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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    8:07 pm
    @@@@@There was something nasty, unclean, about
    @@@@@There was something nasty, unclean, about the emotion Roth was showingRed always curdled before emotion"For Christ's sakes, man, cut it out," he snapped"I don't give a goddam about you and your bird
    Roth stopped as if he had been slapped across the faceFor a moment in his weeping he had been expecting the warm arms of his motherThey were gone now; everything was goneIt gave him a bitter pleasure, as if in having plumbed this last rejection he knew at last that there was no further humiliation he could receiveThe foundation stones of his despair were at least stonesRed could not see the bitter smile Roth assumed instinctively"You can forget about it," Roth said, turning over on his side away from Red, staring through the tears in his eyes at the cold gaunt reaches of the mountainHis throat was hot when he swallowedAt least now there was nothing left to desire, he told himselfEven his boy would grow up to mock him and his wife would become more and more of a nagNo one appreciated him
    Red stared at Roth's back, still tempted to reach out to himThe small hunched shoulders, the stiffness with which Roth held himself worked as a reproof; Red was troubled and felt a little guiltyWhy did I even help him with the goddam bird? he asked himselfNow it's gonna be between me and CroftHe sighed with fatigueSooner or later it had to come out between themI ain't afraid anyway, Red told himself
    Wasn't he? He wondered, and then edged away from the questionHe was weary and Roth's appeal had moved him despite himselfAs often happened when he was very tired, his mind had become clear and he felt as if he understood everything, but at times like this the knowledge was always wistful, burdened with the exhaustion of livi
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    8:07 pm
    @@@@@We wouldn't be welcome "What does Colum
    @@@@@We wouldn't be welcome
    "What does Colum do?"
    "Ah, well, first he reminds them they're Irish, no matter how long
    they've been Americans, then he brings them to tears with longing and
    love for the Old Country, then he gets them to empty their pockets for
    the aid of the poor in IrelandHe's a mighty speechmaker, says"
    "I
    can imagineThere's something magic about Colum
    "So you'll find us some magical oysters, then
    "They'll not have pearls," she said, mimicking Maureen's brogue, "but
    they'll make a glory of a broth Colum looked down at the steaming,
    brimming bowl, and his eyebrows roseC(Maureen, this is a hearty
    tea
    you serve
    "The oysters looked particularly fat today at Market," she said with a
    grin"Do they not print calendars in the United States of America?"
    "Whist, Colum, eat your stew before it's cold
    "It's Lent, Maureen, you know the rules for fastingOne meal a day,
    and that one we took at midday So her aunts had been right!
    Scarlett slowly put her spoon down on the tableShe looked at
    Maureen
    with sympathyThis good meal wastedShe'd have to do a terrible
    penance and she must feel miserably guiltyWhy did Colum have to
    be a
    priest? She was astonished to see Maureen smiling and dipping in her
    spoon to capture an oyster"I'm not worried about Hell, Colum," she
    said"I have the O'Hara dispensationYou're an O'Hara, too, so eat
    your oysters and enjoy them Scarlett was bewildered"What's the
    O'Hara dispensation?" she asked Maureen
    Colum answered her, but without Maureen's good humor"Thirty
    years or
    so gone by," he said, "Ireland was struck with famineOne year and
    again the next people starve
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    8:10 pm
    @@@@@“Who?” The black wall slammed down with
    @@@@@“Who?”
    The black wall slammed down with more force than she'd used beforeShe was the tiniest
    fraction of a second too late
    Again, the face filled my mindThe beautiful face with the golden tan skin and the light-flecked
    eyesThe face that stirred a strange, deep pleasure within me while I viewed it so clearly in my
    mind
    Though the wall slapped into place with an accompanying sensation of vicious resentment, it
    was not fast enoughAs quickly as if it had come from me, the thought that was not mine
    followed the name through my lips
    CHAPTER 4
    Dreamed
    It is too dark to be so hot, or maybe too hot to be so darkOne of the two is out of place
    I crouch in the darkness behind the weak protection of a scrubby creosote bush, sweating out
    all the water left in my bodyIt's been fifteen minutes since the car left the garageNo lights
    have come onThe arcadia door is open two inches, letting the swamp cooler do its jobI can
    imagine the feel of the moist, cool air blowing through the screenI wish it could reach me here
    My stomach gurgles, and I clench my abdominal muscles to stifle the soundIt is quiet enough
    that the murmur carries
    There is another need that is stronger–another hungry stomach hidden safely far away in the
    darkness, waiting alone in the rough cave that is our temporary homeA cramped place, jagged
    with volcanic rockWhat will he do if I don't come back? All the pressure of motherhood with
    none of the knowledge or experienceI feel so hideously helpless
    There are no other houses close to this oneI've been watching since the sun was still white hot
    in the sky, and I don't think there is a dog, either
    I ease up from my crouch, my calves screaming in protest, but keep hunched at the waist, trying
    to be smaller than the bushThe way up the wash is smooth sand, a pale pathway in the light of
    the sta
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    8:10 pm
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    "I don't understand how she could have kept it
    from this Perse," Jack saida little
    kid?"
