She would be helpless and sheltered, as a lady
should be,and then everyone would approve of her. Now, the eyes which had been
fearfuland desperate were hard. She has always approved of you up to the
hilt.
She cried, expecting somecoarse and jocular remark
from him which she would never be able toforget.
Kennedy, said a tallthin woman from Maine. I
wouldnt trust them any farther than I could see them and as forletting them handle
my babies .
Personally, Ive never seen awhite servant and I
shouldnt care to have one in my house. Yes, the conquerorsdid approve of her and her
family and her neighbors did not.
Why,oh, why hadnt Will or Melanie or the girls
written her that Geraldwas ailing? All she wanted was the reputation forpossessing
these qualities.
If only Tony hadnt had to run away to Texas. Yes,
the conquerorsdid approve of her and her family and her neighbors did not. Thank
you, she replied, wishing he had not said it.
Butafter Uncle Peters refusal to drive her, he
remained in Atlantafor longer and longer intervals.
I heard in a roundabout way that he was safe in
Texas. No woman ever really liked me, except Mother. At any rate, he made enough
money to leave myfather quite wealthy.
Yes, the conquerorsdid approve of her and her
family and her neighbors did not. They arent successful and sothey arent affronting
the hot Southern pride of their men folks. Scarlett swallowed the insult to Atlanta
with the contempt itdeserved and smiled her best. He had loved her for so longand
now the roses were fading from her cheeks and the joy from hereyes.
Heretofore she had been careless of public opinion,
careless and alittle contemptuous. Sheknew all the things the town was saying about
her. If she had any sense, shed realize a few things and she couldntapprove, Rhett
finished.
During the war years she had had Ellen to visitwhen
she felt blue.
Well, you know more about that than Ido, of
course.
Can it be possiblethat modesty still lingers in
your breast? Had he gotten into a fight with theScallawags as Tony had?
Scarlett thought grimly: Shes even approved of
murder, and shelaughed contemptuously. They ought to be wiped off the face of the
earth. While I wouldnt advise going that far, stillits more sensible than our way of
trying to ignore it.