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When my oldest son became hopelessly in debt with... |
31st July 2010, 11:58 |
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When my oldest son became hopelessly in debt with his credit cards as a freshman in college, I not only helped him destroy the credit cards, but I also went in search of a program that would help me educate my children on financial matters
One day last year, my husband called me from his office"I have someone I think you should meet," he said"His name is Robert KiyosakiHe's a businessman and investor, and he is here applying for a patent on an educational productI think it's what you have been looking for
Just What I Was Looking For
My husband, Mike, was so impressed with CASHFLOW, the new educational product that Robert Kiyosaki was developing, that he arranged for both of us to participate in a test of the prototypeBecause it was an educational game, I also asked my 19-year-old daughter, who was a freshman at a local university, if she would like to take part, and she agreed
About fifteen people, broken into three groups, louis vuitton white speedy participated in the testIt was the educational product I had been looking forBut it had a twist: It looked like a colorful Monopoly board with a giant well-dressed rat in the middleUnlike Monopoly, however, there were two tracks: one inside and one outsideThe object of the game was to get out of the inside track-what Robert called the "Rat Race" and reach the outer track, or the "Fast Track As Robert put it, the Fast Track simulates how rich people play in real life
Robert then defined the "Rat Race" for us
"If you look at the life of the average-educated, hard-working person, there is a similar pathThe child is born and goes to schoolThe proud parents are excited because the child excels, gets fair to good grades, and is accepted into a collegeThe child graduates, maybe goes on to graduate school and then does exactly as programmed: looks for a safe, secure job or careerThe child finds that job, maybe as a doctor or a lawyer, or joins the Army replica pasha cartier or works for the governmentGenerally, the child begins to make money, credit cards start to arrive in mass, and the shopping begins, if it already hasn't
"Having money to burn, the child goes to places where other young people just like them hang out, and they meet people, they date, and sometimes they get marriedLife is wonderful now, because today, both men and women workTwo incomes are blissThey feel successful, their future is bright, and they decide to buy a house, a car, a television, take vacations and have childrenThe happy bundle arrivesThe demand for cash is enormousThe happy couple decides that their careers are vitally important and begin to work harder, seeking promotions and raisesThe raises come, and so does another child and the need for a bigger houseThey work harder, become better employees, even more dedicatedThey go back to school to get more specialized skills so they can earn more moneyMaybe they take a second gucci bag black jobTheir incomes go up, but so does the tax bracket they're in and the real estate taxes on their new large home, and their Social Security taxes, and all the other taxesThey get their large paycheck and wonder where all the money wentThey buy some mutual funds and buy groceries with their credit cardThe children reach 5 or 6 years of age, and the need to save for college increases as well as the need to save for their retirement
"That happy couple, born 35 years ago, is now trapped in the Rat Race for the rest of their working daysThey work for the owners of their company, for the government paying taxes, and for the bank paying off a mortgage and credit cards
"Then, they advise their own children to `study hard, get good grades, and find a safe job or career' They learn nothing about money, except from those who profit from their na?et? and work hard all their livesThe process repeats into another hard-working generationThis is the `Rat buy chanel bags Race'
The only way to get out of the "Rat Race" is to prove your proficiency at both accounting and investing, arguably two of the most difficult subjects to masterAs a trained CPA who once worked for a Big 8 accounting firm, I was surprised that Robert had made the learning of these two subjects both fun and excitingThe process was so well disguised that while we were diligently working to get out of the "Rat Race," we quickly forgot we were learning
Soon a product test turned into a fun afternoon with my daughter, talking about things we had never discussed beforeAs an accountant, playing a game that required an Income Statement and Balance Sheet was easySo I had the time to help my daughter and the other players at my table with concepts they did not understandI was the first person-and the only person in the entire test group-to get out of the "Rat Race" that dayI was out within 50 minutes, although the game went on for nearly three chanel earings hours |
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It couldn't be doing him any good having India... |
30th July 2010, 23:33 |
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It couldn't be doing him any good having India and Aunt Pitty fussing
over him all the timeWhat it was likely doing to Beau was too awful
to think aboutBilly Kelly would teach him a thing or threeShe'd better send a box of smelling salts for Aunt
Pitty along with Billy Kelly
Cat would be heartbroken without BillyShe'd drooped for a week
when
Ocras ran away, and the tabby hadn't been one-tenth of what Billy
was
in her lifeBesides, harriet couldn't stand the heatNo, it
wouldn't do at allScarlett bent her head to the account
books againhe ve got to stop spending so much money," Scarlett
said
angrilyShe shook the account book at Mrs"There's no
reason on earth for feeding this army of servants when flour for bread
costs a fortuneAt least half of hermes borse them will have to be let goWhat
good do they do, anyhow? And don't sing me that old song about
having
to churn the cream to make the butter, because if there's one thing
that there's too much of these days, it's butterYou can't sell it
for hapenny a poundFitzpatrick waited for Scarlett's tirade to endThen she calmly
took the book from her and put it on a table"You'd turn them out
onto the road, then?" she said"They'll find plenty of company, for
many of the Big houses in Ireland are doing just what you're
proposing
Not a day goes by we don't have a dozen or more poor souls begging a
bowl of soup at the kitchen doorWill you add to their number?"
