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His eyes met hers, and surprise stiffened his lithe bodyFor a long,
immeasurable moment the two of them looked at each other while the
space between them widenedThen blandness smoothed Rhett's face
as he
touched two fingers to his hat brim in saluteScarlett lifted her
handHe was still standing there on the dock when the ship turned
into the channel to the seaWhen Scarlett could see him no longer,
she sank numbly into a deck chair"Don't be silly, Bridie, the
steward will sit right outside the oorHe'll come get us if Cat so
much as turns overThere's no eason for you not to come to the
dining
saloonYou can't have our dinner in here every night
"There's reason enough for me, wholesale gucci handbags ScarlettI don't feel easy among ancy
gentlemen and ladies, pretending to be one of them
"You're just as good as they are, I told you that
"And I heard you say it, Scarlett, but you don't hear meI prefer o
have me meal in here with all the silver hats on the dishes and y
manners my own business'Tis soon enough I'll have to go where the
lady I'm maiding tells me to go and do what I'm told to doIt's
certain that having a grand meal in private comfort won't be one of my
instructionsI'll take it now while I can Scarlett had to agree
with BridieBut she couldn't possibly have dinner in the suite
herselfShe had to find out who those women were and
why they were with Rhett, or she'd go madThey gucci women were English, she
learned as soon as she entered the dining saloonThe distinctive
accent was dominating the captain's tableScarlett told the steward
that she would like to change her seating to the small table near the
wallThe table near the wall was also near the captain's table
There were fourteen at histable: a dozen English passengers, the
captain, and his first officerScarlett had a keen ear and could tell
almost at once that the passengers' accents were different from the
ship's officers, although to her they were all English and therefore to
be despised by anyone with a drop of Irish bloodThey were talking
about CharlestonScarlett gathered that they didn't think much of
it
"My orange hermes birkin dears," one of the women trumpeted, "I've never seen anything
as
dreary in my lifeHow my darling Mama could have told me that it
was
the only civilized place in America! It simply makes me worry that
she's gone dotty without our noticing
"Now, Sarah," said the man to her left, "you do have to take that war
of theirs into considerationI found the men to be very decentDown
to their last shilling, I'm sure, but never a mention, and the liquor
was first rateSingle malt at the club bar
"Geoffrey, my love, you'd think the Sahara was civilized if there was a
club with drinkable whiskeyHeaven only knows it couldn't be any
hotter There was a chorus of agreement"On the
other hand," said a chloe bay bag camel youthful female voice, "that terribly attractive
Butler man said the winters are quite delightful
"I'm sure he invited you back, Felicity," said an older woman"You
behaved disgracefully
"Frances, I did no such thing," protested Felicity"I was only having
some fun for the first time on this dreary tripI cannot credit why
Papa sent me to AmericaIt's a wretched place
"He
sent you, sister dear, to get you out of the clutches of that fortune
hunter "But he was so attractiveI don't see any point in having a
fortune if you have to fend off every attractive man in England simply
because he's not rich
"At least you're supposed to fend them off, Felicity," said a girl
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