But any still,
he
could do something-whatever... But any still,
he
could do something-whatever it was that men did-so that he wouldn't
look so Gerald O'Hara had always looked like a
gentleman, no matter how worn or rumpled his coat might be
It didn't occur to Scarlett that her mother's quiet authority and
influence might have been at work on her father's transformation to
gentleman landownerScarlett only knew that she'd lost most of her
joy in discovering the existence of her cousinWell, I only have to
have a cup of tea and a piece of cake, and then I can leaveShe
smiled brilliantly at Jamie"I'm so thrilled to be meeting your
family that I've taken leave of my senses, JamieI should have
bought
a present for your daughter's birthday
"Aren't I bringing her the best gift of all when I walk in with you on
my arm, Katie Scarlett?" He does have a twinkle in hiseye, just like
Pa, Scarlett told herselfAnd Pa's teasing brogueIf only he wasn't
wearing a Derby hat! Nobody wears Derby hats"We'll be
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past
your grandfather's house," Jamie said, striking horror to Scarlett's
heartWhat if her aunts saw themsuppose she had to introduce
them?
They always thought Mother married beneath her; Jamie would be all
the
proof they could ever wantWhat was he saying? She had to pay
attentionleave off your servant-girl thereShe'd feel
out-of-place I with usWe don't have any servants No servants?
Good Lord! Everybody has servants, everybody! What kind of place
do
they live in, a tenement? Scarlett squared her jawThis is Pa's own
brother's son, and Uncle James is Pa's own brotherI won't disgrace
his memory by being too cowardly to take a cup of tea with them,
even if
there are rats running across the floor"Pansy," she said, "when we
get to the house, you go on inI'll be back directly, you tell them
You will walk me home, won't you, Jamie?" She was brave enough
to
face a rat running across her foot, but she wasn't willing to ruin her
reputation for all time by
gucci bags china walking alone on the streetLadies just
didn't do thatTo Scarlett's relief they walked along the street
behind her grandfather's house, not by the square in front of it where
her aunts liked to promenade under the trees for their
"constitutionals Pansy went willingly through the gate into the
garden, already yawning anticipation of going back to sleep
Scarlett tried not to look anxiousn She'd heard Jerome complaining to
her aunts about the deterioration of the neighborhoodOnly a few
blocks to the east the fine old homes had degenerated into ramshackle
boardinghouses for the sailors who manned the ships in and out of
Savannah's busy portAnd for the waves of immigrants who arrived
on
some of the shipsMost of them, according to the snobbish, elegant
old black man, were unwashed IrishJames escorted her straight
ahead,
and she sighed silently with 345 reliefThen, very soon, he turned
onto the handsome, well-kept avenue called South Broad and
announced,
"Here
fendi large clutch we are," in front of a tall, substantial brick house"How
nice!" Scarlett said, with all her heartIt was almost the last
thing she got to say for some timeInstead of climbing the stairs to
the big door on the high stoop, Jamie opened a smaller door at street
level and ushered her into the kitchen and an overwhelming onslaught
of
people, all of them redheaded and all of them noisily welcoming when
he
shouted out above the hubbub of greetings, "This is Scarlett, my uncle
Gerald O'Hara's beautiful daughter come all the way from Atlanta to
see
Uncle James There are so many of them, Scarlett thought when they
rushed toward herJamie's laughter when the youngest girl and a
little boy grabbed him around the knees made it impossible to
understand what he was sayingThen a large stout woman, with hair
redder than any of them, held out a roughened hand to Scarlett
"Welcome to the house," she said placidly"I'm Jamie's wife,
Maureen
Pay no attention to these
fake louis vuitton purses savages; come sit by the fire and have a cup
of tea She took Scarlett's arm in a firm grip and drew her into the
roomQuiet, you heathens, let your Pa catch his breath, can't you?
Then wash your faces and come meet Scarlett one by one She
plucked
Scarlett's fur cape from her shoulders"Put this in a safe place,
Mary Kate, else the baby will think it's a kitten to pull the tail on,
so soft is it The larger of the girls bobbed a curtsey in Scarlett's
direction and held out eager hands for the furHer blue eyes were
huge with admirationScarlett smiled at herAnd at Maureen, even
though Jamie's wife was pushing her down onto a Windsor chair as if
she
thought Scarlett was one of her children to be ordered aroundIn an
instant Scarlett found herself holding the biggest cup she had ever
seen in one hand while, with the other, she was shaking hands with a
startlingly beautiful young girl who whispered, "She looks like a
princess," to her mother, and, "I'm Helen," to
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