Continuation of "Gone with the Wind"

Chapter 80 Deason's Help

This time, too, with a welcome twist: After the initial surprise and resulting panic, she calmed down, considered all the possibilities, and finally concluded Rhett was safe because She couldn't think of any reason for him to have an accident.This kind of thinking was immature, of course, but it was better than her thinking of nothing but rushing forward until she was hit head-to-head.

Scarlett intentionally didn't think about that trip to Atlanta to ask Rhett to borrow money, although that incident had some similarities with what she was about to face now.That is really not a good memory—although she didn’t have many good memories, and the war and reconstruction have trampled the little goodness left in her character. If it weren’t for these two things, she might have really To be someone like her mother instead of the one she now regrets when she thinks about it—and it justifiably sucks in retrospect.This time, the story must not be allowed to repeat itself. She is now going to meet the man she loves the most, not trying to defraud him of money—she now doubts whether Rhett still has money—absolutely not again. To lie to him, you must tell him how much you miss him. She has lied to him for so long, she should have told the truth long ago.What's more, he must be rescued no matter what, no matter what method is used, even if he has to kill someone because of it.

Her imagination stopped at this point, and she didn't bother to care about other things.He can take care of Jack's worries on his own without her worrying about it. Besides, looking at his appearance, even if she wants to ask him what's wrong, she will only get a "nothing" in the end.Since he said it was nothing, she was happy to pretend it was nothing.

She chose her clothes carefully, as if she was going not to a Yankee prison but to a big ball.Rhett has always been picky about women's clothing, and he is merciless when criticizing her. She cannot be underestimated by him.She knew that it was a bit strange for her to do so. Instead of worrying about her husband's safety, she was worried that her husband would not like her dress.But she quickly found a reason for herself: nothing would happen to Rhett anyway, and it would make him happy to dress up a bit.Being able to take care of such trivial matters also shows that I am in a good mood.

Scarlett had never been on such a long train before, and even Scarlett was made drowsy.There is really no scenery to speak of along the way, and I haven't even seen a few trees. It's really monotonous.Jack even directly showed his disinterest in all this. Every day, he leaned on his seat and closed his eyes to rest, his small Adam's apple looming, but luckily he didn't sleep so much that his mouth drools.Scarlett knew that he was not polite, but she didn't have the heart to wake him up. His abnormal behavior before leaving made her feel uneasy, and now she was relieved to see him sleeping so soundly. Will sleep so well, it seems that he is really just a little too tired.

The atmosphere of the whole team seemed very depressed and uncoordinated.Deason and Kevin were very clever and silent, almost communicating with each other with their eyes; Lan Li was always worried about Angela, and didn't care what happened around her at all; Angela probably also understood the severity of her illness, His complexion has always been bad, but he still tried his best to put on a cheerful expression so as not to worry the adults.Scarlett's eyes flicked to her a few times, and she didn't look at Jack again.

Although Lanli had told herself that the Walmont house was incredibly big, Scarlett was still taken aback when she saw it with her own eyes.Frankly speaking, the house was so big, er, that she even felt inexplicably embarrassed for the master, because it was a waste for one person to live in such a big house, and Langley's house in Atlanta was reduced by half to fit him.Now the ideal house style in her mind is the one of Langli, and when she returns to Atlanta, she must enlarge it in proportion.

She knew that she was thinking about some irrelevant things, but people are like this, the more they are before a major challenge, the more they need to relax themselves, so as to relieve their tension.People need to rely on some very small things to prove that they are still living in reality, and only these small things make people have the courage to do it.Lofty ideals and good wishes will bring people to the blue sky, and then they will be thrown down heavily.It wasn't Scarlett's business to repay Rhett or fulfill a wife's duty or fulfill her vow to make up for his injury, and she had no time for that at the moment.There was only one thing on her mind, she was going to see Rhett, and if she saw him, she would know what to do.She didn't know what logic it was, but she was willing to believe it—that was all she could think now.

When Deason arranged for her to stay at his home, he told her that he would arrange for her to meet Rhett as soon as possible, but it might be troublesome.After all, this kind of matter is out of his control. Fortunately, he is very familiar with the people in the prison. Even if they don't, they still have to give him the title of "Commander".Scarlett didn't understand politics and the legal provisions of the North—I'm afraid she would never understand it in her lifetime, but Dyson's expression and tone made her feel that things would not be that simple, or even difficult.