Scarlett strode impatiently to the window"No, of course not, don't
be ridiculousBut there must be some way louis vuitton neo we can cut expenses"It's
more costly to feed your fine horses than your ) Mrs
Fitzpatrick's voice was coldScarlett turned on her"That will be
all," she said furiously
She picked up the book and went to her deskBut she was too upset
to
concentrate on the accountsFitz be so mean? She
must know that I enjoy hunting more than anything else in my life
The
only thing that's getting me through this horrible summer is knowing
that come fall, the hunting will begin againScarlett closed her eyes
and tried to remember the crisp cold mornings, with the night's light
frost turned to trailing mist, and the sound of the horn signalling the
beginning of the chaseA tiny muscle jumped involuntarily in the soft
flesh over her clenched jawShe wasn't good at omega constellation price imagining, she was
good at doingShe opened her eyes and worked doggedly on the
accountsWith no grain to sell and no rents to collect, she was going
to lose money this yearThe knowledge bothered her, because she
had
a] ways made money in business and losing it was a highly
disagreeable
changeBut Scarlett had grown up in a world where it was accepted
that sometimes a crop failed or a storm wrought havocShe knew
that
next year would be different, and certainly betterShe was not a
failure because of the disaster of the drought and the hailIt wasn't
like the lumber business or the store where she would have been
responsible if there had been no profitBesides, the losses would
barely make a dent in her fortunecould be extravagant for the rest
of her life, and prada bags online the crops at hara could fail every year, and she
would still have plenty of money Scarlett sighed unconsciouslyFor so
many years she worked and scrimped and saved, thinking that if only
she
could I enough money, she would be happy
Now she had it, thanks Rhett, and somehow it didn't mean anything at
allExcept that t was no longer anything to work for, to scheme and
strive forShe wasn't foolish enough to want to be poor and despei
again, but she needed to be challenged, to use her quick" to conquer
obstaclesAnd so she thought with longing about jumping fences and
ditches and taking chances on a powerful horse she controlled by force
of willWhen the accounts were done, Scarlett turned to the pile
personal mail with a silent groanShe hated writing black and white chanel lett |
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He mimed the presence of a guard
The three of... |
30th July 2010, 12:00 |
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He mimed the presence of a guard
The three of them looked upThere was, clearly illuminated by Vidomni's glow, a single small window open, high up on the eastern side
Devin looked from Alessan to Baerd and then back to the PrinceHe looked at the bodies of the two men already dead
He pointed to the window and then to himself
After a long moment Alessan nodded his head
In silence, listening to the ragged singing from over in the manor-house, Devin climbed the outer wall of the Nievolene barnBy moonlight and by feel he deciphered hand and footholds in the coldWhen he reached the window he looked over his shoulder and saw Ilarion, just rising in the east
He slipped through and into the balenciaga designer upper loftBelow, a horse whickered softly and Devin caught his breathHis heart thudding, he froze where he was, listeningThere was no other responseIn the sudden, seductive warmth of the barn he crawled cautiously forward and looked down
The guard was comprehensively asleepHis uniform was unbuttoned and the lantern on the floor by his side illuminated an empty flask of wineHe must have lost a dice roll, Devin thought, to have been posted so boringly on guard against nothing here among the horses and the straw
He went down the ladder without a soundAnd in the flickering light of that barn, amid the smell of hay and animals and spilled red wine Devin killed his first man, plunging discount tiffany's necklace his dagger into the Barbadian's throat as the man sleptIt was not the way his dreams of valiant deeds had ever had him doing this
It took him a moment to fight back the churning nausea that followedIt's the smell of the wine, he tried to tell himselfThere was also more blood than he'd thought there would beHe wiped his blade clean before he opened the door for the other two
"Well done," Baerd said, taking in the sceneHe briefly laid a hand on Devin's shoulder
Alessan said nothing, but by the wavering light Devin read a disquieting compassion in his eyes
Baerd had already set about doing what they had to do
