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| Monday, January 3rd, 2011 | | 6:30 pm |
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Ballyhara would probably never deliver the @@@@@ Ballyhara would probably never deliver the kind of profit she'd earned from building and selling cheap houses, but there were satisfactions beyond earning moneyThe land of the O'Haras was fruitful again; she had brought it back, at least in part, and next year there'd be more acres tilled; the year after, still more "It's so good to be back," Scarlett said to Kathleen next morning "I have about a million messages from everybody in Savannah She settled herself happily beside the hearth and put Cat down to explore the floorBefore long the heads began to appear above the half door, everyone eager to hear about America and Bridie and all the restAt the Angelus the women hurried back down the boreen to the village, and the O'Hara men came in from the fields for their dinnerEveryone except Seamus, and, of course, Sean who'd always taken his bills in the small cottage with Old Katie Scarlett O 'HaraScarlett didn't notice at the timeShe was too busy greeting Thomas and Patrick and Timothy and persuading Cat to give up the big spoon she was trying to eatIt was only after the men had gone back to their work that Kathleen told her how much things had changed while she was away"It's sorry I am to say it, Scarlett, but Seamus took it hard that you didn't stay for his wedding "I wish I could have, but I couldn'tHe must have known thatI had business in America "I've a feeling it's more Pegeen who bears the bad willDid you not remark that she wasn't in the visitors this morning?" The truth was, Scarlett admitted, that she hadn't noticed at allShe'd only met Pegeen once, she didn't really know herWhat was she like? Kathleen chose her words carefullyPegeen was a dutiful woman, she said, who kept a clean house and set a good table and saw to every comfort for Seamus and Sean in the small cottageIt would be a kindness to the whole family if Scarlett would go to call on her and admire the home she was makingShe was that tender of her dignity that she was waiting to be visited before she'd do any visiting herself"My grief," Scarlett said, "how sillyI'll have to wake Cat up from her nap "Leave her, I'll keep watch while I do the men | | Sunday, January 2nd, 2011 | | 6:34 pm |
prada tote bag,Cartier tank,chloe white,prada... prada tote bag,Cartier tank,chloe white,prada bag,Chanel Necklaces@@@@@ His skin was that same dark gold tan that had haunted my dreams for the last half yearIt was very strange to have that piece of my dream in solid reality not five feet from me “You won't be able to sneak past me,” he warnedHis voice was softer than before–sleepy“If you try…” He yawnedThe warning struck me as a bit of an insultWhy would I try to sneak past him? Where would I go? Into the hands of the barbarians out there waiting for me, all of them wishing that I would prada tote bag make exactly that kind of stupid attempt? Or, supposing Icould somehow sneak past them, back out into the desert that had nearly baked me to death the last time I'd tried to cross it? I wondered what he thought me capable ofWhat plan did he think I was hatching to overthrow their little world? Did I really seem so powerful? Wasn't it clear how pathetically defenseless I was? I could tell when he was deeply asleep because he started twitching the way Melanie remembered he Cartier tank occasionally didHe only slept so restlessly when he was upsetI watched his fingers clench and unclench, and I wondered if he was dreaming that they were wrapped around my neck The days that followed–perhaps a week of them, it was impossible to keep track–were very quietJared was like a silent wall between me and everything else in the world, good or bad There was no sound but that of my own breathing, my own movements; there were no sights but the black cave around me, the chloe white circle of dull light, the familiar tray with the same rations, the brief, stolen glimpses of Jared; there were no touches but the pitted rocks against my skin; there were no tastes but the bitter water, the hard bread, the bland soup, the woody roots, over and over again It was a very strange combination: constant terror, persistent aching physical discomfort, and excruciating monotonyOf the three, the killer boredom was the hardest to takeMy prison was a prada bag sensory-deprivation chamber Together, Melanie and I worried that we were going to go mad We both hear a voice in our head,she pointed outhat's never a good sign We're going to forget how to speak,I worriedow long has it been since anyone talked to us? Four days ago you thanked Jeb for bringing us food, and he said you were welcomeWell, I think it was four days agoFour long sleeps ago, at leasttop chewing your nails–it took me years to break that habit But the long, scratchy nails bothered Chanel Necklaces m | | Saturday, January 1st, 2011 | | 6:35 pm |
