She was babbling from reliefSally amused her with a highly colored account of Miles kissing their horse, and the jockey tooIt lasted until Manigo had set the tea tray on the table in front of Scarlett and left”Miss Eleanor’s having a rest, or I’d let her know you were here,” said Scarlett”When she wakes up-” [...]
Entries from September 13, 2010
From a man who’ll pay thirty times that for a…
September 11, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
From a man who’ll pay thirty times that for a horse”I’m familiar with Dunsany,” Scarlett said”It’s not far from the friends I’m visitingI’d dearly love to hunt with you sometimeI can hack over any day you name “Saturday next?” Scarlett smiled wickedlyShe spit in her palm and lifted her hand “Done!” John Morland laughedHe spit [...]
Carreen! Scarlett’s lips tightenedShe didn’t want…
September 10, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Carreen! Scarlett’s lips tightenedShe didn’t want to see her at all, the traitorGiving her share of Tara away as if it meant nothing at all But what was she going to say to the aunts? They’d never understand that a sister wouldn’t be just dying to see another sister Why, they even live together, they’re [...]
Why, they even live together, they’re so…
September 7, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Why, they even live together, they’re so closeI’ll have to pretend I want to see Carreen more than anything in the world and get a headache when it’s time to go Suddenly she realized what Pauline was saying, and her head did begin to throb painfully at the templesso we sent our maid Susie with [...]
Even Miss Eleanor was running around like a…
September 6, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Even Miss Eleanor was running around like a chicken with its head cut off, talking to everybody in a barely audible, urgent tone”They say the men all want to finish what Ross started,” she told Scarlett when they were walking home”It’s more than they can bear to have their homes ransacked by the troopsWe women [...]
Ashley had been abroad, he’d catch her out in a…
September 5, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Ashley had been abroad, he’d catch her out in a minute if she claimed she’d been to places she hadn’t been “Somehow or other I never got around to seeing LondonI figure I might settle there for a whileDo help me out, AshleyDo you think London’s a good idea?” Scarlett knew, from Melanie, that he [...]
Rosemary did not notice Scarlett’s efforts to…
September 2, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Rosemary did not notice Scarlett’s efforts to find a common groundShe was lost in a lost world: Dunmore Landing before the War”This was called ‘the hidden garden’ because of the way the tall hedges along the paths kept you from seeing it until all of a sudden you were in it When I was little [...]
he would never know what blame he should take…
September 1, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
he would never know what blame he should take for marrying her One of the injustices of the world was that it was so easy to make the innocent and caring ones happy with so littleScarlett put her head on his shoulder”It’s a lot, making somebody happy,” she said”I didn’t understand that until Cat was [...]