They left the guard where he was to be burnedThe informer and the soldier tiffany silver jewelry from the Second Company they dragged towards one of the outbuildingsBaerd studied the situation carefully for a few moments, refusing to be rushed, then he placed the two bodies in a particular way, and wedged the door in front of them convincingly shut with what Devin assumed would later appear to be a dislodged beam
The singing from the manor had gradually been fading awayNow it had come down to a single voice drunkenly caroling a melancholy refrain about love lost long agoFinally that voice, too, fell silent
Which was Alessan's cueAt his signal they simultaneously set fire to the dry straw and wood in the guarded barn and two of the adjacent outbuildings, including the one where 18k omega watch the dead men were trappedBy the time they were off the property the Nievolene barns were an inferno of flameHorses were screaming
There was no pursuitThey hadn't expected anyAlessan and Sandre had worked it out very carefully back in FerrautThe charred bodies of the informer and the Second Company soldier would be found by Karalius's menThe mercenaries of the First Company would draw the obvious conclusion
They reclaimed their horses and headed westThey spent the night outside again in the cold taking turns on watchIt had gone very wellIt seemed to have gone exactly as plannedDevin wished they'd been able to free the horses, thoughTheir screaming ran through his fitful dreams in the china mulberry s |
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Suddenly there was a silence from inside... |
29th July 2010, 12:06 |
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Suddenly there was a silence from inside meSomething had changedThe offer was too big and had gotten ridiculousNot too many grownups in 1956 made more than $5 an hourThe temptation disappeared, and a calm set inSlowly I turned to my left to look at MikeThe part of my soul that was weak and needy was silencedThe part of me that had no price took overThere was a calm and a certainty about money that entered my brain and my soulI knew Mike had gotten to that point also
"Good," rich dad said softly"Most people have a priceAnd they have a price because of chanel jumbo flap bag human emotions named fear and greedFirst, the fear of being without money motivates us to work hard, and then once we get that paycheck, greed or desire starts us thinking about all the wonderful things money can buyThe pattern is then set
"What pattern?" I asked
"The pattern of get up, go to work, pay bills, get up, go to work, pay billsTheir lives are then run forever by two emotions, fear and greedOffer them more money, and they continue the cycle by also increasing their spendingThis is what I call the Rat Race
"There is another way?" Mike omega seamaster watch asked
"Yes," said rich dad slowly"But only a few people find it
"And what is that way?" Mike asked
"That's what I hope you boys will find out as you work and study with meThat is why I took away all forms of pay
"Any hints?" Mike asked"We're kind of tired of working hard, especially for nothing
"Well, the first step is telling the truth," said rich dad
"We haven't been lying
"I did not say you were lyingI said to tell the truth," rich dad came
back
"The truth about what?" I asked
"How you're feeling," rich dad said"You don't have to say it to anyone else
"You authentic hermes mean the people in this park, the people who work for you, MrsMartin, they don't do that?" I asked
"I doubt it," said rich dad"Instead, they feel the fear of not having moneyInstead of confronting the fear, they react instead of thinkThey react emotionally instead of using their heads," rich dad said, tapping us on our heads"'Then, they get a few bucks in their hands, and again the emotion of joy and desire and greed take over, and again they react, instead of think
"So their emotions do their thinking," Mike said
"That's correct," said rich dad"Instead of prada bags cheap telling the truth about how they feel, they react to their feeling, fail to thinkThey feel the fear, they go to work, hoping that money will soothe the fear, but it doesn'tThat old fear haunts them, and they go back to work, hoping again that money will calm their fears, and again it doesn'tFear has them in this trap of working, earning money, working, earning money, hoping the fear will go awayBut every day they get up, and that old fear wakes up with themFor millions of people, that old fear keeps them awake all night, causing a night of turmoil and saddle handbags worr |
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All the mirrors were
infinitesimally tilted so... |
29th July 2010, 11:34 |
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All the mirrors were
infinitesimally tilted so that they reflected not only the room but
also the high ceilingIt was painted with scenes from the heroic
legends of Irish historyThe High Kings' buildings on the hill of
Tara looked rather like Roman temples"The
furniture throughout this floor is Irish-made, so are the fabrics-all