    "I don't know, either," I said
    866
    "In any case, it didn't work," Wireman saidI think she made the drawing, and
    I'm sure she did it in pencil, and I think when
    she was wallet chanel done, she erased the whole thingIt
    probably would have killed a human being the way I
    killed Candy Brown, but Perse wasn't humanAll it
    did was make her angryShe paid Elizabeth back by
    taking the twins, whom she idolizedTessie and
    Laura didn't go down that path to the rolex oyster perpetual daytona Shade Beach
    to look for more treasureThey
    ended up in the water, and they were lost
    "Only not for good," Wireman said, and I knew he
    was thinking of certain small footprintsNot to
    mention the thing that had been in my kitchen
    The wind blew again, this time hard cartier watch santos enough to send
    something thudding against the Gulf side of the
    house
    "How did it get this Emery Paulson?" Jack asked
    "I don't know," I said
    "And Adriana," Wireman said"Did Perse get her,
    too?"
    "I don't know," I said Reluctantly I
    added: "Probably
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    "We haven't Cartier Tortue seen Adriana," Wireman said
    "But the little girls drowned," Jack saidLike he
    was trying to get it straight"This Perse-thing
    lured them into the water
    "But then there was a search
    "There had to be, Jack," Wireman said"People
    knew they were gone
    "I know that," Jack rolex daytona cosmograph said
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    8:02 pm
    @@@@@They may have been good workers but they
    @@@@@They may have been good workers but they were not good investors
    Education and wisdom about money are important I turned $5,000 cash into a $1 million dollar asset producing $5,000 a month cash flow in less than six yearsBut I started learning as a kidI encourage you to learn because it's not that hardIn fact, it's kind of easy once you get the hang of it
    I think I have made my message clearIt's what is in your head that determines what is in your handsMoney is only an ideaThere is a great book called Think and Grow RichThe title is not Work Hard and Grow RichLearn to have money work hard for you and your life will be easier and happierToday, don't play it safe, play it smart

    Take Action!

    Many of you were given two great gifts: your mind and your timeIt is up to you to do what you please with bothWith each dollar bill that enters your hand, you and only you have the power to determine your destinySpend it foolishly, you choose to be poor Spend it on liabilities, you join the middle classInvest it in your mind and learn how to acquire assets and you will be choosing wealth as your goal and your futureThe choice is yours and only yours Every day with every dollar, you decide to be rich, poor or middle class
    Choose to share this knowledge with your children, and you choose to prepare them for the world that awaits
    You and your children's future will be determined by choices you make today, not tomorrow
    We wish you great wealth and much happiness with this fabulous gift called life

    Robert Kiyosaki, Sharon Lechter


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    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    8:02 pm
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    The sun came out again, inflamed the wet kunai grass and dried the earth whose moisture rose in sluggish clouds of mistThe men gasped, took deep useless chanel tote breaths of the leaden wet air, and shambled forward grunting and sobbing, their arms slowly and inevitably bending toward the groundThey would start off carrying Wilson at waist level but by the time they set him down thirty or forty yards ahead his weight had bent them over until the litter was skimming the groundThe grass interfered with them, tripping at their feet, and meshing against their bodies, flicking into their facesThey labored forward in desperation and rage, advancing until their anger lapsed and then there was nothing left to force them on
    About three o'clock they stopped for chanel silver another long break underneath an isolated treeFor half an hour no one said anything, but even through their prostration other emotions were workingBrown lay on his stomach staring at his hands, which were cruelly blistered and spotted with dried blood from a variety of old sores and cuts which had opened againHe knew abruptly that he was through; he could stand up, even march perhaps another mile of intolerable agony, but he was going to collapseHis entire body was racked; he had been retching emptily ever since they had halted, and his vision was uncertainEvery minute or two a wave of chloe white faintness would glide through him, darkening his sight and pocking his back with an icy perspirationAll his extremities were quivering, and his hands shook too much for him to light a cigaretteHe hated himself for his weakness and he hated Goldstein and Ridges because they were less exhausted than he, and he loathed Stanley and hoped Stanley was weaker than heHis bitterness resolved into self-pity for a moment -- he was angry at Croft for sending them out with only four menCroft must have known it would be impossible
