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brick didn't have to be top qualityScarlett shook her head
impatientlyJoe Colleton would never do it on his ownhe was just
like Ashley, bone honest and full of unbusinesslike idealsShe
remembered them talking together at the siteIf ever there were
birds
of a feather, it was those twoShe wouldn't be surprised if they
stopped in the middle of talking lumber prices to start talking about
some fool book they'd readScarlett's eyes grew thoughtful
She ought to send harriet Kelly to AtlantaShe'd be a perfect wife
for AshleyThey were another two of a kind, living out of books,
hopeless in the real worldharriet was a ninny in lots of ways, but
she stuck by her obligations-she'd stayed with her no-good husband
for
nearly ten years-and she had her own kind of gumption
It took a lot of sand to walk in to the commanding officer in broken
shoes and beg for Danny Kelly's lifeAshley needed that kind of steel
behind himhe needed somebody to take care of, too
It couldn't be doing him any good having India and Aunt Pitty fussing
over him all the timeWhat it was likely doing to Beau was too awful
to think aboutBilly Kelly would teach him a thing or threeShe'd better send a box of smelling salts for Aunt
Pitty along with Billy Kelly
Cat would be heartbroken without BillyShe'd drooped for a week
when
Ocras ran away, and the tabby hadn't been one-tenth of what Billy
was
in her lifeBesides, harriet couldn't stand the heatNo, it
wouldn't do at allScarlett bent her head to the account
books againhe ve got to stop spending so much money," Scarlett
said
angrily
