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"I don't care what Cook saysAnd if you tell one single soul we've
been here, I'll skin you alive Scarlett ate two cookies and a dinner
roll in the storeShe carried two sacks of baked goods home and up
to
her room, hiding them under her capeA telegram had been placed
neatly in the center of her bureauScarlett dropped the sacks of
breads and cookies on the floor and ran to get It"Henry Hamilton,"
it said as signatureDamn! She'd thought it was from Rhett, begging
her to come home or telling her that he was on his way to fetch her
She crumpled the flimsy paper angrily in her fistThen she smoothed
it outBetter see what Uncle Henry had to sayAs she read the
message, Scarlett began to smileYOUR TELEGRAM RECEIVED STOP
ALSO
LARGE BANK DRAEr FROM YOUR HUSBAND STOP WHAT FOOLISHNESS
IS THIS
QUESTION MARK RHETr ASKED ME TO NOTIEY HIM YOUR
WHEREAB0UTS STOP LETTER
F0LL0WS STOP HENRY HAMELTON So Rhett was looking for herJust
what
she'd expectedHah! She'd been so right to come to SavannahShe
hoped Uncle Henry had had the sense to tell Rhett right away and by
telegram, not letterWhy, he might be reading his right this minute,
just like she was reading hersScarlett hummed a waltz tune and
danced around the room holding the telegram against her heartHe
might even be on his way nowThe train from Charleston arrived just
about this time of dayShe ran to the mirror to smooth her hair and
pinch color into her cheeksShould she change her dress? No, Rhett
would notice, and it would make him think she wasn't doing anything
except wait for himShe rubbed toilet water on her throat and
templesHer eyes, she saw, were glowing
green
like a prowling cat'
