Continuation of "Gone with the Wind"

Chapter No.17 The Rules of Charleston

"Don't worry my dear, we are used to it now. When you meet them on the street, just walk boldly, and they will obediently give way to gentlemen and ladies. Every time you see their respectful and unwilling expression It's nice to be stupid. Isn't it, Pauline?" Aunt Eulalie asked her sister for her opinion with a smile.

So happy?Scarlett stared suspiciously at the smiling faces of the two aunts, thinking that they could laugh at such a thing.But she suddenly thought of herself when Tara was robbed, seeing a group of guys in blue uniforms greedy like locusts, her heart was full of contempt and ridicule towards them.She then understood their feelings.

After the refreshments were dismissed, Aunt Pauline suddenly remembered something and said to Scarlett: "By the way, Scarlett, I guess you would like to see your dear little sister Karin. It just so happens that she allows visitors today, and I think she will." I am very glad to see you. As for Rhett's mother, I mean Eleanor Butler, you can visit again in two days. During these few days, you can also get acquainted with the customs of Charleston, you What do you think?"

"Oh, thank you so much, dear aunt. I can't wait to see Karin." Scarlett put on a charming smile, but secretly cursed that the prodigal little sister should go to hell.

"Hey, Scarlett, why did you carry two heavy boxes alone when you came here? Didn't you bring a servant?" Aunt Eulalie exclaimed in a fuss.

"Yeah, my two kids stayed in Tara, and Prissy had to take care of them, and Suellen didn't have any extra people there, and it wasn't enough that my people in Atlanta were called to help. You know Sue Lun is pregnant again and needs someone to take care of her." Scarlett looked understanding, thinking about her own business, "Don't you have any extra servants here? Just lend me one. Or should I hire one?"

"You should have brought a servant. It's troublesome now. Pauline's joints are sick in this weather, and it's not enough to give her all our servants. Besides, how can we hire servants at this time?" ? Even if there were, they were free blacks wandering here and there all day long, and they couldn’t be trusted at all. What can we do?” Aunt Eulalie looked embarrassed, and her tone also implied reprimand for Scarlett’s ignorance.

Scarlett bit her lip ruefully.How could she have forgotten that Aunt Pauline fell ill in autumn, and her demands were much more unusual at this time, and Eulalie was right.Asking her to find a free black little girl temporarily is nothing stupid, the key is her own worry.She really shouldn't let Suellen's temper, it's not that she has never had children, but she is so coquettish that she wants to occupy all the servants before giving up—although she knows it's unfair to think so, most of them are pulled by Will I went to work in the fields.

It seems that there is only another way.If she forcibly pulls her aunt's servants over for her own use, Aunt Pauline will start yelling again, and if Rhett finds out about the chaos, it will be broken.Gotta find a way to hire someone.How can the dignified Miss O'Hara go out without a servant?She confines this to a visit to Rhett's house.Now we should think about how to get the property rights back from the monastery.

"You brought your clothes, Scarlett? Hurry up and take off this green taffeta and put on something a little more sober. No one in Charleston would wear something so new and so bright. What do you think? Besides, we’re going to a monastery, so it’s inappropriate to dress like this.” Eulalie forced Scarlett to change into a long dove-gray dress and a dark purple shawl, saying that in this way she could mingle with the locals.Scarlett listened to her, and seeing herself in the mirror as a dull old crow, cursed the stupid rules of the Charlestonians inwardly.

"No wonder Rhett ran away from home." She thought indignantly, "What good is there when you can't even decide what to wear."