Then take off every speck of trimming, including... 609
Then take off every speck of trimming, including the gold
buttons, and sew on some plain black buttons instead
"Where I going to find any black buttons, Miss Scarlett?"
"Don't bother me with fool questions like thatButler's
maid-what's her name? CelieAnd wake me up tomorrow at five
o'clock
"Five o'clock?"
"Are you deaf? You heard meI want that green outfit
ready to put on when I get up Scarlett sank gratefully into the
feather mattress and down pillows on the big bedIt had been an
over-full, over-emotional dayMeeting Miss Eleanor, then shopping,
then that silly Confederate Home meeting, then Rhett appearing from
nowhere with the silver tea service Her hand stretched over to the
empty space beside herShe wanted him there, but perhaps it louis vuitton neo cabby was
better to wait a few days, until she was really accepted in
Charleston
That miserable Ross! She wouldn't think about him or those horrible
things he'd said and doneMiss Eleanor had denied him the house,
and
she wouldn't have to see him, she hoped not ever againShe'd think
about something elseShe'd think about Miss Eleanor, who loved her
and who was going to help her get Rhett back, even if she didn't know
that's what she was doingThe Market, Miss Eleanor had said, was
the
place to meet everybody and hear all the newsSo to the Market she
would gotomorrowScarlett would have been happier if it wasn't
necessary to go so early, at six o'clockI have to
say this for Charleston, she thought sleepily, it's plenty busy, and I
like thatShe was vintage hermes only halfway through a yawn when she fell asleep
The Market was the perfect place for Scarlett to begin the life of a
Charleston lady
The Market was an outward, visible distillation of Charleston's
essenceFrom the city's earliest days it had been the place where
Charlestonians bought their foodThe lady of the house-or, in rare
cases, the man-selected and paid for it, a maid or coachman received
it
and placed it in a basket hung over the armBefore the War the food
was sold by slaves who had transported it from their masters'
plantationsMany of the vendors were in the places they had been
before, only now they were free, and the baskets were carried by
servants who were paid for their service; like the vendors, many of
them were the same chanel handbag 2.55 people, carrying the same baskets they had
before
What was important to Charleston was that the old ways hadn't
changed
Tradition was the bedrock of society, the birthright of Charleston's
people, the priceless inheritance that no carpetbagger or soldier could
stealIt was made manifest in the MarketOutsiders could shop
there; it was public property
But they found it frustratingSomehow they could never quite catch
the eye of the woman who was selling vegetables, the man selling
crabs
Black citizens were as proudly Charlestonian as white ones
When the foreigner left, the whole Market rang with laughterThe
Market was for Charleston's people onlyScarlett hunched her
shoulders to lift her collar higher on her neckA cold finger of wind
got inside vintage cartier watch it despite her efforts, and she shivered violently
Her eyes felt full of cinders, and she was sure her boots must be lined
with leadHow many miles could there be in five city blocks?
She couldn't see a thingThe street lamps were only a bright circle
of mist within mist in the ghostly gray pre-dawn halflight
How can Miss Eleanor be so cursed cheery? Chattering away as if it
wasn't freezing cold and black as pitchThere was some light
ahead-way aheadScarlett stumbled towards itShe wished the
miserable wind would die downWhat was that? In the windIt was! It was coffeeMaybe she'd live after
all
Her steps matched MrsButler's in an eager, accelerated paceThe
Market was like a bazaar, an oasis of light and warmth, color and life
in the formless gray coco chanel jewelry m
