And besides, she was regarding him with
increased respect ever since her visit to the bank presidentHer
grandfather must be much, much richer than she'd imaginedWhen
Jamie
introduced her as Pierre Robillard's granddaughter, the man nearly
split his britches bowing and scrapingScarlett smiled, remembering
Then, after Jamie left, when I told him I wanted to rent a safe box and
transfer a half million to it, I thought he'd swoon at my feetI
don't care what anybody says, having lots of money is the best thing
in
the world"I can't stay late," she told Jamie when he arrived"I
hope that's all rightYou won't mind walking me back by
eight-thirty?"
"I'll be honored to walk you anywhere at any time at all," Jamie
vowed
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dawn
evening started quietly enoughSo quietly, in fact, that Scarlett was
disappointedShe'd been expecting music and dancing and some kind
of
celebration, but Jamie escorted her to the now familiar kitchen of
his houseMaureen greeted her with a kiss on each cheek and a cup
of
tea in her hand, then returned to the preparation of supper
Scarlett sat down next to Uncle James, who was dozingJamie took
off
his coat, unbuttoned hisvest, and lit a pipe, then settled down in a
rocking chair for a quiet smokeMary Kate and Helen were setting the
table in the adjoining dining room, chattering to one another over the
rattle of knives and forksIt was a comfortable family scene, but not
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supperI knew Aunt Pauline and Aunt Eulalie must be wrong about
the
whole fasting nonsenseNobody would live on only one meal a day for
weeks and weeks on purpose
After a few minutes the shy girl with the cloud of beautiful dark hair
came in from the hall with little Jacky by the hand"Oh, there you
are, Kathleen," said JamieScarlett made a mental note of the name
It suited the girl, so soft and youthful"Bring the little man to
his old Pa Jacky pulled his hand away and ran to his father, and the
brief tranquillity was overScarlett winced at the little boy's
shouts of joyUncle James snorted in sudden wakingThe street door
opened and Daniel came in with his younger brother Brian"Look
what I
found sniffing at the door, Ma," said Daniel"Oh, so you've decided
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to tell the newspaper so they can put it on the front page Brian
grabbed his mother around the waist in a bear hug"You wouldn't
turn a
man out to starve, now, would you?" Maureen made a pretense of
anger,
but she was smilingBrian kissed the coiled masses of red hair on top
of her head and released her"Now look what you've done to my hair,
you wild Indian," Maureen complained"And shaming me in the
bargain
by not greeting your cousin Scarlett Brian leaned
down from his great height and grinned at Scarlett"Will you forgive
me?" he said"You were so small and elegantly silent there that I
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"Will you plead for me with my cruel mother that I can have a few
scraps from her table?"
"Go on with you, savage, and wash the dust off your hands," Maureen
orderedDaniel took his brother's place when Brian headed for the
sink"We're all glad you're here with us, Cousin ScarlettEven with the racket from Jacky bouncing on Jamie's? knee,
she
was glad to be there, tooThere was so much life in these big
redheaded cousins of hersIt made the cold perfection of her
grandfather's house seem like a tombWhile they ate at the big table
in the dining room Scarlett learned the story behind Maureen's mock
anger at her sonBrian had moved a few weeks earlier from the room
he
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