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@@@@@If you have a leaning towards being a lady, I'll even show you how, never mind what I think about it After all, I know all the rules even if I can't abide them I'm going out, and there's no more to be said about it Scarlett glowered mulishly at MrsThe housekeeper stood in the open doorway like an immovable mountain7 Scarlett changed her tactics"Please do let me," she coaxed, with the sweetest smile in her arsenal"The fresh air will do me a world of good It'll perk up my appetite, too, and you know how you've been after me about not eating enough Scarlett forgot that she was being beguiling"And high time, too! Is her high-and-mightiness bothering to say what took her so long?" Mrs"She started out on time, but her piles bothered her so badly she had to stop overnight every ten miles on the way hereIt seems we won't have to worry about her lazing in a rocking chair when she should be on her feet working Scarlett tried not to laugh, but she couldn't help itAnd she couldn't really stay mad at MrsFitzpatrick; they had grown too close for thatThe older woman had moved into the housekeeper's apartment the day after Cat was bornShe was Scarlett's constant companion while she was illAnd readily available afterwardsMany people came to visit Scarlett in the long convalescent weeks after Cat was bornColum almost daily, Kathleen almost every other day, her big O'Hara men cousins after Mass each Sunday, Molly more often than Scarlett liked Fitzpatrick was always thereShe brought tea and cakes to the visitors, whiskey and cakes to the men, and after the visitors left she stayed with Scarlett to hear the news the visitors had brought and finish off the refreshments She brought news herself-about the happenings in the town of Ballyhara and in Trim-and gossip she'd heard in the shopsShe kept Scarlett from being too lonel