| "Just act like they're not here at all, PansyThey
can't hurt you, the War's been over for practically ten years She gestured to the porter who was pushing the cart with her
luggage"Where would I find the carriage that's meeting me?" she
asked haughtilyHe led the way outside, but the only vehicle there
was a ramshackle buggy with a swaybacked horse and a dishevelled
black
driverScarlett's heart sank
Suppose her aunts were out of town? They went to Savannah to visit
their father, she knewSuppose her telegram was just sitting on the
front stoop of a dark, empty house? She drew in a long breath
She didn't care what the story was, she had to get away from the
station and the Yankee soldiersI'll break a window to get into the
house if I fake gucci fabric have toWhy shouldn't I? I'll just pay to get it fixed
the same way I paid to fix the roof for them and everything else
She'd been sending her aunts money to live on ever since they lost all
of theirs during the War"Put my things in that hack," she ordered
the porter, "and tell the driver to get down and help youI'm going
to the Battery The magic word "Battery" had exactly the effect she
hoped forBoth driver and porter became respectful and eager to be
of
serviceSo it's still the most fashionable address in Charleston,
Scarlett thought with reliefIt would be too awful if Rhett heard I was living in a
slumPauline and Eulalie threw open the door of their house the
moment the buggy stoppedGolden light streamed out onto the path
from
the denim chanel bag sidewalk, and Scarlett ran through it to the sanctuary it
promised
But they looked so old! she thought when she was close to her aunts
I don't remember Aunt Pauline being skinny as a stick and all wrinkled
like thatAnd when did Aunt Eulalie get so fat?
She looks like a balloon with gray hair on top"Look at you!"
Eulalie exclaimed"You've changed so, Scarlett, why I'd hardly know
youSurely she hadn't got old, too, had she? She
accepted her aunts' embraces and forced a smile"Look at Scarlett,
Sister," Eulalie burbled"She's grown up to be the image of Ellen"Ellen was never this thin, Sister, you know that
She took Scarlett's arm and pulled her away from Eulalie"There is a
clear resemblance, though, I will say that
Scarlett smiled, this tiffany co bracelets time happilyThere was no greater compliment in
the world that anyone could pay herThe aunts fluttered and argued
about the business of settling Pansy in the servants' quarters and
getting the trunks and valises carried upstairs to Scarlett's
bedroom
"Don't you lift a finger, honey," Eulalie said to Scarlett"You must
be worn out after that long trip Scarlett settled herself gratefully
on a settee in the drawing room, away from the fussNow that she
was
finally here, the ? feverish energy that had gotten her through the
preparations seemed ? to have evaporated, and she realized that her
aunt was rightShe all but dozed off during
supperBoth her aunts had soft voices, with the characteristic
low-country accent that elongated vowels and gucci watch uk blurred consonants
Even
though their conversation consisted largely of politely expressed
disagreement on everything, the sound of it was lullingAlso, they
weren't saying anything that interested her at allShe'd learned what
she wanted to know almost as soon as she stepped across the
threshold
Rhett was living at his mother's house, but he was out of town"Gone
North," Pauline said, with a sour expression"But for good reason,
Sister," Eulalie reminded her"He's in Philadelphia buying back some
of the family silver that the Yankees stole"It's
a joy to see how devoted he is to his mother's happiness, finding all
the things that she lost This time Eulalie was the critic"He
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