@@@@@I had cleaned them carefully in the @@@@@I had cleaned them carefully in the kitchen sink at El Palacio, and they jingled I had one of the silver-tipped harpoons stuck in my belt, behind my left hip, for good measure, but I didn't need itThe sand-devil exploded outward and upwardA scream of rage and pain went through my headThank God it was brief, or I think it 1106 would have torn me apartThen there was nothing but the sound of the shells under Big Pink and a brief dimming of the stars over the dunes to my right as the last of the sand blew away in a disorganized flurryThe Gulf was once more empty except for the moon-gilded rollers, marching in toward shoreThe Perse had gone, if it had ever been there The strength ran out of my legs and I sat down with a thumpMaybe I'd end up doing the Crawly- Gator the rest of the way, after allIf so, Big Pink wasn't farRight now I thought I'd just sit here and listen to the shellsThen maybe I'd be able to get up and walk those last twenty yards or so, go in, and call WiremanTell him I was all rightTell him it was done, that Jack could come and pick me up But for now I would just sit here and listen to the shells, which no longer seemed to be talking in my voice, or anyone else'sNow I would just sit here by myself on the sand, and look out at the Gulf, and think about my daughter, Ilse Marie Freemantle, who had weighed six pounds and four ounces at birth, whose first word had been dog, 1107 who had once brought home a large brown balloon crayoned on a piece of construction paper, shouting exultantly, "I drawed a pitcher of you, Daddy!" Ilse Marie Freemantle 22 - June i I piloted the skiff out to the middle of Lake Phalen and killed the motorWe drifted toward the little orange marker I'd left thereA few pleasure boats buzzed back and forth on the glasssmooth surface, but no sailboats; the day was perfectly stillThere were a few kids in the playground area, a few people in the picnic area, and a few on the nearest hiking trail skirting the waterOn the whole, though, for a lake that's actually within the city limits, the area was almost empty Wireman - looking strangely un-Florida in a fisherman's hat and a Vikings pullover - commented on this 1108 "School's still in," I said"Give it another couple of weeks and there'll be boats buzzing everywhere | | Friday, December 31st, 2010 | | 6:38 pm |
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themIt is @@@@@I do not at all wonder or blame themIt is everybody’s duty to do as well for themselves as they can Sir Thomas Bertram’s son is somebody; and now he is in their own lineTheir father is a clergyman, and their brother is a clergyman, and they are all clergymen togetherHe is their lawful property; he fairly belongs to themYou don’t speak, Fanny; Miss Price, you don’t speakBut honestly now, do not you rather expect it than otherwise?” “No,” said Fanny stoutly, “I do not expect it at all “Not at all!” cried Miss Crawford with alacrity But I dare say you know exactly—I always imagine you are—perhaps you do not think him likely to marry at all—or not at present 252 Mansfield Park “No, I do not,” said Fanny softly, hoping she did not err either in the belief or the acknowledgment of it Her companion looked at her keenly; and gathering greater spirit from the blush soon produced from such a look, only said, “He is best off as he is,” and turned the subject 253 Jane Austen CHAPTER XXX MISS CRAWFORD’S UNEASINESS was much lightened by this conversation, and she walked home again in spirits which might have defied almost another week of the same small party in the same bad weather, had they been put to the proof; but as that very evening brought her brother down from London again in quite, or more than quite, his usual cheerfulness, she had nothing farther to try her ownHis still refusing to tell her what he had gone for was but the promotion of gaiety; a day before it might have irritated, but now it was a pleasant joke—suspected only of concealing something planned as a pleasant surprise to herselfAnd the next day did bring a surprise to her Henry had said he should just go and ask the Bertrams how they did, and be back in ten minutes, but he was gone above an hour; and when his sister, who had been waiting for him to walk with her in the garden, met him at last most impatiently in the sweep, and cried out, “My dear Henry, where can you have been all this time?” he had only to say that he had been sitting with Lady Bertram and Fanny “Sitting with them an hour and a half!” exclaimed Mary But this was only the beginning of her surprise “Yes, Mary,” said he, drawing her arm within his, and walking along the sweep as if not knowing where he was: “I could not get away sooner; Fanny looked so lovely! I am quite determined, Mary My mind is entirely made upWill it astonish you? No: you must be aware that I am quite determined to marry Fanny Price The surprise was now complete; for, in spite of whatever his consciousness might suggest, a suspicion of his having any such views had never entered his sister’s imagination; and she looked so truly the astonishment she felt, that he was obliged to repeat what he had said, and more fully and more solemnlyThe conviction of his de254 Mansfield Park termination once admitted, it was not unwelcomeThere was even pleasure with the surpriseMary was in a state of mind to rejoice in a connexion with the Bertram family, and to be not displeased with her brother’s marrying a little beneath him “Yes, Mary,” was Henry’s concluding assuran | | Thursday, December 30th, 2010 | | 6:28 pm |
