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"I have my reasons," she said"Do you object?" "What if I do?" This was intolerableShe could not, would not go back to CharlestonIt would be equivalent to surrenderShe had to stay in Savannah"If you don't want me here, I'll go to my cousins The O'Haras have already invited me Pierre Robillard'south jerked, a travesty of a smile"You don't mind sleeping in the parlor with the pig, I take it Scarlett's cheeks reddened She'd always known her grandfather disapproved of her mother's marriageHe'd never accepted Gerald O'Hara in his houseShe wanted to defend her father, and her cousins, from his prejudice against the IrishIf only she didn't have this terrible suspicion that the children brought the baby pigs into the house rolex wrist watches to play with"Never mind," said her grandfatherIt's a matter of supreme indifference to me He closed his eyes, dismissing her from his sight and his attentionScarlett refrained with difficulty from slamming the door when she left the roomWhat a horrid old man! Still, she had gotten what she wantedShe smiled at her aunts "Everything's all right," she saidFor the remainder of the morning, and all afternoon Scarlett cheerfully went along with her aunts to leave their cards at the houses of all their friends and acquaintances in Savannah they hand-lettered in the lower left corner "Pour prendre conget take leave The custom had never beon observed in Atlanta, but in the older cities of coastal Georgia and chanel purse for cheap South Carolina, it was a required ritual Scarlett thought it a great waste of time to inform people you were leavingEspecially when, only a handful of days earlier, her aunts had worn themselves out leaving cards at the same houses to inform the same people that they had arrivedShe was sure that most of those people hadn't bothered to leave cards at the Robillard house Certainly there had been no callersOn Saturday she insisted on going to the train depot with them, and she saw to it that Pansy put their valises exactly where they wanted them, in full view so that no one could steal themShe kissed their papery wrinkled cheeks, returned to the busy platform, and waved goodbye while the train chugged out of the station"We'll rolex watches for women stop at the bakery on Broughton Street before we go back to the house," she told the driver of the rented carriageIt was still a long time until dinnerShe sent Pansy to the kitchen to order a pot of coffee and then took off her hat and glovesHow lovely and quiet the house was with the aunts goneBut that was definitely a film of dust on the hall tableShe'd have to have a few words with JeromeThe other servants, too, if necessaryShe wasn't going to have things looking shabby when Rhett arrivedAs if he'd read her mind, Jerome appeared behind herWhy on earth couldn't the man make a decent amount of noise when he walked? 375 "This message come for you, Miss Scarlett He held out a silver tray with a telegram on itRhett! dolce & gabbana bag Scarlett grabbed the thin paper with too-eager, clumsy fingersSee to my coffee, please The butler was too curious by half, in her opinionShe didn't want him reading over her shoulderAs soon as he was gone, she ripped open the messageIt was from Uncle Henry The normally thrifty old lawyer must have been deeply agitated because the telegram was wastefully wordyI HAVE NOT AND WILL NOT HAVE ANYTHING WHATS0EVER TO DO WITH INVESTING 0R 0THERWISE INV0LVING MYSELF WITH THE MONEY THAT WAS TRANSFERRED BY YOUR HUSBAND STOP IT IS IN YOUR ACC0UNT AT YOUR BANK STOP I HAVE ExPRESSED MY REPUGNANCE FOR THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURR0UNDING THIS TRANSACTI0N STOP DO NOT ExPECT ANY HELP FROM ME STOP Scarlett sank onto a chair when she gucci women read