Sally amused her with a highly colored account...
Sally amused her with a highly colored
account of Miles kissing their horse, and the jockey tooIt lasted
until Manigo had set the tea tray on the table in front of Scarlett and
left"Miss Eleanor's having a rest, or I'd let her know you were
here," said Scarlett"When she wakes up-"
"I'll be gone," Sally
interrupted
"I know Eleanor naps in the afternoon, and Rhett is out sailing, and
Rosemary is at Julia'sThat's why I picked this time to comeI want
to talk to you alone Scarlett spooned tea leaves into the potSally Brewton, of all people, sounded uneasy, and
nothing ever fazed SallyShe poured hot water onto the leaves and
put
the lid on the pot"Scarlett, I'm going to do the unforgivable," said
Sally briskly"I'm tiffany jewellery going to meddle in your lifeWhat's much worse,
I'm going to give you some unsolicited advice"Go ahead and have an
affair with Middleton Courtney if you want to, but for God's sake be
discreetWhat you're doing is in appallingly poor taste Scarlett's
eyes widened in shockHave an affair? Only loose women did things
like thatHow dare Sally Brewton insult her this way? She drew
herself up to her tallest
"I'll have you know, MrsBrewton, that I'm just as much a lady as you
are," she said stifflyMeet Middleton somewhere
in the afternoons and pleasure yourself all you like, but don't make
your husband and his wife and everyone in town watch you two
panting at
each other in a ballroom like a dog after a bitch in heat chanel jewelry online Scarlett
thought that nothing could be as horrifying as Sally's wordsThe next
ones proved her wrong"I should warn you, though, that he's not
very
good in bedHe's Don Juan in the ballroom but a village idiot once he
takes off his dancing pumps and tailcoat Sally reached over to the
tray and shook the teapot
"If you let this steep much longer, we'll be able to tan hides with
it
Do you want me to pour?" She peered closely at Scarlett's face
"My God," she said slowly, "you're as ignorant as a newborn babe,
aren't you? I am sorry, Scarlett, I didn't realizeHere-let me give
you a cup of tea with lots of sugar Scarlett drew back into her
chairShe wanted to cry, to cover her earsShe'd admired Sally,
been proud to be a balenciaga bag friend of hers, and Sally- had turned out to be no
better than trash! 'My poor child," said Sally, "if I had known, I
would have been a lot easier on youAs it is, consider this an
accelerated educationYou're in Charleston and married to a
Charlestonian, ScarlettYou can't afford to wrap your backwoods
innocence around you as a shieldThis is an old city with an old
civilizationAn essential part of being civilized is consideration
for the sensibilities of othersYou can do anything you like,
provided you do it discreetlyThe unpardonable sin is to force your
peccadilloes down the throats of your friendsYou must make it
possible for others to pretend they don't know what you're doing
Scarlett couldn't believe what she chanel pearls was hearingThis was not at all
like pretending that initialed napkins belonged to someone elseAlthough she had married three times while she was
in
love with someone else, she had never thought of physically betraying
any one of her husbandsShe could yearn for Ashley, imagine
Ashley's
embraces, but she would never have sneaked off to meet him for an
hour
in bedI don't want to be civilized, she thought with despairShe'd
never be able to look at any woman in Charleston again without
wondering if she and Rhett were lovers or had ever been loversWhy
had
she come to this place? She didn't belong hereShe didn't want to
belong in the kind of place Sally Brewton was talking about"I think
you'd better go home," she chanel jewelry sai