@@@@@The captain reached for the woman’s left @@@@@The captain reached for the woman’s left hand and touched his lips to it, then stood erect and solemnly saluted the balding gray-haired old man with the small Légion d’honneur medal in his lapel “It is an honor, monsieur,” said the captain“This aircraft is my command, but you are my commander They shook hands and the pilot continued“If there’s anything the crew and I can do to make the flight most comfortable for you, don’t hesitate to ask, monsieur “We are all beholden—all of us, all of France “It was nothing, really—” “To be singled out by Le Grand Charles himself as a true hero of the Résistance is hardly nothingAge cannot dull such glory The captain snapped his fingers, addressing three stew ardesses in the still-empty first-class cabin“Quickly, mesdemoiselles! Make everything perfect for a brave warrior of France and his lady So the killer with many aliases was escorted to the wide bulkhead on the left, where his woman was gently transferred from the wheelchair to the seat on the aisle; his was next to the window Their trays were set up and a chilled bottle of Cristal was brought in their honor and for their enjoymentThe captain raised the first glass and toasted the couple; he returned to the flight deck as the old woman winked at her man, the wink wicked and filled with laughterIn moments, the passengers began boarding the plane, a number of whom glancing appreciatively at the elderly “man and wife” in the front rowFor the rumors had spread in the Air France loungeLe Grand Charles himself In the Alps he held off six hundred Boche—or was it a thousand? As the enormous jet raced down the runway and with a thump lumbered off the ground into the air, the old “hero of France”—whose only heroics he could recall from the Résistance were based on theft, survival, insults to his woman, and staying out of whatever army or labor force that might draft him—reached into his pocket for his papersThe passport had his picture duly inserted, but that was the only item he recognizedThe rest—name, date and place of birth, occupation—all were unfamiliar, and the attached list of honors, well, they were formidableTotally out of character, but in case anyone should ever refer to them, he had better restudy the “facts” so he could at least nod in self-effacing modestyHe had been assured that the individual originally possessing the name and the achievements had no living relatives and few friends, and had disappeared from his apartment in Marseilles supposedly on a world trip from which he presumably would not return The Jackal’s courier looked at the name—he must remember it and respond whenever it was spokenIt should not be difficult, for it was such a common nameAnd so he repeated it silently to himself over and over again Jean Pierre Fontaine, Jean Pierre Fontaine, Jean Pierre | | Wednesday, December 29th, 2010 | | 6:28 pm |
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Charlotte, and Evans, Charlotte's @@@@@Scarlett, Charlotte, and Evans, Charlotte's maid, rode in Scarlett's elegant brougham to the train station in TrimThe house party as in County Monaghan, too far to go by roadScarlett was more excited than nervousGoing to John orland's first had been a good idea Charlotte was nervous enough for both of them, although it didn't show; Scarlett's future n the fashionable world would be decided by the way she imressed people this weekCharlotte's future, also She glanced at Scarlett to reassure herselfYes, she looked lovely in her green merino ravelling costumeThose eyes of hers were a gift from God, so istinctive and memorableAnd her slim uncorseted body was sure o set tongues wagging and the pulses of men racing She looked recisely like what Charlotte had insinuated to chosen friends: a eautiful, not-too-young American widow with fresh Colonial looks and charm; somewhat gauche, but refreshing as a result; romantically Irish, as only a foreigner could be; substantially, perhaps even phenomenally wealthy, so much so that she could afford to e a free spirit; well bred, with an aristocratic French bloodline, but igorous and exuberant from her American background; unpredictble but well-mannered, naive yet experienced; all in all an Intriguing and amusing addition to the circles of people who knew too much about one another and were avid for someone new to talk about"Perhaps I should tell you again who is likely to be at the party," Charlotte suggested "Please don't, Charlotte, I'll forget again anyhowBesides, I know the important partA duke is more important than a marquess, then comes an earl, and after that viscount, baron, and baronetI may call all the men 'sir' just like in the South, so I needn't worry about that 'milord' and 'your grace' business, but I must never call the ladies 'ma'am' the way we do in America, because that's reserved for Queen Victoria, and she's definitely not going to be thereSo, unless I'm asked to use the Christian name, I just smile and avoid using anything A plain old 'mister' or 'miss' is hardly worth bothering with at all unless they're 'honourable I do think that's funnyWhy not 'respectable' or something else like that?" Charlotte shuddered insideScarlett was too confident, too breezy "You haven't paid attention, ScarlettThere are some names with no title at all, not even 'honourable,' that are equally as important as any non-royal dukesThe Herberts, Burkes, Clarkes, Lefroys, Blennerhassetts-" Scarlett giggledWhat would be, would | | Monday, December 27th, 2010 | | 6:33 pm |
