Her fingers felt the coins, the folded bank...
Her fingers felt
the coins, the folded bank notes, and she breathed a silent prayer of
thanksShe was carrying the wages of all the workers at Ballyhara
More than fifty poundsNow she was as cool and unhurried as melting
ice creamShe lifted the cord from her neck, over her head, and she
jingled
the pouch in her hand"There's extra for your trouble, you
ill-bred cad," she said
Her arm was strong and her aim trueThe pouch struck the officer in
the mouthShillings and pence scattered down the front of his tunic
and onto the ground"Clean up the mess you've made," said white ceramic chanel watch Scarlett,
"and take away that trash you brought with you!" She turned her
back
on the soldiers"For the love of God, Kathleen," she whispered, "get
over in the field and stop the men before there's real trouble Later
Scarlett confronted Old DanielSuppose she hadn't
brought the tobacco? Suppose it hadn't come in today? She glared at
her uncle, then burst out, "Why didn't you tell me you needed money?
I'd have been glad to give it to you
"The O'Haras don't take charity," said Daniel"'Charity'?
It's not charity when it's your own family, Uncle Daniel Daniel
looked at her vuitton pink bag with old, old eyes"What isn't earned by your own
hands
is charity," he said"We've heard your history, Young Scarlett
O'HaraWhen my brother Gerald lost hiswits, why did you not call
upon
his brothers in Savannah? They're all your own family Scarlett's
lips trembledShe hadn't asked or accepted help from
anyoneShe had had to carry the burden aloneHer pride wouldn't
permit any yielding, any weaknessAnd in the Famine?" She had to
know"Pa would have sent you all he had
Uncle James and Uncle Andrew tooWe thought it
would
endWhen we learned what it was, we'd left it too christian dior saddle late She looked
at her uncle's thin straight shoulders, the proud tilt of his headShe would have done the sameShe
understood,
too, why she'd been wrong to offer Ballyhara as a substitute for land
he'd farmed all his lifeIt made all his work meaningless, and the
work
of his sons, his brothers, his father, his father's father"Robert
raised the rent, didn't he? Because I made that smart remark about
hisglovesHe was going to pay me back through you
"Robert's a greedy manThere's no saying that it's anything to do
with you
"Will you allow me to help? It would be an honor omega seamaster for sale Scarlett saw
approval in Old Daniel's eyesThen a glint of humorThere's
Patrick's boy MichaelHe works in the stables at the Big HouseHe
has grand ideas about breeding horses
He could apprentice in the Curragh did he have the fee
"I thank you," said Scarlett formally"Will anybody be wanting supper
or should I throw it to the pigs?" Kathleen said with pretended
anger
"I'm so hungry I could cry," said Scarlett"I'm a truly terrible
cook, you should know I'm happy, she thoughtI hurt from head to
toe, but I'm happyIf this baby isn't proud to be an O'Hara, I'll
wring its chanel earrings nec