"Scarlett, I can't go on without her," he... 479
"Scarlett, I can't go on
without her," he groaned
Scarlett pulled her hand awayShe had to break through the shell of
despair that bound him, or it would kill him, she was sureShe stood
and leaned down over him"Listen to me, Ashley Wilkes," she said
"I've been listening to you pick over your sorrows all this time, and
now you listen to mineDo you think you're the only person who
loved
Melly and depended on her? I did, more than I knew, more than
anybody
knewI expect a lot of other people did, tooBut we're not going to
curl up and die for itThat's what you're doingAnd I'm ashamed of
you"Melly is, too, if she's looking down from heavenDo you have
any idea what she went through to have Beau? Well, I prada brown handbags know what she
suffered, and I'm telling you it would have killed the strongest man
God ever made
Now you're all he's gotIs that what you want Melly to see? That her
boy is all alone, practically an orphan, because his Pa feels too sorry
for himself to care about him? Do you want to break her heart, Ashley
Wilkes? Because that's what you're doing She caught his chin in her
hand and forced him to look at ? her"You pull yourself together, do
you hear me, Ashley? You march yourself out to the kitchen and tell
the cook to fix you a hot mealIf it makes you throw
up, eat another oneAnd you find your boy and take him in your arms
and tell him not to be ? scared, that he has a father to take care of
himThink gucci bags china about somebody besides yourself Scarlett
wiped her hand on her skirt as if it were soiled by Ashley's grip
Then she walked from the room, pushing India out of the wayAs she
opened the door to the porch, she could hear India: "My poor, darling
AshleyDon't pay any attention to the horrible things Scarlett
said
Scarlett stopped, turnedShe withdrew a calling card from her purse
and dropped it on a table"I'm leaving my card for you, Aunt Pitty,"
she shouted, "since you're afraid to see me in person
She slammed the door behind her"Just drive, Elias," she told her
coachman She couldn't stand to stay in that
house
one single minute moreWhat was she going to do? Had she gotten
through to Ashley? She'd been so men's gold gucci watches mean-well, she had to be, he was
being drowned in sympathy and pity-but had it done any good?
Ashley
adored his son, maybe he'd pull himself together for Beau's sake
"Maybe" wasn't good enoughShe had to make him do itHenry Hamilton's law office," she told Elias"Uncle
Henry" was terrifying to most women, but not to ScarlettShe could
understand that growing up in the same house with Aunt Pittypat had
made him a misogynistAnd she knew he rather liked herHe said
she
wasn't as silly as most womenHe was her lawyer and knew how
shrewd
she was in her business dealings
When she walked into his office without waiting to be announced, he
put
down the letter he was reading and chuckled"Do come in, Scarlett,"
he gucci black bag said, rising to his feet"Are you in a hurry to sue somebody?" She
paced forward and back, ignoring the chair beside his desk"I'd like
to shoot somebody," she said, "but I don't know that it would help
Isn't it true that when Charles died, he left me all his property?"
"You know it isStop that fidgeting and sit downHe left the
warehouses near the depot that the Yankees burnedAnd he left
some
farmland outside of town that will be in town before too long, the way
Atlanta has been growing Scarlett perched on the edge of the chair,
her eyes fixed on his"And half of Aunt Pitty's house on Peachtree
Street," she said distinctly
"Didn't he leave me that, too?"
"My God, Scarlett, don't tell me you want to move in cheap prada th
