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Why, for all they know I could be dead and buried and not so much as a condolence note to my husband and childrenA mighty tacky way to treat a blood relative, I call itMaybe I'll just forget about going to see any of them at allThey don't deserve any visits from me after the way they neglected me, she thought, ignoring the letters from Savannah that she'd never answered, until finally they stopped coming She was ready to consign her father's brothers and their wives permanently to oblivion in the recesses of her mind nowShe was fixed on two things, getting control of Tara and getting the upper hand with RhettNever mind that the two were contradictory goals, she'd find a way to have bothAnd they demanded all the thinking she had time for I'm not going to go trailing around looking for big chanel that musty old store, Scarlett decided I've got to track down the Mother Superior and the BishopOh, I do wish I hadn't left those beads in CharlestonShe looked quickly along the storefronts on the other side of Broughton Street, Savannah's place to shopSurely there must be a jeweler somewhere close byThe bold gilt letters that spelled out 0'HARA stretched across the wall above five gleaming windows almost directly oppositeMy, they've come up in the world since I was here last, Scarlett thoughtThat doesn't look musty at all"Come on," she said to Pansy, and she plunged into the tangled traffic of wagons, buggies, and pushcarts that filled the busy streetThe 0 'Hara store smelled of fresh paint, not long-settled dustA green tarlatan banner draped across the front of the counter in the tiffany canada rear gave the reason in gold letters: GND oPENINGScarlett looked around enviouslyThe store was more than twice the size of her store in Atlanta, and she could see that the stock was fresher and more variedNeatly labelled boxes and bolts of bright fabrics filled shelves to the ceiling; barrels of meals and flours were lined up along the floor, not far from the big potbellied stove in the center; and huge glass jars of candy stood temptingly on the tall counterHer uncles were moving up in the world for sureThe store she'd visited in 1861 wasn't in the central, fashionable part of Broughton Street, and it was dark, cluttered, even more so than hers in AtlantaIt would be interesting to find out what this handsome expansion had cost her unclesShe might just consider a few of their ideas omega pocket watches for her own businessShe walked quickly to the counter O'Hara, if you please," she said to the tall, aproned man who was measuring out some lamp oil into a customer's glass jug"In a moment, if you'll be so kind as to wait, ma'am," the man said without looking upHis voice had just a hint of brogue in itThat makes sense, thought ScarlettHire Irish for a shop run by IrishmenShe looked at the labels on the shelved boxes in front of her while the man wrapped the oil in brown paper and made changeHmmm, she should be keeping gloves that way, too, by size not by colorYou could see the colors quick enough when you opened the box, but it was a real bother to search for the right size in a box of gloves that were all of them black Why hadn't she thought of it before? The man behind the counter shop prada handbags had to speak again before Scarlett 341 heard himO'Hara," he repeated"How might I be of service to you?" Oh, no, this wasn't the uncles' store after all! They must still be where they'd always been Scarlett explained hurriedly that she'd made a mistakeShe was looking for an elderly Mr"Can you direct me to their store?" "But this is their storeThen you must be my cousinI'm Katie Scarlett, Gerald's daughter Scarlett held out both her handsA cousin! A big, strong, not-an-old-man cousin of her ownShe felt as if she'd just been given a surprise present"Jamie, that's me," said her cousin with a laugh, taking her hands in his"Jamie O'Hara at your service, Scarlett O'HaraAnd what a gift you are to a weary businessman, to be sure Pretty as a sunrise, and dropping from out of the blue like a kelly hermes bags falling