Southern Rose [Gone with the Wind]

Josephine looked sideways: Why does this guy have a sarcastic tone?

Leonardo stretched his smile, "No, you will be disappointed again."

Rhett raised his eyebrows, "Then I should feel relieved for you."

Ok?

"Is there anything I should know?"

"I don't think so," said the two men almost simultaneously.

Leonardo glanced at Rhett, then at Josephine, "Josephine?"

Josephine stretched out her right hand, Leonardo took a step back, and Rhett stepped forward to support her right hand.

"I see you've been very busy these days." Rhett said dryly.

Josephine didn't want to answer such an old-fashioned question, but just glanced at him charmingly sideways.

"How are you doing? Have you found a suitable agent?" He asked Josephine's railroad company, Charles won't do business, Josephine can't come forward to do business, so their railroad company needs a career manager.

"Not yet. What about you? What have you been up to in New York?"

"Busy to make money." There was a smile similar to "self-deprecating" on his face.Most of the gentlemen in the south are landlords, slave owners, landlords, and ship owners. It is not very decent to do business. Lawyers are also service personnel, which is also not very decent. "Papa Butler didn't give me a penny. I have to earn my own living."

"how many years?"

"Four or five years."

"I hear it has something to do with the reputation of a Miss Charleston."

Rhett looked embarrassed, "A lady shouldn't ask such a direct question."

"I'm curious. What's the reason why you don't want to marry her?"

"Well—" he draws his tone, "I don't think I'm a man suitable for marriage."

"Then what kind of man are you?"

This question is direct and tricky, and it is actually asking about his self-evaluation and self-positioning.

"I'm an interesting man, I can play many popular games. I like food, I also like fancy clothes, and I like beauties even more," when he said the word "beauty", a pair of dark and bright eyes tightened He stared at her closely, as if trying to read something from her face. "I like everything that makes me happy in this world."

"Do you like money too?"

"Oh, no, dear Josephine," he smiled rather amusedly, "I don't like money, I just can't live without it. Money brings other pleasures, and money makes for a happy life. "

You are right.

"Who is that lady?"

"It seems that you have made up your mind that you must ask clearly."

"I can also ask Aunt Eulalie."

"Mrs. Eulalie will give you a good reproach for asking that."

"Are you blaming me too?"

"I won't. But tell me first why you must want to know?"

"Just to satisfy my curiosity."

When a beautiful woman waltzes with you in your arms and makes a request with a soft and beautiful voice, it is really hard to say no, even Rhett Butler finds it impossible to say no.

"—she is a stupid girl, no, maybe not that stupid, but she has a fierce brother and a pair of bad parents, how can I become relatives with such a family?" He shook his head lightly, "Then It was an accident, and it ended in blood and death. Oh, sorry, I shouldn't have said that to you."

Scarlett was a stupid girl too, but he was willing to marry Scarlett, so the Charleston girl was either plain or bad-natured.If she has a pair of bad parents and a violent elder brother, it means that the family education of this family is not very good, then it is more likely to be a character problem.

So, what this man said about him being "not suitable for marriage" is all nonsense. If the other party is a willful and bold little southern beauty, then he will be willing to enter into marriage.

As soon as the song ended, Leonardo came over immediately and took Josephine away.

"Are you tired?"

"I could dance all night. Are you tired?"

He smiled, "I'll accompany you to the lounge for a while, can I?"

The black slave girl brought red wine.

There is a fireplace in the lounge. Savannah's winter is not too cold, but the seaside climate is always too humid, and the firewood in the fireplace will drive away the humidity.

Josephine liked the warmth of the room.She was comfortably seated in a chair in front of the fireplace, and Leonardo sat next to her in another armchair.

After chatting for a while, Leonardo asked: "I know that Mrs. Bartra has a good relationship with your aunt. Where did you know Rhett?"

"Savannah. He and Charlie seem to have a good relationship. Charlie knows a lot of people and knows you too."

He chuckled, "Yes, Charles has a lot of friends. May I take the liberty to ask, what do you think of Rhett Butler?"

This question is really presumptuous.

"Does my opinion matter?"

"Very important. What do you think is the most important thing in life?"

"Your title is too broad. What do you think?"

"Actually, I can't answer this question. Before, I would think that a person's life is composed of his property, family, and interpersonal relationships, but... death made me re-examine my point of view. I was unfortunate since childhood, and my parents Both died of illness in the prime of life, fortunately my uncle took care of raising me, and did not let me become a son who is only satisfied with eating, drinking and having fun; I worked hard to study so that my uncle can be proud of me, I married the girl my uncle liked, and looked like me Promised in front of the priest, to love her, respect her, take care of her, but is that what I want?

I have a lot of time to think about this problem, you may laugh at me, I don't know how to think about life until I am 30 years old, but I think, if you can think about this problem, no age can be considered 'late'.What do you think? "

These words are very sincere. This person's character is as upright as his appearance, and this kind of person is usually boring.

"But you haven't said why you care so much about Mr. Butler."

