Southern Rose [Gone with the Wind]

For the first time in his life, he wasn't sure what he wanted to do and what he wanted.

He doesn't regret being expelled from West Point Military Academy, nor does he regret arguing or breaking up with his father. He wants to pursue a different life, but what is that for?He has no shortage of money, no lack of women, no lack of entertainment, but thinking about it again, he has no one who can accompany him through the long night, what can a lost woman say to him?They have no culture and no ideas.

Do you need a woman with a certain level of knowledge and cultivation?Maybe.You know that a well-educated and knowledgeable wife will take good care of your children, your offspring, this is what humans have always done, raise children, educate them; you know you will not be as intolerable as your father A child who is a little "different" and you swear you will be a good father to your child, a perfect father.

But first you have to find a good enough woman to be your wife.

He thought about getting married, of course.But he is very picky about his choice of wife.

Does he have the right to be picky?According to his current "reputation", he is not qualified to be picky.The problem is, his pride only draws his attention to the most special women, and those women can only come from families that can afford to send their children to private girls' schools.

So you see, the chances of him getting a satisfactory wife are very slim.

He often goes to New York, and he has long known about the Talent family, as well as Talent in Boston. The wealth owned by Talent has been accumulated for generations. He has a little money now, but this amount of money cannot be compared with Tyrone Derby, what would he use to win Josephine back?If Josephine had chosen him instead of Tarent, he would have laughed at her for being a fool!

Josephine's choice was not wrong, and it was the most reasonable choice.

He blamed himself and felt that he was really useless!

Josephine, who was far away in Boston, didn't think of Rhett at all.

The engagement ball is coming up, and she is worried about which dress to choose.It's not that there are no choices, but that there are too many choices.She and Philip went to New York to pick out a set of ruby ​​jewelry. He insisted that the ruby ​​would go well with her fair skin.

The color of the dance skirt should be not so bright. Lavender purple, lavender, and light pink are all good. Although she prefers cornflower blue, cornflower blue is more suitable for diamonds and sapphires. Silver gray is too dull.

Emile was determined to dress her daughter as the most beautiful woman at the engagement ball, and thought that neither the tailors in Boston nor New York could satisfy her request, so after setting the date for the engagement ball, she sent a telegram asking Mrs. Valenti to go north to Came from Boston, provided round trip fare and a good fee, and Mrs. Valenti soon arrived.

Josephine now has to stand in front of the three-sided full-length mirror for at least an hour every morning and afternoon. The best dance skirts are of course hand-sewn and tightly fitted. For other fabrics, the corset must be able to support her beautiful breasts, and it must also tightly bind the area from the chest to the waist, so that the waist is enlarged and the breasts are enlarged. This is a "good figure".

If Mammy Black had been around, she would have complained that her waist was not as thin as Miss Scarlett's, but Scarlett was still a child of fourteen or five!Her bones are not yet fully developed, and she is bound by a corset all day, so she is of course very thin.But Josephine is already a 14-year-old adult woman, and no one complained about her waistline in Paris a few years ago, and when men see her face, they don't care if her waist is big enough to hold.

Emile ignored her protests and insisted that Mrs. Valenti's waist be 17 inches, so that after standing in front of the full-length mirror for 30 minutes, Josephine actually fainted.

Lydia, with sharp eyes and quick hands, ran over in two steps and hugged Josephine.

Emile was terrified, and hurriedly asked the maid to carry Josephine to the side sofa to lie down, and asked someone to bring smelling salts.

Mrs. Valenti said: "Ma'am, the waist is too narrow, and the lady can't breathe. Let me see, let's put it aside. After all, the lady is a woman who has given birth, and the waist is not comparable to that of a young girl like Miss Scarlett. "

Emile sighed, "There are so many in-laws in a family like Terente, I'm really worried that they will pick on Josephine."

Mrs. Valenti disagreed, "I have seen many young ladies in Paris, and no one is more beautiful than Mademoiselle Josephine. Mademoiselle is even more beautiful than Empress Eugenie."

Emile was very proud, "My Josephine is the most beautiful girl."

The French queen is very beautiful, but her own daughter must be the most beautiful girl in the world.If Josephine's status is not enough, it is enough to marry a prince.

She was dissatisfied with that Hastings because Hastings was not an aristocrat. Hastings was an English surname. His father was a great wool merchant and later received the title of earl. The family is the youngest son of the earl, without the succession of the title, his family is also a commoner.

