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He's been wanting to do it, but he didn't dare say soAnd Kathleen is
near floating with joy that she'll be your lady's maidIt's what she
wants to train for anyhow, and she worships the ground under your
feet
It's the first time the silly girl's been happy since she came here
You belong with us, not at the beck and call of that old loo-IaThe
brass of him, expecting that you'd stay there to housekeep for him
We
want you for the love of you
Scarlett felt betterIt was impossible to resist Maureen's warmth
Still, she hoped it wouldn't be longAll those children! Just like a
colt about to shy, Maureen thoughtUnder the light pressure of her
hand she could feel the tension in Scarlett's armWhat she needs,
Maureen decided, is to open her heart and likely have a good
old-fashioned bawlingIt's not natural for a woman to never tell
nothing about herself, and this one hasn't mentioned her husband at
allIt makes a person wonder But Maureen didn't waste any time
wonderingShe'd observed when she was a girl washing glasses in
her
father's bar that given enough time everyone came around to airing
his troubles sooner or laterShe couldn't imagine that Scarlett would
be any differentThe O 'Hara houses were three tall brick houses in a
row, with windows front and rear and shared interior wallsInside,
the layouts were identicalEach floor had two rooms: kitchen and
dining room on the street level, double parlors on the first floor, and
two bedrooms on each of the top two floorsA narrow hall with a
handsome staircase ran the length of each house, and behind each
one
was an ample yard and a carriage houseScarlett's bedroom was on
the
third floor of Jamie's house
It had two single beds in it-Daniel and Brian had shared it until Brian
moved to Patricia's-and it was very plain, as befitted two young men,
with only a wardrobe and a writing table and chair for furniture in
addition to the bedsBut there were brightly colored patchwork quilts
on the beds and a big red and white rag rug on the polished f
