Sunday, May 2, 2010 - From disgust, from humiliation, from angerWhy had...
From disgust, from humiliation, from angerWhy had she let it
happen,
let Rhett's brother revile her and put his hands and his mouth on her?
I
should have spit in his face, clawed him blind, hit his nasty, foul
mouth with my fistsBut I didn't, I just took it-as if I deserved it,
as if it was trueScarlett had never been so ashamedShamed by
Ross' words, shamed by her own weaknessShe felt defiled, dirty,
and
eternally humiliatedBetter if Ross had hit her, or cut her with a
knifeHer body would recover from a bruise or a woundBut her
pride
would never be healed from the sickness she feltEleanor leaned over
her, tried to put her arms around her, but Scarlett shrank from her
touch
"Leave me alone!" she tried to shout, but it came out a moan"I
won't," said chanel black and white purse MrsButler, "not until you listen to meYou've got to
understand, Scarlett, you have to hear meThere's so much you don't
knowAre you listening?" She drew a chair close to Scarlett's, sat
in it, only inches away Scarlett put her hands over
her ears"I won't leave you," said Eleanor
"And I'll tell you-again and again, a thousand times if need be-until
you hear me Her voice went on and on, gentle but insistent,
while her hand stroked Scarlett's bent head-comforting, caring,
insinuating her kindness and her love through Scarlett's refusal to
hear her"What Ross did was unpardonable," she said, "I don't ask
you
to forgive himHe is my son, and I know the
pain in him that made him do itHe wasn't trying to hurt you, my
dearIt was Rhett he was attacking through you; dolce
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