In the generation of old Hastings, he started a jewelry business, traveled between France and India, Egypt, and Mexico, and accumulated some wealth.That's fine, but it is said that Hastings' mother was born at a very low birth rate. How low is it?His mother was said to have been the mistress of a foreign prince, who, when he got tired of his mistress, gave her a large sum of money to send her away.

Others said that Hastings did not know whether it was old Hastings's cub or that foreign prince's.

Emile doesn't like the gossip of a son-in-law's family. Her Josephine is a good girl with a clean fortune and shouldn't be fooled by that kind of man.

Fortunately, Hastings left Josephine a good child, which saved a little bit of impression points.

As for Philip Talent, she was perfectly satisfied.The Tarent family should also have a bit of such a mess. The family has been passed down for at least six generations. There must be such messes between men and women. It is impossible without it, but Philip is impeccable, even a little It's too good, she can't believe that such a good man and good husband have not been snatched away by mother-in-laws in Boston, New York, and Washington. She understands the mood of mother-in-law, and she will immediately think in her heart when she sees a good man. Will a man be a good husband to her daughter?

But the problem disappeared as soon as the engagement ball began: none of these girls was more beautiful than her Josephine!

She had known for a long time how attractive beauty was, and she understood somewhat why Philip did not want to marry until he was twenty-eight.The young head of the Talent family is handsome. It can be said that none of the young men present is more beautiful than him except Charles. The beautiful young man has high eyesight, and his family is rich enough to not be hasty because of money. To get married, of course, one must choose a wife who is worthy of his family background and appearance.

The Talent family is a "really rich family", and the wealth of the Robillard family is not as good as one-tenth of the family's property, but Josephine has one advantage that money can't buy: beauty, Emile thinks that her daughter You should marry such a perfect man.

Holding the hand of his fiancee in his arm, Philip walked down the stairs slowly.

He fully enjoyed the eyes of relatives and friends watching Josephine under the stairs: Women are almost envious and jealous, jealous of her beautiful glory, envious of the huge diamond pendant on her neck, the 12-carat diamond pendant. Big diamonds just draped over her perfect bosom; men, almost all ages, were ravenous desires.

Beauty is rare, and human aesthetics are almost common to "beauty". The desire to "possess" a beauty is regardless of gender. He wants to show off his beautiful fiancee, why not?

Josephine is also a woman who is fully aware of her beauty, even if she wears an overly gorgeous dance dress, she is not unnatural at all. Philip believes that even if she is asked to wear a piece of sackcloth, she can still wear that kind of calm aristocratic look.In those "hillies" families in the lower south, it may be necessary to talk about "low-key", so as not to appear too rich, but for the wealthy families in Boston, half of the city belongs to their family (of course not his family), if you If it is too simple and low-key, it will be laughed at by relatives and friends as "poor".

Josephine's dance skirt is light pink Chinese jacquard satin. The jacquard is light and dark flowers, which have different patterns under different light conditions; the upper body is full of rice pearls, the upper layer is sparse, and it starts to become dense near the waist and scattered. The hem of the dance skirt is hand-stitched into clusters of small flowers with hundreds of faceted white crystals and brilliant diamonds, so that the skirt of the skirt reflects the light of candlelight when it swings, making it a "walking diamond beauty".

Jewelry and costumes are just a foil, and her radiant and transparent face is the focus of these valuable items.

"Now allow me to introduce you," Philip stopped on the fifth step of the stairs, "my fiancée, Miss Josephine Robillard of Savannah."

All night he danced only with Josephine, and several cousins ​​wanted to invite his fiancée, but he refused.One of the cousins ​​said maliciously that he was too "stingy", and he only said with a slight smirk that his fiancée could only dance with him.

It is not uncommon for cousins ​​to dislike each other. Josephine smiled and asked him to show her "rights".

She is marrying him, but she doesn't want to deal with his family and friends, and she has already said a few days after the marriage proposal that she will not deal with countless relatives and friends of his family in the future. Philip's answer is also very interesting, saying that the family Mrs. Talent will naturally handle these trivial matters. After she becomes Mrs. Talent, she can choose the relatives she wants to associate with.

"You gotta know, if you're rich, nobody's going to upset you."

But this probably doesn't apply to cousins ​​or between cousins.