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She didn't call me 'llncle HenryButler at home?"
Scarlett recognized Ashley's voice immediatelyShe hurried from the
sitting room into the hall; a quick gesture of her hand dismissed the
maid who'd answered the door"Ashley, dear, I'm so happy to see
you
She held out both her hands to himHe clasped them tightly in his,
looking down at her"Scarlett, you've never looked lovelierForeign
climates agree with youTell me where you've been, what you've
been
doingUncle Henry said you'd gone to Savannah, then he lost touch I'll just bet you all wondered, especially your
adder-tongued old sister, she thought"Come in and sit down," she
said, miu miu charm leather bag "I'm dying to hear all the news The maid was hovering to one
sideScarlett said quietly as she passed her, "Bring us a pot of
coffee and some cakes She led the way into the sitting room, took
one corner of a settee, patted the seat beside her"Sit here beside
me, Ashley, doI want to look at you Thank the Lord, he's lost
that hangdog look he hadHenry Hamilton must have been right
when he
said that Ashley was doing fineScarlett studied him through lowered
lashes while she busied herself clearing room on a table for the coffee
tray
Ashley Wilkes was still a handsome manHis thin aristocratic features
had become more distinguished with fendi black leatrher spy bag ageBut he looked older than
his earsHe can't be more than forty, Scarlett thought, and his
share's
more silver than goldHe must spend a lot more time in the
lumberyard
than he used to, he's got a nice color to hisskin, not that office gray
look he had beforeShe looked up with a smileIt was good to see
himEspecially looking so fit
Her obligation to Melanie didn't seem so burdensome now"How's
Aunt
Pitty? And India? And Beau? He must be practically a grown man!"
Pitty and India were just the same, said Ashley with a quirk of
his lipsPitty got the vapors at every passing shadow and India was
very busy with committee work to improve the chanel bags to buy moral tone of Atlanta
They spoiled him abominably, two spinsters trying to see which one
was
the best mother henThey tried to spoil Beau, too, but he'd have
none
of itAshley's gray eyes lit up with pride
Beau was a real little manHe'd be twelve soon, but you'd take him
for almost fifteenHe was president of a sort of club the
neighborhood boys had formedThey'd built a tree house in Pitty's
backyard, made from the best lumber the mill turned out, tooBeau
had
seen to that; he already knew more about the lumber business than
his father, said Ashley with a mixture of ruefulness and admiration
And, he added with intensified pride, the boy balenciaga knock off motorcycle bag might have the makings
of
a scholarHe'd already won a school prize for Latin composition, and
he was reading books far above his age level- "But you must be bored
by
all this, ScarlettProud fathers can be very tedious "Not a bit,
Ashley," Scarlett liedBooks, books, books, that was exactly what was
wrong with the Wilkeses
They did all their living out of books, not lifeBut maybe the boy
would be all rightIf he knew lumber already, there was hope for
him
Now, if Ashley would just not get all stiff-necked, she had one more
promise to Melly that she could settleScarlett put her hand on
Ashley's sleeve"I've got a big favor to beg," she chanel purse styles sai
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