Scarlett grabbed it like a line thrown to the...
Scarlett grabbed
it like a line thrown to the drowningShe'd been listening to her
aunts quarrelling for more than an hour about who was to blame for
their father's reaction to his birthday"This is about my Atlanta
property," Scarlett said
"Please excuse me, I'll take it up to my room She didn't wait for
them to agreeShe locked the door to her roomShe wanted to
savor
every word in private"What mess have you made this time?" the
letter began, without salutationThe old lawyer's handwriting was so
agitated that it was difficult to readScarlett made a face and held
it closer to the lampWhat mess have you made this time? on
Monday I
was visited ly a pompous old fool I generally go out of my way to
avoid
He presented me with an astonishing daft drawn on his bank and
payable
to youThe amount was one- half dolce and gabbana handbag million dol::irs, and it was paid by
IlhettTuesday I was badgered by another ol:lfool, this one a
iawver, askeig me where you wereHis chentyour husbandwanted to
know
I did not tell him you were in Savannah 371 Scarlett groanedWho
was
Uncle Henry calling an old fool when he was such an old fool himself?
No wonder Rhett hadn't come for herShe peered again at Henry's
spidery scriptbecause your telegram arrived after he lejl, and at
the time he called on me I didn't know where you wereI have not
told
him yet, because I do not know what you're up to, and I have a pretty
good idea that I want no part of itThis courthouse lawyer had two
questions from RhettThe first was your whereabouisThe second
was-do you want a divorce? Now, Scariett, I don't know what you'e
holding over Rhett's head to get that kind of 18k omega watch money from him and I
don't
want to know
Whatever he might have done to give you grounos to divorce him is
none
of my business eitherI've never dirtied my hand with a divorce
action, and I'm not going to start nowYou would be wasting your
time
and money, besidesThere is no divorce in South Carolina, and that is
Rhett's legal residence nowIf you persist in this tonfooiery, I will
give you the name of a lawyer in Atlanta who is almost req,ectabli,
even though he has done two divorces that Ee heard of But I warn you
that you'll have to give him or someone else all your legal business
I won't handle anything for you any moreIf you're thinking of
divorcing Rhett so you'll be free to mary Ashley Wilkes, let me say
that you'd do well to think againAIhl is doing much better than
anyone e,q,ecied he woubl
Miss louis vuitton whisper bag India and my silly sister keep a comfortable house for him and his
boyIf you push yourself into hishf, you'll ruin everythisg
Leave the poor man alone, ScarlettLeave Ashley alone, indeed! I'd
like to know how comfortable and prosperous he'd be if I had left him
aloneUncle Henry, of all people, should have better sense than to
fuss at me like a prissy old maid and jump to all kinds of nasty
conclusionsHe knows all about building the houses on the edge of
townScarlett's feelings were deeply woundedUncle Henry Hamilton
was the closest thing she had to a father-or a friend in Atlanta-and
his accusations cut deepShe scanned the few remaining lines quickly
then scrawled a response for Pansy to take to the telegraph office
SAVANNAH ADDRESS N0 SECRET STOP DIV0RCE NOT WANTED STOP
MONEY IN G0LD
QUESTION MARK If omega seamaster titanium watch Uncle Henry hadn't sounded so much like an old
clucking hen, she would have trusted him to have bought gold and put
it
in her safe boxBut anyone who didn't have sense enough to give
Rhett
her address might not have sense about other things, tooScarlett
chewed on the knuckle of her left thumb, worried about her money
Maybe she should go to Atlanta and talk to Henry and her bankers and
Joe ColletonMaybe she should buy some more land out there on the
edge of town, put up some more housesThings would never be
cheaper
than they were now, with the aftereffects of the Panic still depressing
businessNo!
She had to put first things firstRhett was trying to find her
She smiled to herself, and the fingers of her right hand smoothed the
reddened skin over her thumb knuckleHe doesn't fool me with that
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