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"What a wonderful place this is, RhettNo wonder you
love itDid you run down that lawn when you were a little boy? Did
you feel like you could fly? Oh, my darling, how horrible to see the
burning! I'm broken-hearted for you; I'd like to kill every Yankee in
the world! Oh, Rhett, I've got so much to tell youIt can all come back, darling, just like the grassI
understand, I really, truly do understand what you're doing Rhett
looked at her strangely, cautiously"What do you 'understand,'
Scarlett?"
"Why you're here, instead of in townWhy you must bring the
plantation back to life
Tell me what you've done, what you're going to doIt's discount cartier watches so
exciting!"
Rhett's face lit up, and he gestured toward the long rows of plants
behind him"They burned," he said, "but they didn't die
It looks as if perhaps they were even strengthened by the burning
The ashes may have given them something they neededI've got to
find
outI've got so much to learn Scarlett looked at the low stubby
remainsShe didn't know those dark green shiny leaves
"What kind of tree is it? Do you grow peaches here?"
"They're not treesScarlett, they're shrubsThe first
ones ever brought to America were planted here at Dunmore Landing
These are offshoots, over three hundred all told
"Do you mean they're flowers?"
"Of courseThe most nearly tiffany co perfect flower in the world
The Chinese worship them
"But you can't eat flowersWhat crops are you planting?"
"I can't think about cropsI've got a hundred acres of garden to
save
"That's crazy, RhettWhat's a flower garden good for? You could
grow
something to sellI know cotton doesn't grow 'round here, but there
must be some good cash crop
Why, at Tara, we put every foot of land to useYou could plant right
up to the walls of the houseJust look how green and thick that grass
isThe land must be as rich as anythingAll you'd have to do is
plow it and drop in the seed, and it would probably sprout faster than
you could get out of the way She looked cartier picasso tank watches eagerly at him, ready to
share her hard-earned knowledge"You're a barbarian, Scarlett,"
Rhett
said heavily"Go up to the house and tell Pansy to get readyI'll
meet you at the dock What had she done wrong? One minute he
was
full of life and excitement, then all of a sudden it was gone and he
was cold, a strangerShe'd never understand him if she lived to be a
hundredShe strode rapidly up the green terraces, blind now to their
beauty, and into the houseThe boat moored to the landing was very
different from the scabrous barge that had brought Scarlett and Pansy
to the plantationIt was a sleek brown-painted sloop with bright
brass fittings and gilt omega seamaster midsize scroll trimBeyond it in the river was
another boat, one that she'd much prefer, Scarlett thought angrilyIt
was five times the size of the sloop and it had two decks with white
and blue gingerbread scrollwork trim and a bright red rear
paddlewheel
Gaily colored bunting flags were strung from its smokestacks, and
brightly dressed men and women crowded the rails on both decksIt
looked festive and funIt's just like Rhett, Scarlett brooded, to go
to the city in his dinky little boat instead of hailing the steamer to
pick us upShe reached the landing just as Rhett took off his hat and
made a sweeping, flamboyant bow to the people on chanel wallet the
paddlewheeler
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