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“NoSort @@@@@“Were they furry, like tarantulas?” “NoSort of… armored–scaled, like a reptile or a fish I slouched against the wall, settling myself in for a long conversation Jeb didn't disappoint on that countI lost track of how many questions he asked meHe wanted details–the Spiders' looks, their behaviors, and how they'd handled EarthHe didn't flinch away from the invasion details; on the contrary, he almost seemed to enjoy that part more than the restHis questions came fast on the heels of my answers, and his grins were frequentWhen he was satisfied about the Spiders, hours later, he wanted to know more about the Flowers “You didn't half explain that one,” he reminded me So I told him about that most beautiful and placid of planetsAlmost every time I stopped to breathe, he interrupted me with a new questionHe liked to guess the answers before I could speak and didn't seem to mind getting them wrong in the least “So did ya eat flies, like a Venus flytrap? I'll bet you did–or maybe something bigger, like a bird–like a pterodactyl!” “No, we used sunlight for food, like most plants here “Well, that's not as much fun as my idea Sometimes I found myself laughing with him We were just moving on to the Dragons when Jamie showed up with dinner for three “Hi, Wanderer,” he said, a little embarrassed “Hi, Jamie,” I answered, a little shy, not sure if he would regret the closeness we'd sharedI was, after all, the bad guy But he sat down right next to me, between me and Jeb, crossing his legs and setting the food tray in the middle of our little conclaveI was starving, and parched from all the talkingI took a bowl of soup and downed it in a few gulps “Shoulda known you were just being polite in the mess hall todayGotta speak up when you're hungry, Wand | | Sunday, December 26th, 2010 | | 6:38 pm |
silver chanel,women rolex,motorcycle... silver chanel,women rolex,motorcycle balenciaga,logo louis vuitton,wallet vuitton@@@@@The moon cast enough light into the tent for him to see Polack's faceHe was grinning, and Minetta decided Polack was comical with the three teeth missing on the left side of his mouth Polack was perhaps twenty-one but his eyes were shrewd and bawdy, and when he laughed his skin was wizened, tough, like silver chanel the skin of a middle-aged manMinetta felt a little uncomfortable with himSecretly he was afraid to match his knowledge against Polack's "Stop throwing it," Minetta saidWho did Polack think he was telling the story to? "No, it's the truth," Polack said in a hurt voiceHe always dropped the "h" when he said women rolex "think" or "the" or "truth "Yeah, it's da troot," Minetta said, mimicking him "You havin' a good time?" Polack asked "I can't complain," Minetta said"You talk like something out of a comic book"Anyway, one thing nobody ever beat was the Army "I ain't done so bad," Polack said "You're doing bad till motorcycle balenciaga the day you get out of it," Minetta told himHe clapped his hand against his forehead, and sat up"The goddam mosquitoes," he saidHe rummaged underneath his pillow, a towel wrapped about a soiled shirt, and drew out a small bottle of mosquito lotionAs he rubbed it over his face and hands he grumbled"What a way logo louis vuitton for a guy to live He propped himself on an elbow and lit a cigaretteHe remembered he was not supposed to smoke at night, and for a moment debated with himself"Aaah, fug it," he said aloudUnconsciously his hand shielded the cigarette, howeverHe turned toward Polack and said, "Boy, I don't like to live like a wallet vuitton | | Saturday, December 25th, 2010 | | 6:38 pm |
purse louis vuitton,chanel vintage,top... purse louis vuitton,chanel vintage,top chanel,quilted chanel bag,chanel silver@@@@@It was designed only to express his participation in all that interested her, and to tell her that he had been hearing what quickened every feeling of affectionHe was, in fact, entirely on his father’s side of the questionHis surprise was not so great as his father’s at her refusing Crawford, because, so far from supposing her to consider him with anything like a preference, he had always believed it to be rather the reverse, and could imagine her to be taken perfectly unprepared, but Sir Thomas could not regard the connexion as more desirable than he didIt had every recommendation to him; and while honouring her for what she had done under the influence of her present indifference, honouring her in rather stronger terms than purse louis vuitton Sir Thomas could quite echo, he was most earnest in hoping, and sanguine in believing, that it would be a match