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    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    8:06 pm
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    I'll take it to her for you Scarlett heaved herself to her
    feet"She asked me to get itIt's the only thing she's ever asked
    forYou hitch up the pony and help me into the trapI want to take
    it to her
    "I'll come with you
    "Colum, there's barely silver chanel room on the seat for me, let alone the two of
    usJust bring me the trap and get me in it And how I'll
    get out of it, God only knowsScarlett wasn't very happy when her
    cousin Sean came out from her grandmother's cottage at the sound of
    her
    arrival"Spooky Sean" she called him to herself, just as she necklace chanel always
    thought of her cousin Stephen in Savannah as "Spooky Stephen
    They
    gave her the shivers because they always watched silently while the
    other O'Haras were talking and laughingShe didn't care much for
    people who didn't talk and laughOr for people who seemed to be
    thinking secret thoughtsWhen Sean offered his arm to omega replica watches help her walk
    into the house, she sidestepped clumsily to avoid him"No need," she
    said gaily, "I can manage just fine Even more than Stephen, Sean
    made her nervousAll failure made Scarlett nervous, and Sean was
    the
    O 'Hara who had failedHe was Patrick's third sonThe eldest died,
    Jamie worked in Trim instead of chanel earrings logo farming, so when Patrick died in 1861,
    Sean inherited the farmHe was "only" thirty-two at the time, and the
    "only" was an excuse he thought adequate for all his troublesHe
    mismanaged everything so badly that there was a real chance the
    lease
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    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    8:11 pm
    @@@@@ A slow, rough curve, then a sharp turn
    @@@@@
    A slow, rough curve, then a sharp turn north, another sudden turn back the other way, twisting
    back to the north for a longer stretch, and then the abrupt southern decline that flattened out
    into another shallow curve
    Not north and south, the way I'd always seen the lines in her piecemeal memories; it was up and
    down
    The profile of a mountain peak
    The lines that led to Jared and JamieThis was the first line, the starting point
    Wecould find them, she corrected meou don't know all the directionsJust like with the cabin,
    I never gave you everything
    “I don't understandWhere does it lead?How does a mountain lead us?” My pulse beat faster as
    I thought of it: Jared was closeJamie, within my reach
    She showed me the answer
    “They're just linesAnd Uncle Jeb is just an old lunaticA nut job, like the rest of my dad's
    family I try to tug the book out of Jared's hands, but he barely seems to notice my effort
    “A nut job, like Sharon's mom?” he counters, still studying the dark pencil marks that deface
    the back cover of the old photo albumIt's the one thing I haven't lost in all the runningEven
    the graffiti loony Uncle Jeb left on it during his last visit has sentimental value now If Sharon is still alive, it will be because her mother, loony Aunt Maggie, could
    give loony Uncle Jeb a run for the title of Craziest of the Crazy Stryder SiblingsMy father had
    been only slightly touched by the Stryder madness–he didn't have a secret bunker in the
    backyard or anythingThe rest of them, his sister and brothers, Aunt Maggie, Uncle Jeb, and
    Uncle Guy, were the most devoted of conspiracy theoristsUncle Guy had died before the
    others disappeared during the invasion, in a car accident so commonplace that even Maggie and
    Jeb had struggled to make an intrigue out of it
    My father always affectionately referred to them asthe Crazies“I think it's time we visited the
    Crazies,” Dad would announce, and then Mom would groan–which is why such announcements
    had happened so seldom
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    8:11 pm
    @@@@@ "Go away," I told it"I don't want you
    @@@@@
    "Go away," I told it"I don't want you anymore,
    go away and be deadLike the arm to which it
    had once been attached, the hand itched and
    throbbed and ached and refused to leave me
    "Then go find my daughter," I said, and the tears
    began to flow"Bring her back, why don't you?
