drink your tea And behave better with
Middleton Sally pulled on her gloves with quick, practiced motions
and started for the door"Wait!" said ScarlettWho? Rhett and who?" Sally's
monkey face crumpled in sympathy"Nobody we know," she said
gentlyHe was only nineteen when he left Charleston, and at
that age boys go to a bordello or to cartier pasha c watches a willing poor white girlSince
he returned he's demonstrated great delicacy in refusing all offers
without hurting any feelings"Charleston isn't a sink of iniquity,
dearPeople don't feel any social pressure to be constantly
rutting
I'm sure that Rhett is faithful to you"I'll see myself out As soon
as Sally was gone Scarlett ran upstairs to her bedroom and locked
herself inShe threw herself across the bed and wept
uncontrollably
Grotesque visions assaulted her mind of Rhett with one woman still another, and another and another of the ladies she saw at
parties every dayWhat a fool she'd been to believe that he would be
jealous of herWhen she could no longer bear her rolex 18k watches 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 each
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