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“I’ll tell Seamus about your kindness,” she said “He’s wanting to have a word with youI told him to stay nearby Well! Scarlett said to herself, I’ve felt more welcome in my lifeShe wasn’t sure at all that she wanted Seamus to “have a word” with herShe’d hardly exchanged ten words with Daniel’s oldest son [...]

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“I’m going out onto the piazza to smoke,” he said when it was glowing to hissatisfaction”Come out and get some airThe rainstorm brought summer back again; it’s very warm now that it’s blown out to sea The sunlight was dazzling after the dim interior of the dining room Scarlett shaded her eyes, breathing in the [...]

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she must be imagining things No, she wasn’t; she wouldn’t feel this way if it was anyone else Wasn’t that just like him? Showing up at a ball that most people couldn’t get invited to Rhett could do anything! “Excuse me, I must goNo, really, I mean it She pushed away from the Mandarin and [...]

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she must be imagining things No, she wasn’t; she wouldn’t feel this way if it was anyone else Wasn’t that just like him? Showing up at a ball that most people couldn’t get invited to Rhett could do anything! “Excuse me, I must goNo, really, I mean it She pushed away from the Mandarin and [...]

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Scarlett edged toward the door”I have not dismissed you, Miss She felt her stomach growl The rolls would be cold by now, the chicken might even be gone, with Aunt Eulalie’s appetite being what it was”God’s nightgown, Grandfather, I’m not one of your soldiers! And I’m not scared of you like my aunts, eitherWhat are [...]

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“Oh, no,” Sarah cried, “you mustn’t do that, The O’Hara What o you care what the others do? They’re only Anglos Scarlett smiled at the girl”So it’s us against them, Sarah, is that hat you’re telling me? How did you know I was The O’Hara?” “Everyone in County Meath knows about The O’Hara,” said he [...]

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Rutledge and her daughter and a few select ladies of her choosingSheba could remake rags and flour sacks into creations as elegant as anything in Gody’s Lady’s Book Baptized Queen of Sheba by her lay-preacher father, she was indeed a queen in her own worldShe ruled the ladies’ cloakroom at the Saint Cecilia every year, [...]

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She’d believed he was her friend, but he’d told her they’d never comeHe knew them, was one of themHer back hurt all the time nowHer legs, too, and her feet and ankles were so swollen that walking was agonyShe wished she wasn’t having the babyIt was making her ill, and it had given her the [...]

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That gave all the old cats in Atlanta one more thing to gossip about, what an unnatural mother she wasLet them talk all they likedShe couldn’t have gotten through those terrible days and nights after Melly’s death if she’d had Wade and Ella to cope with tooShe wouldn’t think about them, that’s allShe was going [...]

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“I do not know,” he said, “nor do I wish to know what circumstances have led you to consider dissolving your marriage His posture and voice were stronger now that he believed he had the winning position”But you will abandon any idea of divorce-” “You’ve been reading my mail!” “Anything that comes under this roof [...]

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