He looked at her. "That's because I know how attractive Rhett is to women! He's always been the most woman-friendly boy among us--I mean, the young men we know each other in Charleston-- He was like me when he was a teenager, and when he came back from West Point he changed, he became a 'different' person, and different people always get the most attention."

"How is your relationship with him? You must have played together a lot when you were teenagers."

"Almost. He is two years older than me and knows more than me. At that time, I was the humble boy who followed him." He smiled sincerely, "I admired him a lot when I was a teenager. Jeff—Jeff is Rhett's brother—always played with him until he got sent to West Point by Papa Butler."

"You sympathize with him?"

"A little bit. But rather, I understand him. Charleston is a backwater, you can see it when you jump out of Charleston, where people know each other, very exclusive, if you don't have a farm that can use a few hundred niggers, You can't even get an invitation to afternoon tea. You can only do what most people accept, go a little too far and end up as a bad boy like Rhett Butler."

"You know you've been telling me the good things about him, right?"

Leonardo said in an unsurprising tone: "Yes, his strengths are the ones you'll like, but you don't know his weaknesses yet."

"Oh, you have already said, indeed, his shortcomings are too fatal."

He held her right hand on the armrest and kissed the back of her hand lightly.

She smiled.

This man also knows the art of speaking very well. He seems to have praised Rhett, but in fact he revealed Rhett's biggest shortcoming in a not-so-secret way: he is very popular with women. Of course, according to his current reputation, it cannot be The women of decent families can only be those "women who have lost their feet".

A well-bred gentleman cannot directly speak ill of others, and the other party is still his boyhood friend.But he also wanted her to understand the other party's shortcomings, so that the other party would be eliminated in advance.

She likes smart people.

A beauty knows instinctively whether someone is interested in her, or rather, adored.It's a subtle art where you can tell from someone's micro-expressions, mannerisms, and speech whether he or she is attracted to you.The greatest charm of a beauty is the most direct sexual attraction. Of course, she can also see that Rhett has a little thought for her, which is difficult to hide.

She is very proud, which is the confidence of a beauty.

Philip Terente got out of the carriage and looked up at the building in front of him: This is an old masonry building, a typical French colonial building, the exterior walls are painted light pink, and there are some traces of rain washing, which have been for many years Not repainted, the older buildings in this area are mostly colonial with similar rainwashed walls.

The mansion of the Robillard family is a spacious three-story building with dozens of rooms. The exterior is rich and elegant, and the interior is quite comfortable. The entrance hall is spacious and thick and soft carpets are laid from the entrance hall.

A good-looking teenage mulatto male slave took his coat and hat.

"Is Miss Robillard in the ballroom?" he asked.

"Yes, may I ask who you are?"

"Talent."

The young black slave wrote the name of "Talent" on the card, threaded the cotton thread through the buttonhole of the coat, tied the card, hung it on the hanger, turned around and put it in the cloakroom.

Philip straightened the cuffs of his suit and walked towards the dance hall where the music was playing.

There were many people in the dance hall, men and women, most of them were young people.

He first went to see the Robillards. Mrs. Emile was very glad that he could come, and kindly asked him how things were going in Richmond and when he would arrive in Savannah.

He replied that he would arrive in the evening, and he would come as soon as he heard that there was a dance at Robillard's house. He wanted to see Josephine.

Emile didn't know where Josephine was, so she ordered the housemaid to look for the lady.

Mademoiselle Josephine was having a pleasant conversation with a gentleman in the drawing room.

Philip stood at the door of the lounge watching for a few seconds, then knocked on the opened door.

"Miss Robillard."

Both Josephine and Leonardo looked towards the door.

"Mr. Talent." Josephine stood up.

Leonardo also stood up, "Josephine?" He looked at her inquiringly.

"I didn't know you were in Savannah again, why didn't you write to tell me?"

"I just got off the boat an hour ago." Philip quickly glanced at Leonardo, "You haven't introduced me yet, who is this?"

"Darcy, Leonardo Darcy."

"Talent, Philip Talent."

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* In the original book, Ellen recalls her former residence [her father's house painted light red, her hometown was originally so elegant and comfortable, with a plump figure like a beautiful woman and a heroic sailboat riding the wind and waves; it is a French colonial building, with An elegant style rose from the ground, with a spiral staircase with side iron railings as delicate as lace.It was a rich, elegant and peaceful house, her warm home, but now she is gone forever. 】

*It is hard to imagine and impossible to be "beautiful without knowing it". Both men and women will actually understand how lethal beauty is, and it is normal to "rely on beauty to commit murder".

*Students who like to watch love scenes, please click [Author's Column] to read my other finished articles. My entertainment articles are all focused on love. "70 words, "Crazy Ex-Boyfriend" 137 words, "Genius Rising Star" 20 words.There are also 19 words of "Little Miss Austen" in the British style in the 78th century, 18 words in "The Girl from the Rimbaud House" in the French art world in the 70th century, 18 words in the French court drama "Wild Rose of Versailles" in the 48th century, and "[Comprehensive British and American] Chaoying Can't Save the World" has 17 words, students can read it slowly.

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