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@@@@@"I assume you won't object if I smoke His long fingers dipped into the interior pocket of his coat and extracted a cherootWhy ,am I shut up down here in the dark? I want to go upstairs in the sun "Above," Rhett corrected automatically"This is a rather small craft The crew is black, Pansy is black, you are white and a womanThey get the cockpit, you get the cabinPansy can roll her eyes at the two men, laugh at their somewhat indelicate gallantries, and they'll all three have a pleasant timeYour presence would spoil it"So at the same time that the underclass is enjoying the journey, you and I, the privileged elite, will be thoroughly miserable cooped up in each other's company while you continue to pout and whine "I'm not pouting and whining! And I'll thank you not to talk to me as if I was a child!" Scarlett pulled in her lower lipShe hated it when Rhett made her feel foolish "What was that quarry we stopped at?" "That, my dear, was the salvation of Charleston and my passport back into the bosom of my peopleIt is a phosphate mineThere are dozens of them scattered along both rivers He lit his cigar with prolonged appreciation and the smoke spiraled upward to the porthole"I see your eyes gleaming, ScarlettIt's not the same as a gold mineYou can't make coins or jewelry out of phosphateBut, ground and washed and treated with certain chemicals, it makes the best quick-acting fertilizer in the worldThere are customers waiting for as much of it as we can produce "So you're getting richer than everBut, more to the point, this is respectable, Charleston moneyI can spend as much of my ill-gotten, speculator profit as I like now without disapprovalEveryone can tell themselves that it comes from phosphates, even though the mine is puny in size