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will love you foreverScarlett folded the note...Posted at 10:28 AM on Sunday, January 31, 2010
will love you foreverScarlett folded
the note carefully, tucked it beneath the pearls her jewel caseIf
only But there was little room in her heart for anyone
Laughing at her, outwitting her, challenging her, sut her, dominating
her, sheltering herShe went down to breakfast with bruise-like dark
shadows under her eyes, imprint of the desolate weeping that had
replaced
s1 for herShe looked cool in her mint-green linen frockShe felt
e? cased in iceShe was obliged to smile, talk, listen, laugh
Guests had a d? to make a house party a successShe looked at the
people along the sides of the long tableSmiling, talking, listening,
l? Now many of them, she prada black bags wondered, have wounds inside them, Now
many
feel dead, and grateful for it? Now brave people areShe nodded at
the footman who was holding a plate for her the long sideboardAt
her
signal he opened the big silver setdishes one after another for her
approval
Scarlett accepted rashers of bacon and a spoonful of salt and
scrambled
eggs"Yes, grilled tomato," she said, "no, nothing cold ham,
preserved goose, jellied quail eggs, spiced beef, salted fish, aspics,
ices, fruits, cheeses, breads, relishes, jams, sauces, wines, ale,
cider, coffee-all no"I'll have tea," she saidShe was sure she
could swallow some teaThen she'd be able to go back to her chanel watch black . room
Luckily this was a big party, and mostly for shootingMost of the men
would already be out with their guns
There would be luncheon in the house and somewhere on the grounds,
wherever the shoot wasThere would be tea served indoors and out
Everyone could choose amusementsNo one was required to be any
special place at any special time until dinner was servedThe guest
card in her room said to gather in the drawing room after the first
dinner gong at seven forty-fiveProcessing into dinner at eightShe
indicated a chair beside a woman she hadn't met before
The footman deposited her plate and the small tray with individual tea
serviceThen he pulled out the chair, wholesale tiffany seated her, shook out the folds
of her napkin, and draped it across her lapScarlett nodded to the
woman"Good morning," she said, "my name is Scarlett O'hara The
woman had a lovely smileI've been looking forward
to
meeting youMy cousin Lucy Fane told me that she'd met you at Bart
Morland'sWhen Parnell was thereTell me, don't you find it
delectably seditious to admit that one supports Nome Rule? My
name's
May Taplow, by the way
"A cousin of mine said he was sure I wouldn't be for Nome Rule at all
if Parnell was short and fat and had warts," Scarlett saidShe poured
her tea while May Taplow laughed"Lady May Taplow" to be exact,
Scarlett knewMay's tiffany heart tag toggle necklace father was a duke, her husband the son of a
viscount
Funny how one picked up these things as time and parties went by
Funnier still how a country girl from Georgia got used to thinking
about "one" doing this and thatNext thing you know, I'll be saying
"toe-mali-toe" so that the footmen will know what it is I wantGuess
it's no different really from telling a darky you want goobers so he'll
know you'd like a handful of peanuts"I'm afraid your cousin would be
dead on the nose if he accused me of the same thing," May confided
"I
lost all interest in the succession when Bertie started to put on
weight It was Scarlett's turn to confess"I don't know who knock off gucci bags Bertie
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