at last, and that, united by mutual affection, it would appear that their dispositions were as exactly fitted to make them blessed in each other, as he was now beginning seriously to consider them Crawford had been too precipitateHe had not given her time to attach herselfHe had begun at the wrong endWith such powers as his, however, and such a disposition as hers, Edmund trusted that everything would work out a happy conclusionMeanwhile, he saw enough of Fanny’s embarrassment to make him scrupulously guard against exciting it a second time, by any word, or look, or movement Crawford called the next day, and on the chanel vintage score of Edmund’s return, Sir Thomas felt himself more than licensed to ask him to stay dinner; it was really a necessary complimentHe staid of course, and Edmund had then ample opportunity for observing how he sped with Fanny, and what degree of immediate encouragement for him might be extracted from her manners; and it was so little, so 291 Jane Austen very, very little—every chance, every possibility of it, resting upon her embarrassment only; if there was not hope in her confusion, there was hope in nothing else—that he was almost ready to wonder at his friend’s perseveranceFanny was worth it all; he held her to be worth every effort of patience, every exertion of mind, but he did not think he could have gone on himself with top chanel any woman breathing, without something more to warm his courage than his eyes could discern in hersHe was very willing to hope that Crawford saw clearer, and this was the most comfortable conclusion for his friend that he could come to from all that he observed to pass before, and at, and after dinner In the evening a few circumstances occurred which he thought more promisingWhen he and Crawford walked into the drawingroom, his mother and Fanny were sitting as intently and silently at work as if there were nothing else to care forEdmund could not help noticing their apparently deep tranquillity “We have not been so silent all the time,” replied his mother “Fanny has been reading to me, and only put the book down upon hearing you quilted chanel bag coming And sure enough there was a book on the table which had the air of being very recently closed: a volume of Shakespeare“She often reads to me out of those books; and she was in the middle of a very fine speech of that man’s—what’s his name, Fanny?—when we heard your footsteps Crawford took the volume“Let me have the pleasure of finishing that speech to your ladyship,” said he“I shall find it immediately And by carefully giving way to the inclination of the leaves, he did find it, or within a page or two, quite near enough to satisfy Lady Bertram, who assured him, as soon as he mentioned the name of Cardinal Wolsey, that he had got the very speechNot a look or an offer of help had Fanny given; not a syllable for or chanel silver against | | Friday, December 24th, 2010 | | 6:30 pm |
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“There could be very loud @@@@@ “There could be very loud objections—” “No wayWe’ve got ’em by their brass balls!” “I’ll have to think about it “There’s nothing to think aboutIn six months we’ll have the controls we need in Europe Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 76 Jason Bourne stared at the chairman of the Federal Trade CommissionWhat controls? he thought to himselfFor what reason? Why? “I’ll drive you home,” he said “I talked to Marie,” said Conklin from the Agency garden apartment in Virginia“She’s at the inn, not at your house “How come?” asked Jason at a gas-station pay phone on the outskirts of Manassas “She wasn’t too clearI think it was lunchtime or nap time—one of those times when mothers are never clearI could hear your kids in the background “What did she say, Alex?” “It seems your brother-in-law wanted it that wayShe didn’t elaborate, and other than sounding like one harried mommy, she was the perfectly normal Marie I know and love—which means she only wanted to hear about you “Which means you told her I was perfectly fine, didn’t you?” “Hell, yesI said you were holed up under guard going over a lot of computer printouts, sort of a variation on the truth “Johnny must have had his talk with herShe told him what’s happened, so he moved them all to his exclusive bunker “His what?” “You never saw Tranquility Inn, or did you? Frankly, I can’t remember whether you did or not “Panov and I saw only the plans and the site; that was four years agoWe haven’t been back since, at least I haven’t “I’ll let that pass because you’ve had a standing invitation since we got the placeAnyway, you know it’s on the beach and the only way to get there except by water is up a dirt road so filled with rocks no normal car could make it twiceEverything is flown in by plane or brought over by boat | | Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 | | 6:28 pm |
