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"Because she was so full of fire and so recklessly, stubbornly brave
Because she was such a child beneath all her pretenses
Because she was unlike any woman I had ever knownShe fascinated
me,
infuriated me, drove me madI loved her as consumingly as she
loved
himFrom the day I first laid eyes on herIt was a kind of
disease There was a weight of sorrow in his voiceHe bowed his
head
into his two hands and laughed shakilyHis voice was muffled and
blurred by his fingers"What a grotesque practical joke life isNow
Ashley Wilkes is a free man and would marry Scarlett on a moment's
notice, and I want to be gucci women rid of herNaturally that makes her
determined to have meShe wants only what she cannot have
Rhett raised his head"I'm afraid," he said quietly, "afraid that it
will all begin againI know that she's heartless and completely
selfish, that she's like a child who cries for a toy and then breaks it
once she has itBut there are moments when she tilts her head at a
certain angle, or she smiles that gleeful smile, or she suddenly looks
lost-and I come close to forgetting what I know Rosemary put her hand on his armHe covered it
with
his ownThen he smiled at her, and he was himself again"You see
before you, cartier replica watches my dear, the man who was once the marvel of the
Mississippi
riverboatsI've gambled all my life, and I've never lostI'll win
this hand, tooScarlett and I have made a dealI couldn't risk
having her here in this house too longEither I would fall in love
with her again or I would kill herSo I dangled gold in front of her,
and her greed for money outbalanced the undying love she professes
for
meShe will be leaving for good when the Season is overUntil then
all I have to do is keep her at a distance, outlast her, and outwit
herI'm almost looking forward to itShe hates to lose, and she
lets it showIt's ladies gucci bangle watch no fun beating someone who's a good loser His
eyes laughed at his sister"It would destroy
Mama
if she knew the truth about my miserable marriage, but she'd be
ashamed
if she knew that I'd walked out on it, no matter how unhappy it was
This way, Scarlett will leave, I will be the injured but bravely stoic
party, and there'll be no disgrace
"And no regrets?"
"Only for having been a fool once-years agoI'll have the very
powerful solace of not being a fool the second timeIt does a lot to
erase the humiliation of the first time Rosemary stared, unabashedly
curious"What if Scarlett changed? She might grow chanel black and white purse up"To quote the lady herself-'when pigs fly
Scarlett buried her face in a pillow"It's Sunday, Miss Scarlett, you
can't sleep lateMiss Pauline and Miss Eulalie is expecting youIt was enough to make a person turn Episcopalian
At least they got to sleep later; the service at Saint Michael's wasn't
until eleven o'clockShe sighed and got out of bedHer aunts wasted
no time in beginning to lecture her about what would be expected of
her
in the upcoming SeasonShe listened impatiently while Eulalie and
Pauline lectured her on the importance of decorum, inconspicuousness,
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