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"Take this chair, Sally, it's the closest to the fireIsn't it a shock to have winter settle in at last? I told Manigo to bring the tea trayHonestly, I think seeing Sweet Sally win that race was about the most exciting thing I ever saw in my life She was babbling from reliefSally 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 black chanel handbag 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 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, tiffany heart tag toggle necklace 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 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 chanel replica 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 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 dolce and gabbana cheap replica handbags 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 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 hermes replica despair

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