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Henry Hamilton looked at her with expressionless probing eyes"Are you sure that's why you want him back in his own house, because he's suffering from too much sympathy?" Scarlett bridled"God's nightgown, Uncle Henry!" she said"Are you turning into a scandal monger in your old age?" "Don't show your claws to me, young ladySettle back in that chair and listen to some hard truthsYou've got maybe the best business head I ever met, but otherwise you're about as dimwitted as the village idiot Scarlett scowled, but she did as she was told"Now, about Ashley's house," said the old lawyer slowly, "it's already been sold I drew up the papers yesterday He held up his hand gold chanel earrings to stop Scarlett before she could speak"I advised him to move into Pitty's and sell itNot because of the pain of associations and memories in the house, and not because I was concerned about who was going to take care of him and the boy, although both are valid considerationsI advised him to move because he needed the money from the sale to keep his lumber business from going under "What do you mean? Ashley doesn't know tootle about making money, but he can't possibly go underBuilders always need lumber "If they're buildingJust you get down off your high horse for a minute and listen, ScarlettI know you're not interested in anything that happens in the world tiffany jewellery unless it concerns you, but there was a big financial scandal in New York a couple or three weeks agoA speculator named Jay Cooke miscalculated, and he crashedHe took his railroad down with him, an outfit called the Northern PacificHe took a bunch of other speculators with him, too, fellows who were in on his railroad deal and some of his other dealsWhen they went with him, they took down a lot of other deals they were in on, outside of Cooke'sThen the fellows who were in on their deals went down, tumbling still more deals and more fellowsJust like a house of cardsIn New York they're calling it 'the Panic It's alread,y spreadingI expect it'll run through the whole black chanel quilted bag country before it 5 done Scarlett felt a stab of terror"What about my store?" she cried "And my money? Are the banks safe?" "The one you bank in isI've got my money there, too, so I made sure Fact is, Atlanta's not likely to get hurt muchWe're not big enough yet for any big deals, and it's the big ones that are crumblingBut business is at a standstill everywherePeople are afraid to invest in anything That means building, tooAnd if nobody's building, nobody needs lumber"So Ashley won't be making any money from the sawmillsBut if nobody's investing, why did his house sell so fast? Seems to me, if there's a panic, real estate prices should be the first thing to chanel earrings fallYou're a smart one, ScarlettThat's why I told Ashley to sell while he couldAtlanta hasn't felt the Panic yet, but it'll get here soonWe've been booming for the past eight years-hell, there are more than twenty thousand people living here now-but you can't boom without bucks He laughed mightily at his own wItScarlett laughed with him, although she didn't think there was anything funny about economic collapseShe knew men like to be appreciatedUncle Henry's laughter stopped abruptly, like water turned off at a faucet Now Ashley's with his sister and his aunt, for good and proper reasons and according to my adviceAnd that doesn't suit you"No, sir, it doesn't suit at chanel earrings stud