"But you can't eat flowersWhat crops are you... "But you can't eat flowersWhat crops are you planting?"
"I can't think about cropsI've got a hundred acres of garden to
save
"That's crazy, RhettWhat's a flower garden good for? You could
grow
something to sellI know cotton doesn't grow 'round here, but there
must be some good cash crop
Why, at Tara, we put every foot of land to useYou could plant right
up to the walls of the houseJust look how green and thick that grass
isThe land must be as rich as anythingAll you'd have to do is
plow it and drop in the seed, and it would probably sprout faster than
you could get out of the way She looked eagerly at him, ready to
share her hard-earned knowledge"You're a barbarian, Scarlett,"
Rhett
said heavily"Go up to the house and tell Pansy to get readyI'll
meet you at the
vintage chanel jewelry dock What had she done wrong? One minute he
was
full of life and excitement, then all of a sudden it was gone and he
was cold, a strangerShe'd never understand him if she lived to be a
hundredShe strode rapidly up the green terraces, blind now to their
beauty, and into the houseThe boat moored to the landing was very
different from the scabrous barge that had brought Scarlett and Pansy
to the plantationIt was a sleek brown-painted sloop with bright
brass fittings and gilt scroll trimBeyond it in the river was
another boat, one that she'd much prefer, Scarlett thought angrilyIt
was five times the size of the sloop and it had two decks with white
and blue gingerbread scrollwork trim and a bright red rear
paddlewheel
Gaily colored bunting flags were strung from its
deville watch smokestacks, and
brightly dressed men and women crowded the rails on both decksIt
looked festive and funIt's just like Rhett, Scarlett brooded, to go
to the city in his dinky little boat instead of hailing the steamer to
pick us upShe reached the landing just as Rhett took off his hat and
made a sweeping, flamboyant bow to the people on the
paddlewheeler
"Do you know those folks?" she saidMaybe she was wrong, maybe
he
was signallingRhett turned from the river, replacing his hatNot individually, I hope, but in the wholeThat's the weekly
excursion boat from Charleston up the river and backA highly
profitable business for one of our carpetbagger citizensYankees buy
tickets well in advance for the pleasure of seeing the skeletons of the
burned-out plantation housesI always
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it amuses me to see the confusion it engenders Scarlett was too
appalled to say a wordHow could Rhett make a joke out of a bunch
of
Yankee buzzards laughing at what they'd done to hishome? She
settled
herself obediently on a cushioned bench in the small cabin, but as
soon
as Rhett stepped up on deck she jumped up to examine the intricate
arrangement of cupboards, shelves, supplies and equipment, each
thing
in a place obviously designed for its storageShe was still busily
satisfying her curiosity as the sloop moved slowly along the riverbank
for a short distance and then tied up againRhett called out crisp
orders"Pass those bundles over and tie them down on the bow
Scarlett poked her head up from the hatch to see what was going on
Gracious
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on
picks and shovels and watching as a series of bulky sacks were thrown
to a crewman on the sloopWhere on earth could they be? This place
looked like the back side of the moonThere was a huge clearing in
the woods with a big pit dug in it and gigantic piles of what looked
like pale chunks of rock on one side
Chalky dust filled the air and, soon, her nostrils, and she sneezed
Pansy's echoing sneeze from the rear deck caught her attentionNo
fair, she thoughtPansy had a good view of everything"I'm coming
up," Scarlett shouted"Cast olf," Rhett said at the same timeThe
sloop moved quickly, caught by the fast river current, sending Scarlett
tumbling down from the short ladder-stair into a graceless sprawl in
the
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