But Rhett,
what are you going to say? You can't... But Rhett,
what are you going to say? You can't just walk in and haul Tommy out
by the scruff of the neck Alicia put her hands on each side of Rhett's face
and kissed him softly on the lips"It's good to have you back home
again, neighbor Rhett was sitting on the
Coopers' piazza drinking tea with Tommy's mother when the boy came
homeCooper introduced her son to Rhett, then sent him inside
to
leave his schoolbooks and wash his hands and faceButler is
going
to take you to histailor, TommyHe has a nephew in Aiken who's
growing as fast as you are and he needs you to try on things so he can
pick out a Christmas present that will fit Out of sight of the
adults Tommy grimaced horriblyThen he remembered bits and
pieces
he'd heard about Rhett's
chanel classic jumbo flap bag flamboyant youth and he decided he'd be
happy
to go along and help out MrMaybe he'd even find the nerve
to ask MrButler a few questions about things that were bothering
him
Tommy didn't have to askAs soon as they were well away from the
house, Rhett put an arm around the boy's shoulders"Tom," he said,
"I
have it in mind to teach you a few valuable lessonsThe first is how
to lie convincingly to a motherWhile we're riding on the streetcar,
you and I will talk in some detail about my tailor and his shop and his
habitsYou'll practice with my assistance until you've got your story
straightBecause I don't have a nephew in Aiken, and we're not on
our
way to the tailorWe're going to ride to the end of the Rutledge
Avenue line, then go for a
chanel bags to buy healthy walk to the house where I want you
to meet some friends of mineTommy Cooper agreed without
argument
He was accustomed to having his elders tell him what to do, and he
liked
the way MrButler called him "Tom
Before the afternoon was over and Tom was delivered back to his
mother,
the boy was looking at Rhett with such hero-worship in his young eyes
that Rhett knew he'd be saddled with Tom Cooper for years to come
He
was also confident that Tom would never forget the friends they'd
gone
to seeAmong Charleston's many historic "firsts" was the first
recorded whorehouse "for gentlemen only It had moved its location
many times in the nearly two centuries of its existence, uppose the
train's early, Rhett?" Eleanor Butler looked at the clock for
gucci bags china the tenth
time in two minutes"I hate to think of Rosemary being at the station
with nobody there when it's getting darkHer maid's only
half-trained, you knowAnd half-witted, too, to my way of thinking
I don't know why Rosemary puts up with her
"That train has never in its history been less than forty minutes late,
Mama, and even if it were on time, that's a half hour from now
"I asked you most particularly to allow plenty of time to get thereI
should have gone myself, like I planned when I didn't know you'd be
home
"Try not to fret, Mama
Rhett explained again what he had already told his mother"I hired a
hackney to pick me up in ten minutesThen it's a five-minute ride to
the stationI'll be fifteen minutes early, the train will be an
cartier pasha c watches hour
late or more, and Rosemary will arrive home on my arm just in time
for
supper
"May I ride with you, Rhett? I'd love a breath of air Scarlett
pictured the hour enclosed in the small cab of the hackneyShe'd ask
Rhett all about his sister, he'd like thatHe was crazy about
Rosemary
And if he talked enough, then maybe Scarlett would know what to
expect
She was terrified that Rosemary wouldn't like her, that she'd be
another RossHer brother-in-law's florid letter of apology had done
nothing to make her stop loathing him"No, my dear, you may not
ride
with meI want you to stay just as you are on that couch with the
compresses on your eyesThey're still swollen from sunburn 'Do
you
want me to come, dear?" MrsButler rolled up her tatting to put
christian dior china it
aw