A voice in her mind
added: before Rhett came...
- Posted at 10:20 PM on Thursday, May 6, 2010 by langrongli69699
A voice in her mind
added: before Rhett came back from the LandingIt was true, though
she
hated to admit itLife was so much easier when she wasn't constantly
listening for hisstep, watching for hisreactions, trying to guess what
he was thinkingThe warmth of the fire was so relaxing that Scarlett
caught herself yawning"Excuse me, Miss Eleanor," she said hastily,
"it's not the company
"I feel exactly the same way," said Mrs"Isn't it
pleasant?"
She yawned, too, and the contagion caught both of them, until
helpless
laughter took the place of their yawnsScarlett had forgotten omega constellation watch crystal how
much fun Rhett's mother could be"I love you, Miss Eleanor," she said
without thinkingEleanor Butler took her hand"I'm so glad, dear
Scarlett"So much so that I'm
not going to ask any questions or make any unwelcome commentsI
just
hope you know what you're doing Scarlett squirmed inwardly
Then she bridled at the implied criticIsm"I'm not 'doing'
anything!"
She pulled her hand awayEleanor ignored Scarlett's anger"How
are
Eulalie and Pauline?" she asked easily"I haven't seen either of
them to talk to for agesThe Season wears me outThey're trying to make me go to Savannah with chanel wallet them
for
Grandfather's birthday
"Good heavens!"
MrsButler's tone was incredulous"You mean he's not dead yet?"
Scarlett began to laugh again"That was the first thing I thought,
too, but Aunt Pauline would have skinned me alive if I'd said so
He must be about a hundred Eleanor's brow creased in thought and
she
mumbled under her breath as she worked out the arithmetic
"Over ninety for sure," she said at last"I know he was in his late
thirties when he married your grandmother in 1820I had an auntshe's
dead long since-who never got over itShe was mad about him, and
he'd
been quite attentive to tiffany's bean necklace herBut then Solange-your grandmotherdecided
to notice him and poor Aunt Alice didn't stand a chanceI was only
ten at the time, but that was old enough to know what was going on
Alice tried to kill herself, and everything was in an uproar
Scarlett felt wide awake now"What did she do?"
"Drank a bottle of paregoricIt was touch and go whether she'd live
or not
"Over Grandfather?"
"He was an incredibly dashing manSo handsome, with that
wonderful
straight bearing that soldiers haveAnd a French accent, of course
When he said 'good morning' he sounded like a hero from an opera
Dozens of women pink gucci bag were in love with himI heard my father say one
time
that Pierre Robillard was solely responsible for the roof on the
Huguenot churchHe'd come up from Savannah once in a while for
the
services because they're in FrenchThe church walls would practically
bulge with a congregation full of women, and the collection plate was
filled to overflowing Eleanor smiled reminiscently"Come to think
of it, my Aunt Alice eventually married a professor of French
Literature at HarvardSo all the language practicing she must have
done came in handy after all Scarlett refused to let MrsButler omega seamaster watch be
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