"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 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 prada black bags 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 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 discounted louis vuitton bags Market rang with laughter as Charleston's ladies packed their baskets with the weapons of 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 discount cartier watches for coffee, not moneyWith the black market effectively out of business for the time being, this was the highest-stakes card game Scarlett had ever been in She loved tormenting the Yankees, tooThere were still patrols on Charleston's streets but their noses had been tweaked and would be tweaked again and again until they admitted defeatWith her as one of the tweakers"Deal," she said, "I feel lucky Only a few more days and she would be at a ball, dancing with RhettHe was keeping away from her now, managing things so that they were never alone together, but on the dance floor they would be together-and touching-and alone, no matter how many other couples were on the floorScarlett held the white camellias Rhett had sent her to the cluster of curls at the nape of her neck and twisted her head to see herself in the fendi large clutch looking glass "It looks like a gloh of fat on a bunch of sausages," she said with disgust"Pansy, you'll have to do my hair different She could pin the flowers in between the waves, that wouldn't be too badOh, why did Rhett have to be so mean, telling her that his precious old plantation flowers were the only jewels she could wear? It was bad enough that her ball gown was so dowdyBut with nothing to dress up the plainness except a bunch of flowers-she might as well wear a flour sack with a hole cut for her headShe'd counted on her pearls and her diamond earbobs"You don't have to brush a hole in my scalp," she grumbled at Pansy Pansy continued to brush the long dark mass of hair with vigorous strokes, eradicating the curls that had taken so long to arrangeScarlett looked at her reflection with growing men's rolex watches satisfacti