@@@@@She looked up then, saw Rosemary standing
@@@@@She looked up then, saw Rosemary standing with her back
against
the door"You almost killed me," Scarlett saidI
didn't mean to hurt you
"Why? I was going to RhettI've got to go to Rhett He meant more
to
her than all the worldCouldn't this stupid girl understand that?
No, she couldn't, she'd never loved anybody, never had anybody love
her
Scarlett tried to scrabble to her feetOh, sweet Mary, Mother of God,
I'm so weakHer hands found the bedpostSlowly she pulled herself
uprightShe was as white as a ghost, her green eyes blazed like cold
flames"I'm going to Rhett," she saidRosemary struck her then
Not
with her hands or even her fistsScarlett could have withstood
that
"He doesn't want you," Rosemary said quietly Rhett
paused in mid-sentenceHe looked at Scarlett and said, "What is
this?
No appetite? And they say that country air is supposed to make
people
hungryYou astonish me, my dearI do believe this is the first time
I've ever seen you peck at your food She looked up from her
untouched plate to glare at himHow did he even dare to speak to her
when he had been talking about her behind her back? Who else had
he
talked to besides Rosemary? Did everybody in Charleston know that
he
had walked out in Atlanta and that she'd made a fool of herself by
coming after him? She looked down and continued to push bits of
food
from place to place"So then what happened?" Rosemary demanded
"I
still don't understand