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| Later, when the decorations were
done and the tall rooms smelled sweetly resinous from pine branches,
Anne excused herself to go usher in the children for carol singing
How Melly would have loved this, thought Scarlett
There was a lump in her throat when she looked at Anne, her arms
encIrcling two nervous little girls while they sang a duetMelly was
so crazy fond of childrenFor an instant Scarlett felt guilty that
she hadn't sent more Christmas presents to Wade and Ella, but then
the
duet was over and it was time to join in the singing, and she had to
concentrate on remembering all the verses of "The First Noel
"What fun that was!" she exclaimed after they left the Home
"I do love Christmas time
"I do, too," said Eleanor"It's a good breathing spell gucci bags for sale before the
SeasonThough this year won't be as peaceful as usualThe poor
Yankee soldiers will be down on our necks, more than likelyTheir
colonel can't just let it slide that we all broke curfew with such a
bang She giggled like a girl
"What fun that was!"
"Honestly, Mama!" said Rosemary"How can you call those bluecoated
wretches 'poor' Yankees?"
"Because they'd much rather be home with their own families for the
holidays than here badgering usI think they're embarrassed
"You and your cronies have something up your lace-edged sleeves, I'll
bet
"Only if we're driven to it
"We figure today's calm was only because their colonel is such a
Biblethumper he won't order any action on the SabbathTomorrow
will
tell the taleIn the old days they used to harass buy chanel purse us by going through
our baskets to search for contraband when we left the MarketIf they
try it again, they'll be dipping their hands into some interesting
things underneath the turnip greens and rice
"Broken eggs?" Scarlett offered"Itching powder," suggested Rhett
Miss Eleanor giggled for the third time
"And a few more things, besides," she said complacently"We
developed
a number of interesting tactics back thenThis crop of soldiers
wasn't around; it will all be new to themI'll bet a lot of these men
never even heard of poison sumacI dislike being so uncharitable at
Christmas, but they've got to learn that we quit being afraid of them a
long time ago"I do wish Ross could be here," she added abruptly, all
laughter gone"When do you suppose it will be fendi large clutch safe for your brother
to come back home, Rhett?"
"It depends on how quickly you and your friends get the Yankees
whipped
into shape, MamaCertainly in time for the Saint Cecilia
"That's all right, thenIt doesn't matter if he misses all the rest
as long as he's home for the Ball Scarlett could hear the capital B
in Miss Eleanor's voiceScarlett was certain that the hours would
drag by until the twenty-sixth and the beginning of the SeasonBut to
her surprise the time passed so quickly that she could hardly keep
up
The most entertaining part of it all was the battle with the Yankees
The colonel did, indeed, order retaliation for the curfew
humiliation
And on Monday the Market rang with laughter as Charleston's ladies
packed their baskets with the weapons of replica prada fairy bag their choiceThe following
day the soldiers were careful to keep their gloves onPlunging a hand
into some loathsome-feeling substance or suddenly being afflicted with
fiery itching and swelling were not experiences they were willing to
repeat"The fools should have known we'd expect them to do just
what
they did," Scarlett said to Sally Brewton at a whist party that
afternoonSally agreed, with a happy reminiscent laugh"I had a
loose-lidded box of lamp black in my shopping," she said"What was
yours?"
"Cayenne pepperI was scared to death I'd start sneezing and give
the
whole trick away speaking of tricks, I believe that's mine New
rationing regulations had been posted the day before, and the ladies of
Charleston were now gambling for coffee, not louis vuitton epi bag money |
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