wools and linens-and the silver, china, glass, almost everythingThis
is where The O'Hara is hostessCome, there's only the library still
to see Scarlett liked the leather-covered chairs and Chesterfield,
and she recognized that the leather-backed books were very
handsome
"You've done a wonderful job, Charlotte," she said sincerely"Yes,
well it wasn't as difficult as at first I fearedThe gucci horsebit hobo people who lived
here must have used a Capability Brown design for the gardens, so
there
was only pruning and cleaning to doThe kitchen garden will be very
productive next year, though it may be two years before the wall fruits
come back
They had to be pruned back to leaders Scarlett hadn't the remotest
idea what Charlotte was talking about, nor the faintest interestShe
was wishing Gerald O 'Hara could see the ceiling in the ballroom and
Ellen O 'Hara could admire the furniture in her boudoirCharlotte
opened more doors"Here we are in the hall again," she said
"Excellent circular movement for large parties
The Georgian architects knew precisely what they were doingCome
through to the entrance door, ScarlettShe escorted tiffany toggle necklace Scarlett onto the
top of the steps that led down to the freshly gravelled drive
"My grief," Scarlett said weaklyTwo long rows of uniformed servants
were facing herFitzpatrick stood slightly in
front of the cook, four kitchen maids, two parlor maids, four upstairs
maids, three dairymaids, the head laundress, and three laundry maids
To her left she saw a haughty-looking man who could only be a butler,
eight footmen, two nervous-footed boys, the stableman she knew and
six
grooms, and five men she guessed were gardeners by their earthstained
hands
"I believe I need to sit down," she whispered"First you smile and
welcome them to Ballyhara," Charlotte saidHer tone would permit no
remonstranceScarlett did as she was ladies omega watches toldBack inside the
house-which had now become an establishment-Scarlett began to
giggle
"They're all better dressed than I am," she saidShe looked at
Charlotte Montague's expressionless face"You're about to bust out
laughing, Charlotte, you can't fool meFitz must have
had a high old time planning this
"We did rather," Charlotte admittedA smile was the nearest thing to
"bust out laughing" that Scarlett could get from herScarlett invited
all the people from Ballyhara and Adamstown to come up to see the
revived Big HouseThe long dining room table was spread with
refreshments, and she darted from room to room, urging everyone to
help
themselves, dragging them to see the High KingsCharlotte Montague
stood quietly to chanel pearl necklace one side of the big staircase, quietly disapproving
Scarlett ignored herShe tried to ignore the discomfort and
embarrassment of her cousins and villagers, but within a half hour of
their arrival, she was close to tears"It goes against tradition,
MrsO," Rosaleen Fitzpatrick murmured to her, "it's naught to do with
youNo farmer's boot has ever crossed the threshold of a Big House
in
IrelandWe're a people ruled by the old ways, and we're not ready for
change
"But I thought the Fenians wanted to change everythingBut the change is for a return to even older
ways than the ones that keep the boots out of a Big HouseI wish I
could explain more clearly
"Don't bother, MrsI've just made a mistake, that's allI
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But by the time she came up beside them it was... |
28th July 2010, 12:10 |
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But by the time she came up beside them it was already too lateIt would have been mostly Baerd whose look drew their attentionSandre in his Khardhu guise was a matter of almost complete indifference to the Barbadians
But a merchant, a minor trader with a single cart and a second scrawny horse, who stood gazing at an army passing in the way that this one did, coldly, his head arrogantly high, not even remotely submissive or chastened let alone showing any of the fear proper to such a situation
The language of the body, Catriana thought, could be heard far too clearly sometimesShe looked at Baerd beside her, his dark eyes fixed in stony appraisal of the company passing byIt wasn't arrogance, she decided, not just a male prideIt was something else, something olderA primitive response to this display of the chanel white purse Tyrant's power that he could no more hide than he could the dozen barrels of ale they carried on the cart
"Stop it!" she whispered fiercelyBut even as she did she heard one of the Barbadians bark a terse command and half a dozen of them detached from the moving column of men and horses and galloped over toward themCatriana's mouth went dryShe saw Baerd glance over to where his bow lay in the grassHe shifted his stance slightly, to balance himself better
"What are you doing?" she hissed"Remember where we are!"
