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"I might just as well go back to Atlanta on this...

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"I might just as well go back to Atlanta on this afternoon's train," she said crossly"It would make things a lot easier for all of us if you did," Suellen retorted"You just make more work, and I need that bedroom for Susie and Ella Scarlett opened her mouth to argueShe'd rather be in Atlanta anyhowIf Tony hadn't come home, she'd be there by now People would be glad to see her, too She had plenty of friends in Atlanta who had time for coffee or a game of whist or a partyShe forced a smile for her children, turning her back on Suellen"Wade Hampton, Ella, Mother's got to go to Atlanta after dinner todayI want you to promise you'll be good and tiffany canada not give your Aunt Suellen any trouble, now Scarlett waited for the protests and the tearsBut the children were too busy talking about Tony's flashing six-shooters to pay any attention to herAs soon as they reached Tara, Scarlett told Pansy to get her valise packedThat was when Ella began to cry "Prissy's gone, and I don't know anybody here to braid my hair," she sobbedScarlett resisted the impulse to slap her little girl She couldn't stay at Tara now that she'd made up her mind to leave, she'd go crazy with nothing to do and no one to talk toBut she couldn't go without Pansy; it was unheard of for a lady to travel aloneWhat was she going balenciaga bag amethyst to do? Ella wanted Pansy to stay with her It might take days and days for Ella to get used to Lune, little Susie's mammyAnd if Ella carried on day and night, Suellen might change her mind about keeping the children at Tara"All right, then," Scarlett said sharply"Stop that awful noise, Ella I'll leave Pansy here for the rest of the weekShe can teach Lune about fixing your hair I'll just have to hook up with some woman at the Jonesboro depotThere's bound to be somebody respectable going to Atlanta that I can share a seat withI'm going home on the afternoon train, and that's all there is to itWill can drive me over and be back in plenty of chanel handbags large classic shopping bag time to milk his nasty old cows Halfway to Jonesboro, Scarlett stopped chattering brightly about Tony Fontaine's returnShe was silent for a moment, then she blurted out what was preying on her mind"Will-about Rettthe way he left so fast, I mean-I hope Suellen's not going to go blabbing all over the County Will looked at her with his pale blue eyes "Now, Scarlett, you know better than thatFamily don't bad mouth familyI always figured it was a pity you couldn't seem to see the good in SuellenIt's there, but somehow it don't show itself when you come 'roundYou'll just have to take my word on itNever mind how she looks to you, Suellen '11 never cheap louis vuitton purse tell your private troubles to anybodyShe don't want folks talking loose about the O'Haras any more than you do Scarlet relaxed a littleShe trusted Will completely His word was more certain than money in the bankAnd he was wise, tooShe'd never known Will to be wrong about anything-except maybe Suellen"You do believe he'll be back, don't you, Will?" Will didn't have to ask who she meantHe heard the anxiety beneath her words, and he chewed quietly on the straw in the corner of his mouth while he decided how to replyAt last he said slowly, "I can't say I do, Scarlett, but I ain't the one to knowI never seen him above four or five times in my tiffany replica l




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