The reality did verify Scarlett's idea.A few days passed, and Di Sen left early and returned late every day, but the news she brought was "please wait a little longer" or "this matter is not as simple as you think", she was as anxious as a caged bird The little bird looked at the warm and safe nest in the woods that was very close to him, but he couldn't fly there.The damn thing is that this difficult feeling can't find anyone to vent to, it really made her suffocate into her stomach, otherwise she wouldn't be able to eat anything these days.

The good news suddenly opened the long-closed birdcage like a key and released her from it.Deason told her that he had opened up all the joints, and he could arrange for Scarlett and Rhett to meet tomorrow morning. Of course, they were still in prison, and Scarlett might not be used to it, as all the criminals were imprisoned inside.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Walmont." Scarlett didn't care, "Don't say that there are serious criminals locked up there, even if each of them killed twenty people, even if they were all evil spirits released from hell Even if they are going to be hanged tomorrow and let me watch, I have nothing to be afraid of." She didn't care what happened to others, as long as Rhett could escape.Looking at her burning determined eyes, Disson refrained from telling her that those people were not evil spirits, if they stayed in the south honestly and did not come to the north to make trouble, they would be angels.

Scarlett got up early the next morning. In fact, she was disturbed by various thoughts and stayed up all night.The first thing she did after waking up was to look in the mirror. Luckily, she didn't have dark circles under her eyes, or pale skin. Otherwise, she would have to put on thick makeup to cover it up. It looked like a big paint bottle, which was not natural at all. I was afraid that Rhett would laugh at her badly.She deliberately chose the most beautiful dress—of course she did not choose the unfortunate green velvet, which she would never see again in her life—but chose a light purple one, which looked more formal.The northern sun is also very unkind in midsummer, so she added a silver silk shawl.Frankly speaking, these two things alone don't match her eyes very well, but the effect of matching them together is quite brilliant.By the way, there is also the engagement ring that Rhett bought for herself, she must wear it, even if the ring is so big that she is embarrassed to wear it and her knuckles are crushed to the point where she can't lift it, it doesn't matter.On the ring finger of the left hand, there is a shining place where a blood vessel connects to the heart.Mammy said, that means God will give you luck.May God bless, let Rhett come out safely, Scarlett prayed sincerely like a nun before leaving.

Although the weather was hot, it did not affect the enthusiasm of the northerners for business at all. Scarlett felt that the weather was not as hot as their enthusiasm, or that their enthusiasm added fuel to the already hot weather.There is no need to lift the curtain, even after being filtered by the curtain, those noisy northern accents can still penetrate into her ears, bargaining with dirty words from time to time, vicious cursing at the peddler, and even because of the quality of the goods or The shirtless fights caused by the bad service attitude made Scarlett feel that she was not walking into a bustling commercial street, but a slaughterhouse with a thriving business.As soon as she thought of this, she quickly stopped. This thought was too inauspicious, especially if they could not be connected with Rhett's situation at this time.

Not long after, the noise gradually became hoarse until it became the sound of wind passing by my ears.Scarlett's mind, which had been a little distracted by the noise, slowly came to her senses. The increasingly desolate silence around her made her a little strange, and at the same time aroused her defensive instinct.She opened the curtain worriedly, and saw that there were many fewer people.Because there is no wind, the big chimney of the manufacturing factory in the distance is like a pipe used by a giant who can't smoke, exhaling groups of black solid particles straight into the sky without knowing how to suck them back, dirtying the cloudless sky The blue sky, the gray sky looks like the sick face of an old man.Oops, this association is also bad. I always think like this, as if I think something will happen to Rhett, so don't think about it anymore.It's just that she can't be blamed for being overly nervous. I'm afraid there is no wife in the world who will have any happy mood when visiting her husband in prison.

The sound of hooves and wheels ceased.When it was finally there, Scarlett breathed a sigh of relief.Dison jumped out of the car nimbly, and stretched out a hand to help her get out of the car rather gentlemanly.Scarlett was not in the mood to pay attention to etiquette, but she got out of the car slowly with his help.The afternoon sun was just at the time of wantonness, Scarlett pulled the shawl and wrapped herself more tightly.Taking this opportunity, she checked her attire again, making sure that Rhett would not pick out any faults, then she raised her foot and was about to walk into the tall building in front of her, but was stopped by Disson.