She had time for no moreThe Barbadians came up to them, huge men on their horses, looking down on a man and a woman of the Palm and this gaunt, grey-haired relic from Khardhun
"I don't like the look of your face," the leader said, staring at BaerdThe man's hair was darker than most of the others, but his balenciaga giant bag eyes were pale and hardThis was the first time in a year they'd had a confrontation so direct with the BarbadiansShe lowered her eyes, willing Baerd to be calm, to say the right things
What she did not know, for no one who had not been there could know, was what Baerd was seeing in that moment
Not six Barbadians on horses by a road in Certando, but as many Ygrathen soldiers in the square before his father's house long agoSo many years, and the memory still sharp as a wound from only yesterdayAll the normal measures of time seemed to fall apart and blow away in moments such as this
Baerd forced himself to avert his gaze before the Barbadian's glareHe knew he had made a mistake, knew this was a mistake he would always make if he wasn't carefulHe had been too euphoric though, rushing too fast on a floodtide of cartier tank watch emotion, seeing this marching column as dancing to the tune he and Alessan had calledBut it was early yet, far too early, so much lay unknown and uncontrollable in the futureAnd they had to live to see that future or everything would have been wastedYears and lives, the patient conjuring of dream into reality
He said, eyes cast down, voice low, "I am sorry if I have offendedI was only marveling at youWe have not seen so many soldiers on the road in years
"We moved aside to make way," Sandre added in his deep voice
"You be silent," the Barbadian leader rasped"If I wish to converse with servants I will inform you One of the others sidled his horse toward Sandre, forcing him to step backwardCatriana, behind him, felt her legs grow weakShe reached out and gripped the railing of the cart; her palms were damp with gucci taske fearShe saw two of the Barbadians staring at her with frank, smirking appraisal, and she was suddenly aware of how her clothing would be clinging to her body after her swim in the pond
"Forgive us," Baerd repeated, in a muffled tone"We meant no harm, no harm at all
"Really? Why were you counting our numbers?"
"Counting? Your numbers? Why would I do such a thing?"
"You tell me, merchant
"It is not so," Baerd protested, inwardly cursing himself as an amateur and a foolAfter twelve years, something so clumsy as this! The situation was careening out of control, and the simple fact was that he had indeed been counting the Barbadian numbers"We are only traders," he added
"With a Khardhu warrior for guard? Not so minor, I would say
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To be neglected before one?s time must be... |
28th July 2010, 11:39 |
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To be neglected before one?s time must be very
vexatious; but it was entirely the mother?s faultMiss Augusta should
have been with her governessSuch half-and-half doings never prosper
But now I must be satisfied about Miss PriceDoes she go to
balls? Does she dine out every where, as well as at my sister?s??
?No,? replied Edmund; ?I do not think she has ever been to a
ballMy mother seldom goes into company herself, and dines nowhere
but with MrsGrant, and -bleep- stays at home with her
?Oh! then the point is clearMiss Price is not out
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CHAPTER VI
MRBERTRAM set off for???, and Miss Crawford was prepared
to find a great chasm in their society, and to miss him decidedly in
the meetings which were now becoming almost daily between the
families; and on their all dining together at the Park soon after his
going, she retook her chosen place near the bottom of the table,
fully vintage chanel jewelry expecting to feel a most melancholy difference in the change
of mastersIt would be a very flat business, she was sureIn comparison
with his brother, Edmund would have nothing to sayThe
soup would be sent round in a most spiritless manner, wine drank
without any smiles or agreeable trifling, and the venison cut up
without supplying one pleasant anecdote of any former haunch, or
a single entertaining story, about ?my friend such a one She must
try to find amusement in what was passing at the upper end of the
table, and in observing MrRushworth, who was now making his
appearance at Mansfield for the first time since the Crawfords? arrival
He had been visiting a friend in the neighbouring county, and
that friend having recently had his grounds laid out by an improver,
MrRushworth was returned with his head full of the subject, and
very eager to be improving his own place in the same way; and
though omega seamaster for sale not saying much to the purpose, could talk of nothing else
The subject had been already handled in the drawing-room; it was
revived in the dining-parlourMiss Bertram?s attention and opinion
was evidently his chief aim; and though her deportment showed
rather conscious superiority than any solicitude to oblige him, the
mention of Sotherton Court, and the ideas attached to it, gave her a
feeling of complacency, which prevented her from being very ungracious
?I wish you could see Compton,? said he; ?it is the most complete
thing! I never saw a place so altered in my lifeI told Smith I did not
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know where I wasThe approach now, is one of the finest things in
the country: you see the house in the most surprising mannerI
declare, when I got back to Sotherton yesterday, it looked like a
prison?quite a dismal old prison
?Oh, for shame!? cried Mrs?A prison indeed? Sotherton
Court cheap prada handbags is the noblest old place in the world
?It wants improvement, ma?am, beyond anythingI never saw a
place that wanted so much improvement in my life; and it is so
forlorn that I do not know what can be done with itRushworth should think so at present,?
