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[Feb. 5th, 2010|03:03 am] |
"That train has never in its history been less than forty minutes late,
Mama, and even if it were on time, that's a half hour from now
"I asked you most particularly to allow plenty of time to get thereI
should have gone myself, like I planned when I didn't know you'd be
home
"Try not to fret, Mama
Rhett explained again what he had already told his mother"I hired a
hackney to pick me up in ten minutesThen it's a five-minute ride to
the stationI'll be fifteen minutes early, the train will be an hour
late or more, and Rosemary will arrive home on my arm just in time
for
supper
"May I ride with you, Rhett? I'd love a breath of air Scarlett
pictured the hour enclosed in the small cab of the |
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