    Bring her to meI'll paint anything you want,
    just bring her to meI was just a one-armed man with a phantom
    itchThe only ghost was his own, drifting around
    just over his head, observing all this
    The creeping in my flesh grew worseI picked the
    broom up, weeping now not just from grief but also
    from the horrible discomfort of that unreachable
    itch, then realized I couldn't do what I needed to
    do - a one-armed man can't snap a broomhandle over
    his kneeI leaned it against the house again and
    stomped it with my good legThere was a snap, and
    the bristle end went flyingI held the jagged end
    up in front of my streaming eyes and nodded
    I went around the corner of the house toward the
    beach, a distant part of my mind registering the
    loud conversation of the shells beneath Big Pink
    912
    as the waves dashed into the darkness there and
    then withdrew
    I had one fleeting thought as I reached the wet
    and shining hardpack, dotted here and there with
    tennis balls: The third thing Elizabeth had said
    to Wireman was You will want to, but you mustn't
    "Too late," I said, and then the string tethering
    the Edgar over my head brokeHe floated away, and
    for a little while I knew no more
    17 - The South End of the Key
    i
    I next remember Wireman coming along and picking
    me upI remember walking a few steps, then
    recalling that Ilse was dead and collapsing to my
    kneesAnd the most shameful thing was that, even
    though I was heartbroken, I was also hungry
    I remember Wireman helping me in through the open
    door and telling me it was all a bad dream, that
    I'd been having the horrors, and when I told him
    no, it was true, Mary Ire had done it, Mary Ire
    had drowned Ilse in Ilse's own bathtub, he had
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    laughed and said that now he knew itFor one
    horrible moment I believed him
    I pointed to the answering machine"Play the
    message," I said, and went into the kitchen
    Staggered into the kitchen
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    8:02 pm
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    37
    Jane Austen
    You will allow for the doubts of youth and inexperienceI am of a
    cautious temper, and unwilling to risk my happiness in a hurry
    Nobody can think more highly of the matrimonial state than myself
    I consider the blessing of a wife as most justly described in those
    discreet lines of the poet—’Heaven’s last best giftGrant, you see how he dwells on one word, and
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    “I pay very little regard,” said MrsGrant, “to what any young
    person says on the subject of marriageIf they profess a disinclination
    for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right
    personGrant laughingly congratulated Miss Crawford on feeling no
    disinclination to the state herself
    “Oh yes! I am not at all ashamed of itI would have everybody
    marry if they can do it properly: I do not like to have people throw
    themselves away; but everybody should marry as soon as they dior women can
    do it to advantage
    38
    Mansfield Park
    CHAPTER V
    THE YOUNG PEOPLE were pleased with each other from the firstOn
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    promised as early an intimacy as good manners would warrantMiss
    Crawford’s beauty did her no disservice with the Miss BertramsThey
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    too, and were almost as much charmed as their brothers with her
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    the country
    Her brother was not handsome: no, when they first saw him he
    was absolutely plain, black and plain; but still he was the gentleman,
    with a pleasing addressThe second meeting proved him not
    so very plain: he was plain, to be sure, but then he had so much
    countenance, and his teeth were so good, and he was so well made,
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    dining in company with him at the Parsonage, he was no longer
    allowed to be called so by anybodyHe was, in fact, the most agreeable
    young man the sisters had ever known, and they were equally
    delighted with himMiss Bertram’s engagement made him in equity
    the property of Julia, of which Julia was fully aware; and before
    he had been at Mansfield a week, she was quite ready to be fallen in
    love with
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    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
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    Afraid to listen any longer, he stood up, went to the head of the litter, rearranged the blanket over Wilson's feet, and then worked the strap over his neck and under his armpitsIn a moment, after Goldstein was ready, they moved on
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    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    8:15 pm
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    overgrown country town like Drogheda or GalwayAnd the C tIe is the
    most thrilling thing you will ever experience in your life
    "A Castle? Not a ruin? I didn't know there was such a Does the Queen
    live there?"