said MrsNorris, with a smile; ?but depend upon it,
Sotherton will have every improvement in time which his heart can
desire
?I must try to do something with it,? said MrRushworth, ?but I
do not know whatI hope I shall have some good friend to help me
?Your best friend upon such an occasion,? said Miss Bertram
calmly, ?would be Mr
?That is what I was thinking ofAs he has done so well by Smith, I
think I had better have him at onceHis terms are five guineas a day
?Well, and if they were ten,? cried MrsNorris, ?I am sure you
need not regard itThe expense need not be any impedimentIf I
were you, I should not think of the expenseI would have rolex vintage women's watch everything
done in the best style, and made as nice as possibleSuch a
place as Sotherton Court deserves everything that taste and money
can doYou have space to work upon there, and grounds that will
well reward youFor my own part, if I had anything within the
fiftieth part of the size of Sotherton, I should be always planting
and improving, for naturally I am excessively fond of itIt would be
too ridiculous for me to attempt anything where I am now, with my
little half acreIt would be quite a burlesqueBut if I had more
room, I should take a prodigious delight in improving and planting
We did a vast deal in that way at the Parsonage: we made it
quite a different place from what it was when we first had itYou
young ones do not remember much about it, perhaps; but if dear
Sir Thomas were here, he could tell you what improvements we
made: and a great deal more would have been done, but for replica chanel jewelry poor
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"Oh, yes! Yes, Rhett, pleaseBe kind, the way
you... |
26th July 2010, 23:25 |
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"Oh, yes! Yes, Rhett, pleaseBe kind, the way
you were before I ruined the happy time we were havingLet's just have fun, be friends, until I go back to Atlanta
I'll be content if we can just laugh together; I had such a good time
at breakfastMy, you are a sight in that apron thingThank God he couldn't see her any better than she could
see him"That's all you want?" Relief took the edge from Rhett's
voiceScarlett took a big swallow of coffee while she planned what to
sayThen she managed an airy laugh"Well, of course, sillyI know
when I'm beatI figured it was worth a try, that's allI won't
crowd you any more, but please make the Season good second hand chanel for meYou
know
how much I love parties
"And if you really want to be kind, Rhett Butler, you can pour me
another cup of coffeeI don't have a hot-holder, and you do
After breakfast Scarlett went upstairs to get dressedIt was still
night, but she was much too excited to think about going back to
sleep
She'd patched things up pretty well, she thought
He had enjoyed their breakfast, too, she was sure of it
She put on the brown travelling costume she had worn on the boat to
the
Landing, then brushed her dark hair back from her temples and tucked
combs in to hold itThen she rubbed just a small amount of eau de
cologne across her wrists and chanel 2.55 throat, just a whiffreminder that she was
feminine and soft and desirableWalking along the hall and down the
stairs she was as quiet as she could beThe longer Rosemary stayed
asleep, the betterThe east-facing window on the stair landing was
distinct in the darknessScarlett blew out the
flame in the lamp she was carryingOh, please let this be a good day,
let me do everything rightLet it be like breakfast all day longIt's New Year's EveThe house had the special
quality of quiet that wraps the earth just before sunriseScarlett
stepped carefully to make no noise until she reached the center room
belowThe fire was burning brightly; Rhett fake chanel bag must have put more logs
on
while she was dressingShe could just make out the dark shape of
his shoulders and head framed by the gray semi-light of a window
beyond
himHe was in his office with the door ajar, his back to herShe
tiptoed across the room and tapped gently on the door frame with the
tips of her fingers"May I come in?" she whispered"I thought
you'd gone back to bed," said RhettHe sounded very tiredShe
remembered that he'd been up all night guarding the house
She wished she could cradle his head against her heart and stroke his
tiredness away"There wasn't much point to going to sleep, there'll
be roosters crowing like crazy gucci backpack as soon as the sun's up
She put one foot tentatively across the doorsill"Is it all right if
I sit in here? There's not such a reek in your office
"Come in," Rhett said without looking at herScarlett moved quietly
to
a chair just inside the officeOver Rhett's shoulder she could see the
window becoming more distinctI wonder what he's looking for so
hard
Are those Crackers outside again? Or Clinch Dawkins? A -bleep- crowed,
and her whole body jerkedThen the first weak rays of red dawn light
touched the scene outside the windowThe jagged tumbled brick
ruins
of Dunmore Landing's house were dramatically lit, red against the dark
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