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Rhett pushed the door wider with his footHis hands were holding a
huge
silver tray laden with gleaming tea pot, urn, bowl, sugar bowl, milk
pitcher, strainer, and three tea caddies"India, China, or
chamomile?" He was smiling with delight at hissurpriseRhett!
Scarlett couldn't breatheHe'd been in the
sun
somewhere, he was brown as an IndianOh, God, how she loved him,
her
heart was beating so hard that everyone must be able to hear it
"Rhett! Oh, darling, I'm afraid I'm going to make a spectacle of
myselfButler grabbed a napkin and wiped her eyes"You said
'some silver' in PhiladelphiaI had no idea it was the tea service
"It's also very heavyMiss Emma, will you please push that makeshift
china to one side? I heard you mention something about thirst, I
believeI'd be honored if you'd brew your heart's desire Sally,
my beloved, when are you going to agree to let me duel your husband
to
the death and abduct you?" Rhett placed the tray on the table, leaned
across it, and kissed the three women sitting on the settee behind
it
Then he looked aroundLook at me, Scarlett begged silently from the
shadowy cornerBut he didn't see her"Margaret, how
lovely you look in that gownRoss doesn't deserve youHello, Anne,
it's a pleasure to see youEdward, I can't say the same for youI
don't approve of your organizing yourself a harem in my house when
I'm
out in the rain in the sorriest hansom cab in North America, clutching
the family silver to oe my bosom to protect it from the
carpetbaggers
Rhett smiled at his mother"Stop that crying, now, Mama dear," he
said,
"or I'll think you don't like your surprise Eleanor looked up at
him, her face shining with
