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For the first time in her adult life she...For the first time in her adult life she was free to do anything she wanted to do, and she knew what that was She'd prove to Rhett that he was wrong when he refused to believe that she loved himShe'd show him that she didAnd then he'd be sorry he'd left herHe'd put his arms around her and kiss her, and they'd be happy forever after Even in Charleston if he insisted on staying thereLost in her daydream, Scarlett didn't notice the man who got onto the train at Ridgeville until he lurched against the arm of her seatThen she recoiled as if he had struck herHe was in the blue uniform of the Union ArmyA Yankee! What was he doing here? Those days were done, and she wanted to forget them black chanel handbag forever, but the sight of the uniform brought them all backThe fear when Atlanta was under siege, the brutality of the soldiers when they stripped Tara of its pitiful store of food and set fire to the house, the explosion of blood when she shot the straggler before he could rape her Scarlett felt her heart pounding with terror all over again, and she almost cried outDamn them, damn them all for destroying the SouthDamn them most of all for making her feel helpless and afraidShe hated the feeling, and she hated them! I won't let it upset me, I won't I can't let anything bother me now, not when I need to be at my best, ready for Charleston and RhettI won't look at the Yankee, and louis vuitton wallet I won't think about the pastOnly the future counts now Scarlett stared resolutely out the window at the hilly countryside, so similar to the land around AtlantaRed clay roads through stands of dark pine woods and fields of frostdarkened crop stubble She'd been travelling for more than a day, and she might as well have never left homeHurry, she urged the engine, do hurry "What's Charleston like, Miss Scarlett?" Pansy asked for the hundredth time just as the light was beginning to fade outside the window"Very pretty, you'll like it fine," Scarlett answered for the hundredth time "There!" She pointed at the landscape"See that tree with the stuff hanging off it? That's the Spanish moss I told you about dolce10:48 PM - Sunday, May 2, 2010
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