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Maybe Boyd will have smoothed her down by now.
Brentswide ingenuous face was
puzzled and mildly indignant.
Orthodoxy, of whatever color, seems to demand a
lifeless, imitativestyle.
If it is, youknow we promised not to tell.
I know you
two dont care about being expelled, or Tom either,she said.
Ifyou simplify your
English, you are freed from the worst follies oforthodoxy.
In our age there is
no such thing askeeping out of politics.
So its to be announced tomorrownight
at the supper intermission. Now, Scarlett, weve told youthe secret, so youve
got to promise to eat supper with us.
And anyway, the Yankees are too scared of
us tofight.
And thats all the boys talk about, too, that andtheir old Troop.
She wants to, but Pa says hes too dangerous.
Cant yousee hes nervous, the big
darling? Girls set a big store on knowing such things first. Yet without a
doubt it is the second kindof sentence that is gaining ground in modern
English. Oh, itll be clear tomorrow and hot as June, said Stuart. If you saywar
again, Ill go in the house. And then, about a half-hour ago, she got kind of
quiet, like shehad a headache. Besides, when Scarlett gets mad,everybody knows
it.
You know there isnt going to be any war, said Scarlett, bored.
But you are
not obliged to go to allthis trouble.
And when she saw us she said:In Heavens
name, what are you four doing home again?
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