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in sending allyhara for any more, eitherScanlon, the
dressmaker, had one without sleep to finish the things she had with
herAll her lothes made new for the trip to America were hopelessly
out of ashion"I think I'll leave first thing in the morning," said
Scarlett"Oh, no," Sarah cried, "you mustn't do that, The O'Hara
What o you care what the others do? They're only Anglos Scarlett
smiled at the girl"So it's us against them, Sarah, is that hat
you're telling me? How did you know I was The O'Hara?"
"Everyone in County Meath knows about The O'Hara," said he girl
proudly, "everyone Irish
She felt better already"Now, Sarah," she said, 'tell me all about
the Anglos who are here Scarlett was sure the servants in the house
must know everything about everybodySarah
didn't
disappoint herWhen Scarlett went downstairs for dinner, she was
armored against any snobbishness she might meetShe knew more
about
the other guests than their own mothers didEven so, she felt like a
backwoods CrackerAnd she was furious at John MorlandAll he'd
said
was "light frocks in the daytime and something rather naked for dinner
at night The other women were gowned and jewelled like queens,
she
thought, and she'd left her pearls and her diamond earbobs at home
Also, she was sure that her gown fairly screamed aloud that a village
dressmaker had made it
She gritted her teeth and made up her mind that she was going to
have a
good time anyhowMight as well, I'll never get invited any place
elseIn fact there were many things she enjoyedIn addition to
croquet, there was boating on the lake, plus contests shooting at
targets with bow and arrows and a game called tennis, both of them
quite the latest rage, she was toldAfter dinner Saturday everyone
rummaged through big boxes of costumes that had been brought to
the
drawing roomThere was buffoonery and uninhibited laughter and a
lack
of self-consciousness that Scarlett envied
