@@@@@"You've saved my life, Maureen, I thought
@@@@@"You've saved my life, Maureen,
I thought I'd go crazy if I had to stay with my auntsBut I've really
got to go back nowYou haven't even had your cakeI'm told my cakes are
worth eating Helen and Mary Kate edged up to their mother's chair,
empty plates in hand"Take a piece, then, but not all of itThe
little ones will be in soon
Scarlett began to pull on her gloves"I've got to go," she
repeated
If you must, then you mustI'll hope you'll stay longer for the
dancing on Saturday, Scarlett? Jamie told me he's going to teach you
the reelMaybe Colum will be back by then, too
"Oh, Maureen! Are you having another party on Saturday?"
"Not to say a partyBut there's always the music and the dancing
when
the week's work is done and the men bring home their pay packets
You'll be here?" Scarlett shook her headI'd love to, but
I won't still be in Savannah Her aunts expected her to go back to
Charleston with them on Saturday morning's trainShe didn't think
she
would, she'd never thought soSurely Rhett would come for her long
before thenMaybe he was at her grandfather's right nowShe
shouldn't have left the houseShe jumped to her feetI'll stop by again before I leave Maybe
she'd bring Rhett to meet the O'HarasHe'd fit right in, another big
dark-haired man with all the big dark-haired O 'Ha