Monday, February 15, 2010 - "Cast olf," Rhett said at the same timeThe
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| "Cast olf," Rhett said at the same timeThe
sloop moved quickly, caught by the fast river current, sending Scarlett
tumbling down from the short ladder-stair into a graceless sprawl in
the cabin"Damn you, Rhett Butler, I could have broken my neckI'll be down shortly Scarlett heard the
creaking of ropes, and the sloop picked up speedShe scrambled to
one
of the benches and pulled herself upAlmost immediately Rhett
stepped
easily down the ladder, his head bent to clear the hatchHe
straightened up, and his head grazed the polished wood above it
Scarlett glared at him
'You did that on purpose," she grumbled"Did what?" He opened one
of
the small portholes and closed the hatch"Good," he said louis vuitton whisper bag then,
"we've
got a following wind and a strong currentWe'll be in the city in
record time He dropped onto the bench opposite Scarlett and
lounged
back, sleek and sinuous as a cat"I assume you won't object if I
smoke His long fingers dipped into the interior pocket of his coat
and extracted a cherootWhy ,am I shut up down
here
in the dark? I want to go upstairs in the sun
"Above," Rhett corrected automatically"This is a rather small
craft
The crew is black, Pansy is black, you are white and a womanThey
get
the cockpit, you get the cabinPansy can roll her eyes at the two
men, laugh at their somewhat indelicate gallantries, and they'll all
three have a pleasant timeYour presence would spoil it"So cheap gucci handbags at the
same time that the underclass is enjoying the journey, you and I, the
privileged elite, will be thoroughly miserable cooped up in each
other's company while you continue to pout and whine
"I'm not pouting and whining! And I'll thank you not to talk to me as
if I was a child!" Scarlett pulled in her lower lipShe hated it
when Rhett made her feel foolish
"What was that quarry we stopped at?"
"That, my dear, was the salvation of Charleston and my passport back
into the bosom of my peopleIt is a phosphate mineThere are
dozens
of them scattered along both rivers He lit his cigar with prolonged
appreciation and the smoke spiraled upward to the porthole"I see
your eyes gleaming, balenciaga handbags ScarlettIt's not the same as a gold mineYou
can't make coins or jewelry out of phosphateBut, ground and
washed
and treated with certain chemicals, it makes the best quick-acting
fertilizer in the worldThere are customers waiting for as much of it
as we can produce
"So you're getting richer than everBut, more to the point, this is respectable, Charleston
moneyI can spend as much of my ill-gotten, speculator profit as I
like now without disapprovalEveryone can tell themselves that it
comes from phosphates, even though the mine is puny in size
"Why don't you make it bigger?"
"I don't have toIt serves my purpose just as it isI have a
foreman who doesn't cheat me much, a couple of dozen laborers gucci bags china who
work
almost as much as they loal, and respectabilityI can spend my time
and money and sweat on what I care about, and right now, that's
restoring the gardens
Scarlett was annoyed almost past bearingWasn't that just like Rhett
to fall into a tub of butter? And to waste the chance? No matter how
rich he was, he could stand to get richerThere was no such ouIr
and got a decent day's work out of
those men, he could triple the yieldWith another couple of dozen
laborers, he could double that "Forgive me for interrupting your
empire building, Scarlett, but I have a serious question to ask you
What would it take to convince you that you should leave me in peace
and go back to Atlanta?" Scarlett gaped at tiffany replica hi |
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