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She couldn't see it; the inside of the hull was totally dark; but she
knew it was soAlthough the boat was rising and falling with the
surge of the waves in the same dizzying rhythm, the surface of the
sheltered water was almost flat, no choppy little waves to break
against her faceShe felt Rhett's touch on her left footGood! I'm
not really paralyzedScarlett took a deep breath for the first time
since the storm hitHow strange her feet feltShe'd had no idea how
heavy and constricting boots wereOh! The hand at her waist was
strangefeelingShe could sense the sawing motion of the knifeThen
suddenly a chanel purse styles tremendous weight slid down her legs and her shoulders
bobbed up out of the waterShe cried out in surpriseThe sound of
her cry reverberated in the hollow space beneath the wooden hullIt
was so loud that she almost lost her handhold from the shock of it
Then Rhett burst through the waterHe was very close to her"How
do
you feel?" he askedIt sounded as if he was shouting"Shhh," said
Scarlett
"How do you feel?" he asked quietly"Frozen nearly to death, if you
really want to know
"The water's cold, but not that coldIf we were in the North
Atlantic-"
"Rhett Butler, if you tell me one of your blockade-running
adventure rolex vintage women's watch stories, I'll-I'll drown you!" His laughter filled the air
around them and it seemed somehow to make it warmerBut Scarlett
was
still furious"How you can laugh at a time like this is beyond me
It's not funny to be dangling in freezing water in the middle of a
terrible storm
"When things are at their worst, Scarlett, the only thing to do is find
something to laugh aboutand it stops your
teeth chattering from fear 310 She was too exasperated to speak
The worst of it was that he was rightThe chattering had stopped
when
she stopped thinking that she was going to die"Now I'm going to cut
the laces on your chanel knock off purse corset, ScarlettYou can't breathe easily in that
cageJust hold still so I don't cut your skin There was an
embarrassing intimacy in the movement of his hands under the
sweater,
tearing open her basque and her shirtwaistIt had been years since
he
had last put his hands on her body"Now, breathe deep," said Rhett
when he pulled the cut corset and camisole away"Women today
never
learn how to breathe
Fill your lungs all the wayI'm rigging a support for us with some
line I cutYou'll be able to turn loose that cleat when I'm done and
massage your hands and armsIt'll warm up your
blood Scarlett tried to do what rolex submariner watch Rhett said, but her arms felt
terribly heavy when she lifted themIt was much easier just to let
her body rest in the harness-like rope support under her arms and rise
and fall, limp, with the rise and fall of the wavesShe was feeling
very sleepy Why did Rhett have to keep talking so much?
Why did he insist on fussing at her about rubbing her arms?
"Scarlett!" The sound was very loud"Scarlett! You cannot go to
sleepYou've got to keep movingKick me if you
want to, but move your legs Rhett began to rub her shoulders
vigorously, then her upper arms; his touch was rough Her words were weak, like the mewing of a louis vuitton brown canvas handbag kit |