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There had been duels fought over Grandma, and the fashions of her
day
had been scandalous, with ladies deliberately wetting their thin muslin
gowns so that they'd cling to their legs
And the rest of them, too, from the look of things in the portrait

I should blush just from thinking the kind of things I'm thinking,
Scarlett told herselfBut she looked back over her shoulder at the
portrait as she left the dining roomI wonder what she was really
like? The sitting room showed the signs of poverty and constant use
by
a young family; Scarlett could hardly recognize the velvet-covered
settee where she had posed herself prettily when beaux proposed
And
everything had been rearranged, tooShe had to admit that Suellen
had
the right to fix the house to suit herself, but it rankled all the
sameIt wasn't really Tara this wayShe grew more and more
despondent as she went from room to room
Nothing was the sameEvery time she came home there were more
changes, and more shabbinessOh, why did Will have to be so
stubborn!
All the furniture needed recovering, the curtains were practically
rags, and you could see the floor right through the carpetsShe could
get new things for Tara if Will would let her
Then she wouldn't have the heartsickness of seeing the things she
remembered looking so pitifully wornIt should be mine! I'd take
better care of itPa always said he'd leave Tara to meBut he never
made a willThat's just like Pa, he never thought of tomorrow
Scarlett frowned, but she couldn't really be angry at her fatherNo
one had ever stayed angry at Gerald 0 'Hara; he was like a lovable
naughty child even when he was in hissixtiesThe one I'm mad
at-still-is CarreenBaby sister or not, she was wrong to do what she
did, and I'll never forgive her, neverShe was stubborn as a mule
when she made up her mind to go into the convent, and I accepted it
finallyBut she never told me she was going to use her one-third
share of Tara as her dowry for the conventShe should have told me!
I would have found the money someh