| But now there's the added pleasure of the grandchildrenWe'll
go to Philadelphia for cargo after Savannah, and I'll have two days
there with my daughter and her two She's going to talk me to death
before we're out of the bay, Scarlett thoughtI'll never be able to
stand two weeks of thIsShe discovered very soon that she needn't
have worriedThe captain's wife repeated the same things so often
that Scarlett had only to nod and say "My goodness" at intervals
without listening at all
And the older woman was wonderful with CatScarlett could take her
exercise on deck without worry about the babyShe did her best
thinking then, with the salt wind in her black chanel handbag faceShe had to find a buyer for her storeAnd there
was the house on Peachtree StreetRhett paid for the upkeep, but it
was ridiculous to have it sitting there empty when she'd never use it
again So she'd sell the Peachtree Street house and the storeThat was sort of too badThe saloon produced excellent
income and was no trouble at allBut she'd made up her mind to cut
herself free of Atlanta, and that included the saloonWhat about the
houses she was building? She didn't know anything at all about that
projectShe had to check and make sure the builder was still using
Ashley's lumber She had to make sure Ashley was all rightShe'd promised louis vuitton handbags MelanieThen, when she was done with
Atlanta,
she would go to TaraBecause once Wade and Ella
learned they were going home with her, they'd be anxious to get
going
It wouldn't be fair to keep them danglingAnd saying goodbye to Tara
would be the hardest thing she had to doBest to do it quickly; it
wouldn't hurt so much thenOh, how she longed to see itThe long
slow miles up the Savannah River from the sea to the city seemed to
go
on forever
The ship had to be towed by a steampowered tugboat through the
channel
Scarlett walked restlessly from one side of the deck to the other with
Cat in her arms, trying to enjoy the baby's excited reaction to the
marsh rolex 18k watches birds' sudden eruption into flightThey were so close now, why
couldn't they get there? She wanted to see America, hear American
voices"Oh, and
listen, Cat, listen to the singingThose are black folks' songs, this
is the South, feel the sun? It will last for days and daysOh, my
darling, my Cat, Momma's home Maureen's kitchen was just as it
had
been, nothing had changedThe family was the same
The swarms of O'Hara children
Patricia's baby was a boy, almost a year old, and Katie was pregnant
Cat was embraced at once into the daily rhythms of the three-house
homeShe regarded the other children with curiosity, pulled their
hair, submitted to hers being chanel knock off purse pulled, became one of themScarlett
was
jealousShe won't miss me at all, and I cannot bear to leave her, but
I have toToo many people in Atlanta know Rhett and might tell him
about herI'd kill him before I'd let him take her from meI can't
take her with meThe sooner I go, the sooner I'll
be backAnd I'll bring her own brother and sister as a gift for
her
She sent telegrams to Uncle Henry Hamilton at his office, and to Pansy
at the house on Peachtree Street, and took the train for Atlanta on the
twelfth of MayShe was both excited and nervousShe'd been gone
so
long-anything might have happenedShe wouldn't fret about it now,
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