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was exposed and very cold,
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Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 9:58 AM
was exposed and very cold,
but the view was superbScarlett? on all sides at the city, the
crowded wide streets, the swarming w'? sidewalks
Dublin was the first real city she'd ever seenIt had population of
more than a quarter million peopleAtlanta was boomtown of twenty
thousandThe tram moved on its tracks through the traffic with
inexor
right of wayPedestrians and vehicles scattered hastily at the
minute as it approachedFrenzied and noisy, the narrow es<
delighted
ScarlettThen she saw the riverThe tram stopped on the bridge she
could see along the LiffeyBridge after bridge after bridge,
different, all kelly bag hermes teeming with trafficThe quays enticing with fronts
and crowdsThe water bright in the sunlight
The Liffey was left behind, the tram was suddenly in shade tall
buildings were near on both sidesScarlett felt the chill"We'd
better go down at the next stop,) said Charlotteget off at the
following oneAfter they bedlam intersection
Charlotte gestured toward the street that cur ahead of them
"Grafton Street," she said, as if she were making introduction
"We'll want to take a hackney back to the but on foot is the only way
to see the shopsWould you like before we begin? You should
become
acquainted with Bewley's
"I don't balenciaga bag made with goat leather know, CharlotteI might just take a look inside shop
first
That fan in the window-see the one in that back with the pink
tassels-it's the most adorable thingOh, and Chinesey one, I didn't
see that at firstAnd that precious Look Charlotte, at the embroidery
on those glovesNave you ever? Oh, my goodness Charlotte
nodded
at the liveried door attendanthe pulled the door wide and bowed
She didn't mention that there were at least four more shops on
Grafton
Street with hundreds of fans and glovesCharlotte was quite sure that
Scarlett would discover for herself that a major attribute of a major
city is an infinite cartier ballon blue spectrum of temptationAfter ten days of sittings
and fittings and shopping Scarlett went ome to Ballyhara with dozens
of
presents for Cat, several gifts for rsFitz and Colum, ten pounds of
coffee and a coffee maker for erselfShe was in love with Dublin and
could hardly wait to returnAt Ballyhara her Cat was waitingAs
soon as the train left the city, Scarlett was in a fever to get home
She had so many things to ell Cat, so many plans for the time when
she'd take her funny little onkey of a country child to the cityShe
had to hold her afterass office hours, too
She'd delayed them for a week alreadyAnd oon it would be cheap louis vuitton purse Saint
Brigid's DayScarlett thought that was the est of all, the moment
when the year really began with the turning f the first sodNow very,
very lucky she wasShe had both country and city, The 0 'hara and
that
still unknown woman in the ierglassScarlett left Cat engrossed in a
picture book of animals, her other presents still unwrappedShe ran
down the drive to Colum's house with the cashmere muffler she'd
brought him and all her impressions of Dublin to share"Oh, I'm
sorry," she said when she saw that he had a guesthe well-dressed
man
was a stranger to her"Not at all, not at all," said Colum"Come
meet John chanel flap bag lambskin D
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