Scarlett had to agree with BridieBut she...
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 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 bag gucci 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 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, chloe paddingtons 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 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 prada bowler handbag 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
"That's easy enough to doThink of our poor brotherRoger's
supposed to draw American heiresses like flies, and marry a fortune to
refill the family coffers Roger groaned and everyone laughedTalk
about Rhett, Scarlett implored silently"There's simply no market for
Honourables," Roger said"I can't get it through Papa's head
Heiresses want tiaras The older woman they called montre cartier extra plate Frances said that
she thought they were all disgraceful and that she couldn't understand
young people today"When I was a gel-" she began"Frances, dear, when you were a 'gel' there were no
young peopleYour generation were born forty years old and
disapproving of everything
"Your impertinence is intolerable, FelicityI shall speak to your
father A brief silence fellWhy on earth doesn't that Felicity
person say something more about Rhett? Scarlett thoughtIt was
Roger
who brought up the name
Butler, he said, offered some good shooting if he came back in the
autumnSeems he had rice fields gone to grass and the ducks
practically landed on the barrel of your wholesale rolex watches