But that was enough for Gerald, overwhelmed at his
unbelievableluck in actually marrying her. James and Andrew were old menand they
stood well in Savannah.
The bestmarriages are when the parents choose for
the girl.
There was noneed for him to acquire a good head for
whisky, he had been bornwith one. Slatterys constant childbearing, seldom furnished
enough to feedher flock.
Hes an Abolitionist, no doubt, observed Gerald to
John Wilkes. Theres only one who takes me eye, Gerald said finally.
Well be going in to supper now, and all this is
between us.
He felt keenly, as hisbrothers did not, the social
stigma attached to those in trade.
There was noneed for him to acquire a good head for
whisky, he had been bornwith one. Thestranger shoved in all his chips and followed
with the deed to hisplantation. Here under his feet wouldrise a house of whitewashed
brick.
He did give me a thought, thought Scarlett,
sorrowfully in herheart.
Fifteen is too young to know much about love. In
the mornings, after all-night sessions at births and deaths,when old
Dr.
Well be going in to supper now, and all this is
between us.
She became the best-loved neighbor in the
County.
From them he learned what he found useful, and the
rest hedismissed. Gerald shoved in all his chips and laid on top ofthem his wallet.
He had already forgottenScarletts heartbreak and his mind was only on plaguing his
valet.
Here under his feet wouldrise a house of
whitewashed brick.
Despite a mystifying listlessness of manner,
sostrange in a girl of fifteen, she charmed him.