| Miss Julia pays wages just like everybody elseBut she makes
the plantation earn enough to pay themI'm going to do the same
thing
at the Landing if I ever get the chanceI think it's horrible that
Rhett won't even try Rosemary began to clatter cups and saucers on
the tea tray"I can't remember, do you take milk or lemon,
Scarlett?"
"What? Oh-milk, please Scarlett had no interest in teaShe was
reliving the fantasy she'd had before, of Tara brought back to life,
with its fields studded with white cotton for as far as the eye could
see and its barns full and the house just the way it had been when her
mother was aliveYes, there was some of the long-forgotten scent of
lemon oil in this room and brass polish and floor waxIt was faint,
but she was sure she could smell it, in spite of the sharp resinous
tang of the pine logs in the fireHer hand automatically accepted the
cup of tea that Rosemary offered and held it, letting it cool while she
daydreamedWhy not knock off chanel earrings make Tara what it had been? If that old lady
can
run this plantation, I can run TaraWill doesn't know what Tara is,
not the real Tara, the best plantation in Clayton County
"A two-mule farm," he calls it nowNo, by all the saints, Tara's much
much more than that! I could do it, too, I'll bet! Didn't Pa say a
hundred times that I was a true O'Hara? Then I can do what he did,
make Tara into what he made itI know how to
keep
books, how to squeeze out a profit where nobody else sees the
possibilitiesWhy, practically all the places around Tara have gone
back to scrub pineI'll bet I could buy land for next to nothing!
Her mind leapt from one picture to another-rich fields, fat cattle; her
old bedroom with crisp white curtains billowing into the room on a
jasmine-scented spring breeze; riding through the woods -cleared of
underbrush-miles of chestnut-rail fence outlining her land, stretching
farther and farther into the red-earth countryside She had to tiffany canada set
the vision aside
Reluctantly she focused her attention on Rosemary's insistent loud
voiceRice, rice, rice! Can't Rosemary Butler ever talk about
anything but rice? What can Rhett possibly find to talk about with that
old fright Miss Ashley for so long? Scarlett shifted position again on
the setteeRhett's sister had a habit of leaning toward her listener
when she was excited about what she was saying
Rosemary had almost driven her into the corner of the long settee
She turned eagerly toward the door when it openedDamn Rhett
anyhow!
What was he laughing about with Julia Ashley? He might think it was
amusing to leave her to cool her heels for an age and a half, but she
didn't"You always were a rogue, Rhett Butler," Julia was saying, "but
I don't remember that you included impertinence in your list of
sins
"Miss Ashley, to the best of my knowledge, impertinence is a tag
attached to the behavior of servants toward their masters and young
people toward their tiffany replica elders
While I am, in all things, your obedient servant, you surely cannot be
suggesting that you are my elderContemporary I'll grant with
pleasure, but elder is out of the questionWhy, he's flirting with
the old creature! I guess he must want something pretty bad if he's
making a fool of himself like thisJulia Ashley made a sound that
could only be described as a dignified snort"Very well, then," she
said, "I'll agree, if only to put a halt to this absurdityNow sit
down and stop your foolishness Rhett moved a chair closer to the
tea
table and bowed ceremoniously when Julia seated herself in it"Thank
you, Miss Julia, for your"
"Don't be such an ass, Rhett
Scarlett frowned at both of themWas that all? All that to-do about
changing from "Miss Ashley" and "MrButler" to "Rhett" and "Miss
Julia"? Rhett was an ass, just like the old woman saidBut "Miss
Julia" was mighty close to acting like an ass herselfWhy, she was
practically simpering at RhettIt was chanel pearl necklace nothing short of disgusting the
way he could wrap women around his little finger! A maid hurried into
the room and lifted the tray of tea things from the table in front of
the setteeShe was followed by a second maid, who quietly moved
the
tea table to a place in front of Julia Ashley, and a manservant with a
larger silver tray holding a different, larger silver service and
stands of fresh sandwiches and cakesScarlett had to admit it: no
matter how disagreeable Julia Ashley might be, the old woman did
things
with style! "Rhett tells me you're to make the Tour, Rosemary," said
Julia"Yes, ma'am! I'm so excited I could die
"That would be inconvenient, I should imagineTell me, have you
begun
to map your itinerary?"
"Not really, Miss JuliaI've only known for a few days that I was
goingThe only thing I'm certain of is that I want to spend as long
as possible in Rome
"You must be sure to time it correctly
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