Maybe I should tell herHe's really quite
attractive if you like the type, sort of slender and dreamy-looking
Not all that different from Ashley, come to think of itSally Brewton
was watching Edward, too, Scarlett noticed
Sally's eyes met hers and they exchanged discreet smiles"We're
agreed, then, are we?" said Eleanor"Emma?"
"We're agreedBooks are more important than rancorI'm being
over-emotionalIt must be dehydrationIs anyone ever going to
bring
that hot water?"
Scarlett rang againMaybe the bell was broken; should she go down
to?
the kitchen and tell the servants? She started from the corner, then
saw the door opening"Did you ring for tea, MrsButler?"
Rhett pushed the door wider with his footHis hands were holding a
huge
silver tray laden with gleaming tea pot, urn, bowl, sugar bowl, milk
pitcher, strainer, and three tea caddies"India, China, or
chamomile?" He was smiling with delight at hissurpriseRhett!
Scarlett couldn't breatheHe'd been in the
sun
somewhere, he was brown as an IndianOh, God,
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her
heart was beating so hard that everyone must be able to hear it
"Rhett! Oh, darling, I'm afraid I'm going to make a spectacle of
myselfButler grabbed a napkin and wiped her eyes"You said
'some silver' in PhiladelphiaI had no idea it was the tea service
"It's also very heavyMiss Emma, will you please push that makeshift
china to one side? I heard you mention something about thirst, I
believeI'd be honored if you'd brew your heart's desire Sally,
my beloved, when are you going to agree to let me duel your husband
to
the death and abduct you?" Rhett placed the tray on the table, leaned
across it, and kissed the three women sitting on the settee behind
it
Then he looked aroundLook at me, Scarlett begged silently from the
shadowy cornerBut he didn't see her"Margaret, how
lovely you look in that gownRoss doesn't deserve youHello, Anne,
it's a pleasure to see youEdward, I can't say the same for youI
don't approve of your organizing yourself a harem in my house when
I'm
out in the
buy tan gucci watch rain in the sorriest hansom cab in North America, clutching
the family silver to oe my bosom to protect it from the
carpetbaggers
Rhett smiled at his mother"Stop that crying, now, Mama dear," he
said,
"or I'll think you don't like your surprise Eleanor looked up at
him, her face shining with loveYou make me
very
happy Scarlett couldn't stand another minute of it"Rhett, darling-" His head turned toward her, and she
stopped
His face was rigid, blank, all emotion withheld by an iron control
But his eyes were ? bright; they faced one another for a breathless
momentThen his lips turned downward at one corner in the sardonic
smile she knew so well and feared so much"It's a fortunate man," he
said slowly and clearly, "who receives a greater surprise than he
gives He held his hands out for hersScarlett put her trembling
fingers into his palms, conscious of the distance his outstretched arms
kept between themHis mustache brushed her right cheek, then her
leftHe'd like to kill me, she thought, and the danger of
rolex explorer it gave her
a strange thrillRhett put his arm around her shoulders, his hand
clamped like a vise around her upper arm"I'm sure you ladies-and
Edward-will excuse us if we leave you," he saidThere was an
appealing mixture of boyishness and roguishness in his voice"It's
been much too long since I've had a chance to talk to my wifeWe'll
go upstairs and leave you to solve the problems of the Confederate
Home He propelled Scarlett out the door without giving her an
opportunity to make her goodbyesRhett didn't speak while he rushed
her up the stairs and into hisbedroomHe closed the door and stood
with his back against it"What the hell are you doing here,
Scarlett?"
She wanted to hold out her arms to him, but the hot rage in his eyes
warned her not toScarlett made her eyes widen in innocent
misunderstandingHer voice was rushed and charmingly breathless
when
she spoke"Aunt Eulalie wrote and told me what you were saying,
Rhett
-about how you longed for me to be here with you, but I wouldn't
leave
the
chanel classic jumbo flap bag storeOh, darling, why didn't you tell me? I don't care two pins
for the store, not compared to you She watched his eyes warily"It
won't work, Scarlett
"What do you mean?"
"None of itNot the fervid explanation and not the innocent lack of
understandingYou know you could never lie to me and get away with
it It was true, and she did know it"I came
because I wanted to be with you Her quiet statement had a simple
dignityRhett looked at her straight back and proudly lifted head, and
his voice softened"My dear Scarlett," he said, "we might have been
friends in time, when the memories had softened to bittersweet
nostalgia
Perhaps we might arrive at that yet, if we are both charitable and
patient He strode impatiently across the room
"What do I have to do to get through to you? I don't want to hurt you,
but you force meI don't want you hereGo back to Atlanta,
Scarlett, leave me beI can speak no more
clearly than that The blood had drained from Scarlett's faceHer
green eyes glittered against her ghostly white
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