She ought to send harriet Kelly to AtlantaShe'd...
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 fendi big 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
angrilyShe shook the account book at Mrs"There's no
reason on earth for feeding this army of servants when flour for bread
costs a fortuneAt least half of them will have to be let goWhat
good do they do, anyhow? And don't sing me that old song about
having
to churn the cream to make the butter, because if there's one thing
that there's too much of coco chanel designer these days, it's butterYou can't sell it
for hapenny a poundFitzpatrick waited for Scarlett's tirade to endThen she calmly
took the book from her and put it on a table"You'd turn them out
onto the road, then?" she said"They'll find plenty of company, for
many of the Big houses in Ireland are doing just what you're
proposing
Not a day goes by we don't have a dozen or more poor souls begging a
bowl of soup at the kitchen doorWill you add to their number?"
Scarlett strode impatiently to the window"No, of course not, don't
be ridiculousBut there must be some way we can cut expenses"It's
more costly to feed your fine horses than your ) Mrs
Fitzpatrick's voice was coldScarlett turned on her"That will be
all," she said balenciaga giant bag furiously
She picked up the book and went to her deskBut she was too upset
to
concentrate on the accountsFitz be so mean? She
must know that I enjoy hunting more than anything else in my life
The
only thing that's getting me through this horrible summer is knowing
that come fall, the hunting will begin againScarlett closed her eyes
and tried to remember the crisp cold mornings, with the night's light
frost turned to trailing mist, and the sound of the horn signalling the
beginning of the chaseA tiny muscle jumped involuntarily in the soft
flesh over her clenched jawShe wasn't good at imagining, she was
good at doingShe opened her eyes and worked doggedly on the
accountsWith no grain to sell and no rents to collect, she was women's rolex watch going
to lose money this yearThe knowledge bothered her, because she
had
a] ways made money in business and losing it was a highly
disagreeable
changeBut Scarlett had grown up in a world where it was accepted
that sometimes a crop failed or a storm wrought havocShe knew
that
next year would be different, and certainly betterShe was not a
failure because of the disaster of the drought and the hailIt wasn't
like the lumber business or the store where she would have been
responsible if there had been no profitBesides, the losses would
barely make a dent in her fortunecould be extravagant for the rest
of her life, and the crops at hara could fail every year, and she
would still have plenty of money Scarlett sighed motorcycle balenciaga unconsciously