"Come in and sit down," she
said, "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 http://www.ualuxury.com/categorys_103_Chanel-Necklaces_1.html" target="_blank features
had become more distinguished with 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
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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 http://www.ualuxury.com/category_3_Chloe_1.html" target="_blank added with intensified pride, the boy 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
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Her eyes were wide with entreaty"Anything, Scarlett, you should
know
that Ashley covered her hand with his"I'd like for you to promise
that you'll let me send Beau to University and then with Wade on a
Grand TourIt would mean a lot to me-after all, I think about him as
practically my son, too, seeing that I was there when he was born
And
I've come into really a lot of money lately, so that's no problemYou
can't be so mean that you'd say no
"Scarlett "Ashley's smile was goneHe looked very seriousOh,
bother, he's going to be difficultThank goodness, here's that
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