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She hadn't thought of thatScarlett's heart @@@@@ She hadn't thought of thatScarlett's heart felt like leadOf course the farmers wouldn't be able to pay their rentsAnd if she didn't make them pay, how could she expect the town tenants to pay? The shops and bars, even the doctor, depended on the money the farmers spent with themShe was going to have no income at allIt was horribly difficult to keep up the appearance of cheerfulness, but she had toOh, she'd be glad when the weekend was overThe final night of the party was July 14, Bastille DayGuests had been told to bring fancy dressScarlett wore her best and brightest Galway clothes, with four petticoats of different colors beneath a red skirtHer striped stockings were scratchy in the heat, but they caused such a sensation that it was worth the discomfort"I never dreamed the peasants were so charmingly dressed under their dirt," Lady Gifford exclaimed"I'm going to buy some of everything to take to London next yearPeople will be begging for the name of my dressmaker What a stupid woman, thought ScarlettThank goodness this is the last nightCharles Ragland came in for the dancing after dinnerThe party he'd been to had broken up that morning"I would have left anyhow," he told Scarlett later"When I heard that you were so near, I had to come "So near? You were fifty miles away "A hundred would be the same Scarlett let Charles kiss her in the shadow of the great oak treeIt had been so terribly long since she'd been kissed, or felt a man's strong arms tighten protectively around herShe felt herself melting in his embrace | | Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010 | | 6:42 pm |
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“I'm coming!” @@@@@“We'll win it without you “I'm coming!” Jared threw one wistful glance at me–at us–and ran to get in on the game I wasn't the best scorekeeperIt was too dark to see the ball from where I satIt was too dark even to see the players well when they weren't right under the lightsI began counting from Jamie's reactionsHis shout of victory when his team scored, his groan when the other team did The groans outnumbered the shoutsMaggie was the goalie for Andy's team, and Jeb was the goalie for Lily's They were both surprisingly goodI could see their silhouettes in the light from the goalpost lamps, moving as lithely as if they were decades youngerJeb was not afraid to hit the floor to stop a goal, but Maggie was more effective without resorting to such extremesShe was like a magnet for the invisible ballEvery time Ian or Wes got off a shot…thunk! It landed in her hands Trudy and Paige quit after a half hour or so and passed me on their way out, chattering with excitementIt seemed impossible that we'd started the morning with a trial, but I was relieved that things had changed so drastically The women weren't gone longThey came back with arms full of boxesGranola bars–the kind with fruit fillingThe game came to a haltJeb called halftime, and everyone hurried over to eat breakfast The goods were divvied up at the center lineIt was a mob scene at first “Here you go, Wanda,” Jamie said, ducking out of the groupHe had his hands full of the bars, and water bottles tucked under his ar | | Sunday, December 19th, 2010 | | 9:33 pm |
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Thank goodness, the banked fire in the @@@@@ Thank goodness, the banked fire in the great fireplace gave out some heat still, and enough light for her to see the door to the dining room and the kitchen beyondShe didn't care what she might find; even cold rice and stew would be all rightWith one hand holding the dark coverlet around her, she groped for the doorknob Was it to the left or the right? She hadn't noticed"Stop right there, or I'll blow a hole through your middle!" Rhett's harsh voice made her jumpThe blanket fell away and cold air assaulted her "Great balls of fire!" Scarlett turned on him and bent to gather up the folds of wool"Didn't I have enough to scare me witless yesterday? Do you have to start up again? You nearly made me jump out of my skin!" "What are you doing wandering around at this hour, Scarlett? I could have shot you "What are you doing skulking around scaring people?" Scarlett draped the coverlet around her shoulders as if it were an imperial robe of ermine"I'm going to the kitchen to get some breakfast" she said with all the dignity she could musterRhett smiled at the absurdly haughty figure she cut"I'll make up the fire in the stove," he said"I was thinking of some coffee myself " It's your houseI reckon you can have coffee if you want some Scarlett kicked the trailing coverlet behind her as if it were the train on a ball gown"Well? Aren't you going to open the door for me?" Rhett threw some logs into the fireplaceThe hot coals touched off a flare of dried leaves on one branch of woodHe quickly sobered the expression on his face before Scarlett could see itHe opened the door to the dining room and stepped backScarlett swept past him, but had to stop almost at once The room was completely dark"If you'll allow me-" Rhett struck a matchHe touched it to the lamp above the table, then carefully adjusted the flameScarlett could hear the laughter in his voice but somehow it didn't make her angry"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse," she admitte | | Friday, December 17th, 2010 | | 6:35 pm |
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