| Come anytime you likeMy kitchen door has no lock, and
there's always a fire on the hearthJamie's a fine hand with the
fiddle himself, too Jamie! Scarlett's got to goPut your coat
on, man, and give her your arm Just before they turned the corner
Scarlett heard the music begin againIt was faint because of the
thick brick walls of the house and the windows closed against the
winter nightBut she recognized what the O'Haras were singingIt
was "The Wearing o' the Green I know all the words to that one; oh,
I wish I hadn't had to leaveHer feet made little dance steps
Jamie laughed and matched her"I'll teach you the reel next time," he
promisedbore her chanel handbags aunts' tightlipped disapproval with easy
disregard
Even being called on the carpet by her grandfather failed to upset
her
She remembered Maureen O'Hara's off-handed dismissal of himOld
loo-Ia, she thought, and giggled internally
It made her brave and impertinent enough to sashay over to his bed
and
kiss his cheek after he dismissed her"Good night, Grandfather," she
said cheerfully"Old loo-Ia," she whispered when she was safely in
the hallShe was laughing when she joined her aunts at tableHer
supper was brought promptlyThe plate was covered with a brightly
shining silver dish cover to keep the food hotScarlett was sure it
was newly polishedThis cheap prada house could run really properly, she thought,
if it just had someone to keep the servants in lineGrandfather lets
them get away with murder"What do you find so
amusing,
Scarlett?" Pauline's tone was Icy"Nothing, Aunt Pauline Scarlett
looked down at the mountain of food revealed when Jerome
ceremoniously
lifted the silver coverFor once in her life she wasn't hungry, not after
the feast at the O'Haras'And there was enough food in front of her
to feed a half dozen peopleShe must have put the fear of God into
the kitchen* * The following morning at Ash Wednesday Mass
Scarlett
took her place beside Eulalie in the pew favored by the auntsIt chanel wholesale purse was
genteelly unobtrusive, entered from a side aisle and located well
towards the backHer knees had just begun to hurt from kneeling on
the cold floor when she saw her cousins enter the churchThey
walked-of course, thought Scarlett-straight up the center aisle to
almost the front, where they took up two full pews
What very large people they are, and so full of life
Jamie's sons' heads look like warm fires in the light from the red
stained glass, and not even their hats can hide the bright hair on
Maureen and the girlsScarlett was so engrossed in admiration and
memories of the birthday party that she almost missed the arrival of
the nuns from the conventAfter replica chanel watches she'd hurried her aunts to get to
church early, tooShe wanted to make sure that the Mother Superior
from Charleston was still at hand in Savannah
Scarlett ignored Eulalie's frantic whispers ordering her to turn back
around and face the altarShe studied the nun's serene expression as
she walked pastToday the Mother Superior would see herScarlett
was determinedShe spent her time during Mass daydreaming about
the
party she'd give after she restored Tara to all its former beauty
There'd be music and dancing, just like last night, and it would go on
and on for days and days
"Scarlett!" Eulalie hissed"Stop humming like that Scarlett
smiled into her fake chanel bag missa |
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