No, she didn't know how long it would last, nor...
No, she didn't know how long it would last, nor whether the
Mother Superior would be able to see MrsButler when it was overButler would like to see the schoolrooms; the convent
was
very proud of its schoolOr it was possible that a tour of the new
Cathedral building could be arrangedAfter that, perhaps the Mother
Superior could be sent a message, if the meeting had endedScarlett
forced herself to smileThe last thing on earth I want to do is
admire a bunch of children, she thought angrilyOr look at some
church, eitherShe was about to say that she'd simply come back
later, then the nun's words gave her an ideaThey were building a
new
Cathedral, were they? That cost moneyMaybe her offer to buy back
Carreen's share of Tara would be looked on more favorably here than
it
had been in Charleston, just like Rhett saidAfter all, Tara was
Georgia property, omega geneve automatic probably controlled by the Bishop of Georgia
Suppose she offered to buy a stained glass window in the new
Cathedral
as Carreen's dowry? The cost would be much higher than Carreen's
share
of Tara was worth, and she'd make it clear that the window was in
exchange, not in additionThe Bishop would listen to reason, and
then
he'd tell the Mother Superior what to doScarlett's smile became
warmer, wider
"I'd be honored to see the Cathedral, Sister, if you're sure it's not
too much trouble Pansy's mouth gaped open when she looked up at
the
soaring twin spires of the handsome Gothic-design Cathedral
The workmen on the scaffolding that surrounded the nearly completed
towers looked small and nimble, like brightly garbed squirrels high in
paired treesBut Scarlett had no eyes for the drama overhead
Her pulse was quickened by the organized hubbub on the ground, the
sounds omega de ville men's watches of hammering, sawing, and especially by the familiar resiny
smell of fresh-cut lumberOh, how she missed the lumber mills and
lumberyardsHer palms itched with the yearning to run her hands
over
the clean wood, to be busy, to be doing something, making a
difference,
running things-instead of taking tea from dainty cups with washedout,
dainty old ladiesScarlett heard barely a word of the descriptive
wonders outlined by the young priest who was her escortShe did not
even notice the surreptitious admiring looks of the burly laborers who
stood back from their work to allow the priest and his companion free
passageShe was too preoccupied to listen or noticeWhat fine
straight trees had given up these timbers? It was the best heart pine
she'd ever seenShe wondered where the mill was, what kind of saws
it
had, what kind of power
Oh, if only she was a man! Then quilted chanel bag she could ask, could go see the mill
instead of this churchScarlett scuffled her feet through a mound of
fresh wood shavings and inhaled the tonic of the sharp scent of them
"I must get back to the school for dinner," said the priest
apologetically"Of course, Father, I'm ready to go She wasn't but
what else could she say? Scarlett followed him out of the Cathedral
and onto the sidewalk"Begging your pardon, Father
The speaker was a huge, redfaced man wearing a red shirt that was
heavily whitened by mortar dustThe priest looked diminutive and
pale
beside him"If you could be saying a small blessing on the work,
Father? The lintel to the Chapel of the Sacred Heart was set not an
hour agoWhy, he sounds just like Pa at his most Irish
Scarlett bowed her head for the priest's blessing, as did the groups of
workmenHer eyes smarted from the tang of the cut pine and deville watch the
quick
tears for her father that she blinked awayI'll go see Pa's brothers,
she decidedNo matter that they must be about a hundred years old,
Pa
would want me to go and say hello at least
She walked with the priest back to the convent, and another placid
refusal by the elderly nun when she asked to see the Mother Superior
Scarlett kept her temper, but her eyes were dangerously bright"Tell
her I'll be back this afternoon," she saidAs the tall iron gate
swung closed behind her Scarlett heard the sound of church bells from
a
few blocks awayShe was going to be late for
dinnersmelled fried chicken as soon as she opened the door of the
big pink house"Take these things," she said to Pansy, and she got
out of her cape and hat and gloves with record speedEulalie looked at her with huge mournful eyes when she
entered
the dining room"Pere wants to see you, miu miu clutch Scar