You are just as capable now as then of throwing
vases ifyou dont get your own way.
Shehad to know if he even pretended to love her. He
had never lost a boat or even beenforced to dump a cargo.
Im much prettier than she is, she continued, and I
dont seewhy youre nicer to her. I had not thought of this for us when I asked you to
marry me. Then she couldhave scorched him with hot words. Well, he began
wheedlingly, well be forgetting all that.
Even her sisters weretaken up with their own
concerns.
But Im not and I just cant understand
it.
The monotonous rows ofsoldiers graves at Oakland
Cemetery stretched longer every day.
If onlyhe would ever lose his temper too, then she
would not feel at sucha disadvantage.
Everyone, soldiers, civilians, women, children
andnegroes, began to wear homespun. If ever anyhusband of mine wrote me such
twaddle-twaddle, hed certainly hearfrom me! If onlyhe would ever lose his temper
too, then she would not feel at sucha disadvantage.
But Im not and I just cant understand
it.
Men were so easilystirred when they had been ill.
He wasnt calling MelanieDarling or Sweetheart yet. If onlyhe would ever lose his
temper too, then she would not feel at sucha disadvantage.
Most of his remarks were unanswerable, which made
them all theworse.
But I cankeep nothing from you, for you know me too
well. Oh, it was Heaven after the last dreary year! As she looked indignantly at the
empty purse, an idea took form inScarletts mind and grew swiftly.
Perhaps that is what is called patriotism, love of
homeand country. Aunt Pittyalways felt that she needed a male protector when Rhett
Butler wasin the house.
He had never lost a boat or even beenforced to dump
a cargo. Unanalytical, she struggled with the complex thought. It was almost as if
hewere trying to believe there wasnt any war.
But Im not and I just cant understand it. Outside
of the army heroes, he was the most talked-about man inAtlanta.
Aunt Pittyalways felt that she needed a male
protector when Rhett Butler wasin the house.