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"The work now is in planning the moves of the Land LeagueYou heard us talking on New Year's, do you not remember?" "Tell me again, ColumThere must be something I can do to helpLand League membership was open only to tenant farmers, and there would be no action until rents came due in the springOne farmer on each estate would pay, all the others would refuse, and if the landlord evicted, all would go to live at the cottage where the rent was paid upScarlett couldn't see the reason for thatThe landlord would just rent to someone elseAh, no, said Colum, that's where the League came in They'd force everyone else to stay away, and, without farmers, the landlord would lose his rents and also his newly planted crops because there'd be no one to tend themIt was the idea of a genius; he was only sorry he hadn't thought of it himselfScarlett went to her cousins mulberry bayswater bag and pressured them to join the Land League They could come to Ballyhara if they were evicted, she promised Without exception every O 'hara refusedScarlett complained bitterly to Colum"Don't be blaming yourself for the blindness of others, Scarlett darlingYou're doing all that's needed to make up for their failingsAren't you The O'hara and a credit to the name? Do you not know that every house in Ballyhara and half of them in Trim have - from the Dublin papers about The O'hara being the shining !-? star in the Castle of the English Viceroy? They keep them In Bible, with the prayer cards and pictures of the saints On Saint Brigid's Day there was a light rainScarlett said ritual prayers for a good farm year with a fervor no other prayer ever held, and she had tears on her cheeks when she turned the - sod Father Flynn blessed it with holy water, then the prada bags online chalice - water was passed from hand to hand for everyone to drink shareThe farmers left the field quietly, with bowed headsC God could save themNo one could stand another year like the oneScarlett returned to the house and removed her muddy Then she invited Cat to have cocoa in her room while she got things organized to be packed for DublinShe would be leaving less than a weekShe didn't want to go-Luke would be there, how could she face him? With her head held high, it was the - way Her people expected it of her Scarlett's second Season in Dublin was an even greater triumph than her firstInvitations awaited her at the Shelbourne for all the Castle events, plus five small dances and two late-night suppers in the Viceregal private apartmentsShe also found in a sealed envelope the most coveted invitation of all: her carriage would be admitted through the chanel j 12 special entrance behind the CastleThere'd be no more waiting in line for hours on Dame Street while carriages were allowed into the Castle yard four at a time to put down guestsThere were also cards requesting her presence at parties and dinners in private houses These were reputed to be much more entertaining than the Castle events with their hundreds of people Scarlett laughed, deep in her throatAn orangutan in fine clothes, was she? No, she was not, and the pile of invitations proved it She was The O'hara of Ballyhara, Irish and proud of itShe was an original! It made no difference that Luke was in DublinLet him sneer all he likedShe could look him in the eye without fear or shame, and be damned to himShe sorted through the pile, picking and choosing, and a tiny bubble of excitement rose in her heartIt was nice to be wanted, nice to wear pretty gowns and gucci paolo watch dance in pretty rooms So what if the social world of Dublin was Anglo? She knew enough now to recognize that Society's smiles and frowns, rules and transgressions, honors and ostracisms, triumphs and losses, were all part of a gameNone of it was important, none of it mattered to the world of reality outside the gilded ballrooms But games were made to be played, and she was a good playerShe was glad, after all, that she'd come to Dublin Scarlett learned immediately that the Earl of Fenton's presence in Dublin had set off a frenzy of excitement and speculation"My dear," said May Taplow, "even in London people can talk of nothing else Everyone knows Fenton considers Dublin a thirdrate provincial outpost His house hasn't been opened for decadesWhy in the world is he here?" "I can't imagine," Scarlett replied, relishing the thought of May's reaction if she cheap chanel purses told