I won't have you making my mother...
I won't have you making my mother a
laughingstock
So show them to me, Scarlett, and I'll see what can be salvaged He
took a cutter from his pocketScarlett scowled, but nevertheless she
stalked into the dressing room to collect her thingsMaybe this was a
good thingRhett had always supervised her wardrobeHe'd liked to
see her in clothes that he had chosen, he'd been proud of how stylish
and beautiful she lookedIf he wanted to get involved with her
appearance again, be proud of her again, she'd be willing to
cooperate
She'd try them all on for himThat way he'd see her in her shimmy
Scarlett's fingers moved quickly to unhook the dress she was wearing
and the cage with padding that supported the hermes birkin bustleShe stepped out
of the pile of rich fabric, then gathered her new dresses in her arms
and walked slowly into the bedroom, her arms bare, her bosom
half-revealed, and her legs silk-stockinged"Dump them on the bed,"
said Rhett, "and put on a wrapper before you freezeIt's gotten colder
with the rain, or haven't you noticed?" He blew a stream of smoke to
his left, turning his head away from her"Don't catch cold trying to be
alluring, ScarlettYou're wasting your time Scarlett's face became
livid with anger, her eyes like green fireBut Rhett was not looking
at herHe was examining the finery on the bed"Rip off all this
lace," he said about the first gown, "and keep only one of louis vuitton women's bags the
avalanche of bows down the sideThen it won't be too bad Give
this one to your maid, it's hopeless
This will do if you take off the trim, replace the gold buttons with
plain black ones, and shorten the train It took only a few
minutes for him to go through them all"You'll need some sturdy
boots, plain black," he said when he finished with the clothes"I
bought some this morning," Scarlett said, with ice in her voice"When
your mother and I went shopping," she added, emphasizing each
word"I
don't see why you don't buy her a carriage since you love her so
much
She got very tired with all the walking
"You don't understand CharlestonThat's why you'll be miserable here
in no time at allI could buy her cheap gucci handbags this house, because ours was
destroyed by the Yankees and everyone she knows still has a house
just
as grandI can even furnish it more comfortably than her friends' are
furnished because every piece in it is something that the Yankees
looted or is a duplicate of what she once had, and her friends still
have many of their thingsBut I cannot set her apart from her friends
by buying her luxuries that they cannot afford
"Sally Brewton has a carriage
"Sally Brewton is unlike anyone elseSally is
an original
Charleston has respect-even fondness-for eccentricityBut no
tolerance for ostentationAnd you, my dear Scarlett, have never been
able to resist ostentation
"I hope you're enjoying insulting fake louis vuitton bags me, Rhett Butler!" Rhett laughed
"As
a matter of fact, I amNow you can start making one of those dresses
decent to wear for this eveningI'm going to go drive the committee
homeSally shouldn't do it in this stormAfter he was gone,
Scarlett put on Rhett's dressing gownIt was warmer than hers, and
he
was right-it had gotten much colder, and she was shiveringShe
pulled
the collar of the robe up around her ears and went to sit in the chair
where he had satHis presence was still in the room for her, and she
wrapped herself in itHer fingers stroked the soft foulard that
enveloped her-strange to think of Rhett choosing such a light, almost
fragile-feeling wrapper when he was so solid and strong cartier roadster chrono him