[Gone with the Wind] Miss Margot

The next day, when Margot came into the living room, she found that Ellen hadn't changed into the clothes she was going out in, and that Scarlett and Suellen's faces were both ugly.

Margot hugged her mother first, and said, "Mom, aren't you going to Twelve Oaks Manor today?"

Ellen touched her daughter's cheek and said, "No, my child. I must stay at home."

Ellen didn't say why, but both Scarlett and Margot knew why.Scarlett overheard it, but Margot knew very well that such a dishonorable incident happened to Amy of the Slattery family. According to her mother's moral standards, she couldn't keep the overseer at home at that time.

Margot said nothing.In this world, a girl who gives birth out of wedlock is even more disreputable than the world he used to be.Although Amy is only the daughter of a poor white family, the supervisor actually let her have a child out of wedlock. There are problems with morality and character.

That's right, in employing people in this era, ability is one thing, but morality and character are also very important criteria.It is true that Tara cannot do without a white supervisor, but since this supervisor is immoral and has questionable character, it is impossible for Tara Manor to use him again.

This is an unwritten rule.

She turned her head and looked at Suellen who was wearing the pink dress with a frustrated expression on her face, and said, "My dear sister, what happened? You don't look very happy."

Su Ailun said sullenly: "Mom said, the dress you gave is too expensive, it's enough for the second court."

Court clothes, Yinzhao clothes, are exclusive dresses for newlyweds. Second court clothes are worn on the second day of marriage. There are also three court clothes, four court clothes, and five court clothes.

Marge smiled and said: "That's right, when I was making this dress, I was thinking of the legendary Austrian queen who conquered Europe with her beauty. I didn't think so when I was making it, but I realized it after I made it. It's a bit too ostentatious." Then said: "Mom, Suellen seems to be a little simpler to dress up like this, can I borrow that pomegranate necklace from you for her?"

Margot knew very well that with Ellen's temperament, she would never be stingy with one or two necklaces.Especially when the object is still his own daughter.

Ellen turned her head and told Mama Hei to get the necklace, but she couldn't help but said, "Margot, the dress you gave is too luxurious. If it was changed before, it might be enough for a wedding dress .”

What Ellen said was also true.The white silk satin wedding dress became popular when Queen Margot got married. Because of the queen's wealth and beauty, and because of the pursuit of the queen by the entire British high society, young people began to use oriental dresses when they got married. white silk satin as a wedding dress.So far, it has only been popular for more than forty years.Before that, there were all kinds of wedding dresses for girls.In Ellen's opinion, the dress made by Margot, let alone a wedding dress, is more than enough to go to Europe and attend the New Year's banquet held by the palace.

Such a dress, being treated as an ordinary dance dress, is really too wasteful.

In this regard, Ellen expressed concern.

Of the four O'Hara daughters, the eldest two were undoubtedly the most favored.Of course, the reasons are completely different.

Scarlett was favored by her father because she resembled her father very much, and the father and daughter protected each other.And Ellen will pay more attention to Scarlett because of Scarlett's restlessness.In order to restrain this daughter and grind away those unruly things in Scarlett's bones, Ellen spent too much energy, so she had to hand over her two young daughters to another daughter, Margot.

Saron Margaret O'Hara was Ellen's most assured daughter, otherwise, Ellen would not have given her two young daughters.The black slaves in the family also trust this young lady very much. If they can't find their wife Ellen or meet Margo first, they will tell Marg first.

Today, Ellen suddenly realized that she seemed to know too little about this daughter.Maybe she shouldn't have relaxed the supervision of this daughter because she was so reliable, so that Margot had so much spare money to buy such expensive clothes and give it away so casually.

Ellen was a thrifty and good-natured lady, which was a fact of life in the county.For her, girls should wear calico, or taffeta or something like silk or satin from the East, which is too luxurious.Although, like them, the female relatives of the big manor's family have enough money for the children to dress up.But for a girl's family, silk and satin are still too flamboyant.Only married wives are qualified to wear it, and it is also worn as a dress.

Ellen wanted to say something.But time was running out.Because Gerald's loud voice had already sounded at the end of the corridor: "Girls, are you ready? We should go."

Gerald was delighted and in high spirits to be able to talk about the Yankees and the war all day today.

Gerald's voice startled the girls and woke Ellen too.Ellen swallowed back the words she was about to say.

She hugged each of her daughters, and said to Margot: "Honey, your sister will be handed over to you."

Suellen adjusted the necklace around her neck, and said in her mouth: "Mom, Scarlett is the elder sister. It's like this every time. The things that show her face are all Scarlett's. It's Margot's. Mother, you're as partial as father."

Ellen said: "So, are you willing to accept Scarlet's constraints?"

Suellen immediately shook her head like a rattle.

Gerald's voice sounded again, and the girls, with their mother's permission, ran happily out of the house.The skirts that were stretched by the whalebone circle slid across the floor, making a rustling sound, just like their young lives, full of vigor.

The last one climbed into the carriage, and Marge did not forget to tell Dilsey who stayed at home: "Dilsey, Mama Black is going to Twelve Oaks to take care of us today, and I will leave the kitchen to Mama. After cooking the chicken soup, you must stare at your mother and drink at least two bowls of chicken soup, one at noon and one at night. Also, my mother was very tired yesterday, and I didn’t have a good rest at night. You must let my mother sleep enough at noon Two hours. Even if there is something big, don't disturb mom. Do you understand?"

Dilsey responded emphatically.

She was bought by Gerald from Twelve Oaks Manor yesterday, and she is very clear about Margot.Besides, Dilsey was used to being dominated by the girls in the family.Because Twelve Oaks is also the head of the house.

Mr. John Wilkes' wife had died many years ago.The house was now run by Indy Wilkes, daughter of Mr. John Wilkes, sister of Ashley Wilkes, who acted as mistress.However, this Miss Indy is just an ordinary young lady, coupled with the rules of the Wilkes family, she dared not propose reform easily, coupled with the discrimination against blacks in white society, thinking that blacks are lazy Ghosts and thieves are not easily entrusted with important tasks, so Indy Wilkes is so busy every day that she doesn't even have time to find a boyfriend, let alone other things.

This was another proof that Miss Margot O'Hara was the ablest of the five neighboring counties.

Although mothers believe that men prefer delicate and timid girls, Ellen has to admit the fact that a rich bachelor and a manor owner with a big family are always A capable wife is needed.Although Margot is a little too capable and capable, she cannot be liked by young lads like Stuart and Brent who have been expelled from college several times.But those older, well-bred gentlemen would prefer women like Margot.

Ellen murmured in her heart more than once that, compared to America, maybe her second daughter is more suitable for those nobles in Europe, such as British gentlemen.

But Ellen also knew that with his husband's hatred for England, he would never nod and let his daughter set foot on the land of England, let alone marry an Englishman.

The author has something to say: Historically, the wedding dress of white silk satin started from the wedding of Queen Victoria in 1840.White represents innocence and purity in the West.