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"I think I'll have a cup of tea," said Scarlett...
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"I think I'll have a cup of tea," said Scarlett weaklyShe didn't
know what MrsFitzpatrick was talking aboutWas she joking?
Mocking? No, she could tell this was not a woman who made jokes
What
did it mean, "The" O'Hara? Scarlett tried it silently on her tongueIt was like a drumbeatDeep, hidden, buried, primitive,
something within her kindledA light grew in her pale
tired eyes, making them glow green, fire emeraldI'll
have to think about that tomorrow and every day for the rest of my
lifeOh, I feel so different, so strongonly be what you are
What does that mean? The O'Hara Somehow the intimidating
selfconfidence of the older men's rolex watches woman had become admirable, not
irritating
Scarlett took the cup and looked into the other woman's eyes"Please
have some tea with me," she said"We need to talk about a cook and
other thingsWe have only six weeks, and a lot to do Scarlett had
never been in the Big HouseFitzpatrick hid her astonishment
and her own curiosity about itShe'd been housekeeper to a
prominent
family, directress of a very big house, but it had not approached the
Big House at Ballyhara in magnificenceShe helped Scarlett turn the
huge tarnished brass key in the great rusted lock and threw her weight
against the door"Mildew," she said when the smell hit newest dior bag them"We'll
need an army of women with pails and scrubbing brushesLet's have
a
look at the kitchen firstNo cook worth having is going to come to a
house without a first-class kitchen
This part of the house can be done laterJust ignore the paper
falling off the walls and the animal droppings on the floorThe cook
won't even see these rooms Curved colonnades connected two large
wing buildings to the main block of the houseThey followed the one
to the east first and found themselves in a large corner roomDoors
opened onto interior corridors that led to more rooms and a staircase
to yet more rooms"You'll put your steward to work here," said buy tan gucci watch Mrs
Fitzpatrick when they returned to the large corner room"The other
rooms will do for servants and storerooms
Stewards do not live in the Big House; you'll have to give him a
dwelling in the town, a large one, in keeping with his position as
manager of the estateThis is obviously the Estate Office
Scarlett didn't reply at onceShe was seeing another office in her
mind, and the wing of another Big House"Bachelor guests" had used
the wing at Dunmore Landing, Rhett had saidWell, she didn't plan to
have a dozen rooms' worth of bachelor guests, or any other kind of
guestsBut she could certainly use an office, just like Rhett's
She'd get wholesale rolex watches the carpenter to make her a big desk, twice as big as
Rhett's, and she'd hang the estate maps on the walls, and she'd look
out the window just the way he didBut she would see the cleancut
stones of Ballyhara, not a pile of burnt bricks, and she'd have fields
of wheat, not a passel of flower bushes"I'll be the steward at
Ballyhara, MrsI don't intend to have a stranger manage
my place "I mean no disrespect, MrsO'Hara, but you don't know
what you're sayingIt's a full-time occupation
Not only maintaining the stores and supplies, but also listening to
complaints and settling disputes between workers and farmers and the
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Posted: 12:32 AM, Tuesday, February 2, 2010 |
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