    "No, thank heavenThe Queen is a fine ruler but an dull womanNo,
    the Castle in Dublin is ruled by Her representative, the ViceroyYou
    will be presented to him and to Vicereine in the Throne Room
    Montague painted a picture for Scarlett of pomp and splendor beyond
    anything she'd heard ofIt made Charleston's Saint Cecilia sound like
    nothing at And it made Scarlett want success in Dublin society with all
    heartThat would put Rhett Butler in his placeHe wouldn't important
    to her at allIt was safe to tell her now, Charlotte thoughtAfter
    this week's success the invitation will surely come
    There's no longer a chance that I'll lose the deposit on the suite at
    the Shelbourne that I booked for the Season when I got Scarlett's note
    last year"Where's my precious Cat?" Scarlett called when she ran
    into the house"Momma's home, sweetheart She found Cat, after a
    half hour's search, in the stables sitting atop Half MoonShe looked
    frighteningly small on the big horse
    Scarlett muted her voice, so that she wouldn't spook Half Moon
    "Come to Momma, darling, and give me a hug Her heart thumped
    out of
    rhythm while she watched her child jump down into the straw near the
    powerful, metal-shod hoovesCat was out of Scarlett's sight until her
    small dark face popped up over the half door to the stallShe was
    climbing it, not opening itScarlett knelt to catch her in an
    embrace"Oh, I'm so happy to see you, a
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    Wind fanned my faceIt smelled like… dust and… something I couldn't put my finger onThe musty smell was goneNo sulfur, and it was so dry
    “Wanda?” someone whispered, touching my good cheek
    My eyes found Ian's face, white in the starlight, chloe bag leaning over meHis hand on my skin was
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    “She comin' around?” Jeb's voice asked
    “What's starting?” I asked
    I tried to sit up, but my body was all rubberyIan's hand moved to my forehead, holding me
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    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    8:10 pm
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    @@@@@The hallways and the bathroom stink of disinfectant, and over the urinals there is almost always a drunk retching his liquor, holding dreamily to the porcelain near the flush leverHe closes the door and goes into the card room, where a few old men are playing pinochle around an old round table, the floor under them black with grease and cigarette endsRed listens to their talk, mumbled and unfinished
    Maggie Kennedy was a fine figure of a woman, she said to me, now, what was it she said?
    I told Tommy Muldoon he had no call to be running me in, and when I got done, he let me go I'll tell you thatThey're afraid of me ever since I broke Ricchio's jaw, you know he was the precinct sergeant, back in, well, now wait a minute and I'll tell you the date, I broke his jaw with one punch back in a New Year's night eight year ago, 1924 it was, no, wait a moment back in 1933 that's closer to itHey, you rummies, pipe down goddammit we got some paying guests in the next room
    They're silent for a moment and then one of them says in his low mumbling voice, You ain't so smart, young feller, and ifen you don't shut your mouth I'll be obliged to whop you
    Come on down in the street, and I'll take you on
    Then one of them comes up to Red, and whispers to him, You better leave him alone 'cause he'll throw you down the stairs, the last night man he broke his neckI'm sorry I disturbed ya, pop, I'll be minding my manners
    You do that, son, and you and me won't have no trouble
    Across the street, they can hear a jukebox grinding in a barroom
    Back behind the night desk, Red turns on his radio and plays it softly(THE LEAVES OF BROWN CAME TUMBLING DOWN One of the men awakens screamingRed goes into the hall and quiets him, patting him on the shoulder and leading him back to his cot
    In the morning the bums dress hurriedly, and the big room is empty by sevenThey hustle along the chill streets in the dawn, their caps pulled down to their eyes, and their old jacket collars scrounged around their necksAs if they were ashamed, they won't look at one another, and like automatons most of them line up in the alleys off Canal Street for the coffee they receive from soup kitchensRed walks through the streets for a while before he catches the bus up to West 27thThe long night is always depressing
    He looks at his feet striding alongNothing's worth a good goddam
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    Friday, December 17th, 2010
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    Scarlett followed her eagerly, seething with curiosityWhat a
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    Scarlett paused to smooth her windblown hair at a mirror"You look a
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    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
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    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    225
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    Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
    8:20 pm
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    Jared followed as I retraced my path through the south tunnel
    “Why this way?” he asked
    “I…” He would know if I tried to lie or evade“I don't want to run into anyoneJeb, Aaron, or
    Brandt, particularly
    “Why?”
    “I don't want to have to explain myself to them
    He was quiet, trying to make sense of my answer
    I changed the subject“Do you know where Lily is? I don't think she should be aloneShe
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    shook my head, shaking the thought away
    “What are we in such a hurry to get?” Jared asked me
    I took a deep breath before I answered him
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    Saturday, December 4th, 2010
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    the
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    Scarlett had a second bowl of soup and relished every drop, then did
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    when
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    questionsHer aunts made the hastiest possible
    farewellsú Scarlett saw them to the door, careful to walk as if she
    had cramping in her stomachEulalie patted her shoulder
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    long rest, now," she saidScarlett nodded meekl
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