| "I'm going to the Landing with you," said Rosemary"I
haven't been there for months
"You can't go to the Landing, Rosemary Rhett was carefully patient
"I'm afraid Rhett's right, dear," said Mrs"He can't be with
you all the time, he's got too much business to take care ofAnd you
cannot be in the house or any place else with only that child you have
for a maidThere's too much coming and going, too many rough
people
"I'll take your Celie, thenScarlett will let you borrow Pansy to
help you dress, won't you, Scarlett?" Scarlett smiledThere was no
need for tears"I'll go with you, Rosemary," she said sweetly New Year's Eve would come to wholesale tiffany the plantation, too
Without a ballroom full of people, just Rhett and her"How generous
of
you, Scarlett," Miss Eleanor said"I know you'll miss going to the
balls next weekYou're luckier than you deserve, Rosemary, to have
such a thoughtful sister-in-law
"I don't think either of them should go, Mama, I won't allow it," said
RhettRosemary opened her mouth to protest, but her mother's
slightly
raised hand stopped herButler spoke quietly: "You're being
rather inconsiderate, Rhett; Rosemary loves the Landing as much as
you
do, and she doesn't have the freedom to come and go the way you
canI
believe you should take her, especially deville watch since you're also going to
Julia Ashley'sShe's very fond of your sister Scarlett's mind was
racingWhat did she care about missing some dances if she could be
alone with Rhett? She'd get rid of Rosemary somehow-maybe this
Miss
Ashley would invite her to stay at her placeThen there would be only
RhettShe remembered him in her room when she was
at
the Landing beforeHe'd held her, comforted her, spoken with such
tenderness "Just wait till you see Miss Julia's plantation,
Scarlett," Rosemary said loudly"It's what a plantation is supposed
to be Rhett was riding ahead of them, pushing aside or tearing the
vines of honeysuckle that prada black bags had grown across the trail through the
pinewoodsScarlett followed Rosemary, uninterested for the moment
in
what Rhett was doing, her mind busy with other thingsThank
goodness
this old horse is so fat and lazyI haven't ridden horseback for so
long that anything with spirit would throw me for sureHow I used to
love to ride when the stables at Tara were fullPa
was so proud of his horsesSuellen had hands like anvils,
she could ruin the mouth of an alligatorAnd Carreen was afraid, even
of her ponyBut I used to race with Pa, hell for leather on the
roads, almost winning sometimes"Katie Scarlett," he'd say, "you ve
got the hands of an balenciaga blue angel and the nerve of the devil himselfIt's the
O'Hara in you, a horse will always recognize an Irishman and give his
best for himTara's woods smelled sharp, just like
these, pine prickling in my noseAnd the birds singing and the
rustling leaves underfoot and the peace of it allI wonder how many
acres Rhett's got? I'll find out from RosemaryShe probably knows
right down to the square inchI hope this Miss Ashley isn't the
dragon Rhett makes her out to beWhat was it Rhett said? She looks
like she drinks vinegarHe is funny when he's nastylong as it's not
about me"Scarlett! Catch up, we're almost there
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