Bart chuckled as he recounted the gossip Sally... 733
Bart chuckled as he
recounted the gossip Sally had included in her letterRhett had into
the oldest snare in history, it seemedSome orphanage was having
an
outing at his country place, and one of the orphans turned missing
when
it was time to leaveSo what did he do but go with the schoolteacher
to search for itAll ended well, the child found, but not until after
dark
Which meant, of course, that spinster teacher was compromised, and
Rhett had to marry herThe best part was that he'd been run out of
town years when he refused to make an honest woman out of another
girl
I been indiscreet with"You'd think he would have learned to be
careful after the time," Bart chortled"He must be a lot knock off tiffany jewelry more
absentminded than' appearsDon't you find that hilarious, Scarlett?
Scarlett?" she gathered her wits"Speaking as a female, I'd say it
serves MrHe has the look of a man who's caused a lot
of girls a lot of trouble when he wasn't being absentminded John
Morland whooped with laughterThe sound attracted Half Moon, who
approached the fence warilyBart shook the bag of oatsScarlett was
elated, and yet she felt like crying
So that was why Rhett had been so quick to divorce and remarry
What a sly boots Anne Hampton isShe had me fooled good and
properMaybe it was just wretched luck for me that it took so
long to find the stray orphanAnd that Anne is Miss Eleanor's special
favoriteAnd that she looks so much like black fendi spy Melly
Half Moon backed away from the oatsJohn Morland reached into a
pocket of his jacket and found an appleThe horse nickered in
anticipation"Look here, Scarlett," Bart said as he broke the
apple
"I've got something a bit ticklish to talk to you about He extended
his open palm with one quarter of the apple on it for Half Moon"A bit
ticklish!" If he only knew how ticklish his conversation had already
been"I don't mind you spoiling that animal
rotten, if that's what you mean," she said
Heavens no! Bart's gray eyes widenedWhat could have put such a
thought in her head? It was something truly delicate, he explained
Alice Harrington- she was the stoutish one at the hunt who'd ended up
in the ditch -was having bay bag chloe a house party at Midsummer Night, and she
wanted to invite Scarlett but didn't have the nerveHe'd been
appointed diplomat to sound her out about itScarlett had a hundred
questionsEssentially they boiled down to when, where, and what to
wearColum would be furious, she was sure, but she didn't careShe
wanted to get dressed up and drink champagne and ride like the wind
again over streams and fences following the hounds and the fox
arrington House was a huge block of a house made of Portland stone
It
wasn't far from Ballyhara, just past a crossroads village named Pike
CornerThe entrance was hard to find; there were no gates and no
gatehouse, only a pair of unadorned and unmarked stone replica chanel earrings columns
The
gravel drive skirted a broad lake then turned into a plain gravelled
area in front of the stone houseA footman came out of the front door
at the sound of the buggy's wheelsHe handed Scarlett down, then
turned her over to a maid who was waiting in the hallway"My name
is
Wilson, miss," she said with a curtsey"Will you be wanting to rest a
bit after your journey or will you be joining the others?" Scarlett
chose to join the others, and the footman led her the length of the
hall to an open door onto a lawnO'Hara!" shouted Alice
HarringtonNow Scarlett remembered her vividly"Ended up in a
ditch" hadn't been much of a description, nor had "stout Fat and
loud would have identified Alice Harrington for her at replica cartier tank onc
