[Gone with the Wind] Parallel Time and Space

Chapter 41 Final Chapter

Scarlett didn't know how things had suddenly come to this point—the situation was obviously not so urgent that they had to flee Atlanta, or even the United States.

"...It is impossible for the two key witnesses to testify for him, and they don't have any strong physical evidence now. On the contrary, the situation is very favorable to us. In short, Chief Wilson's evidence is obviously insufficient-not up to the standard of prosecution.

What?They sentenced?Awesome... oh!No, no ma'am, forgive me, I mean it's in our favor.Improper procedure is a big deal - it seems that Rhett is still very shrewd!

But you still have to be prepared...leave that night-go to England, my sister was there recently, and leave the rest to me..."

"But..." I still have Tara, how can I leave?

"Okay, ma'am, since you wrote to ask me for help, don't be naughty, just do it, or you can stay." Walker didn't care, he put on his hat and turned away-this action is like Very Rhett. "I've got things to do. Good-bye, ma'am."

Scarlett just watched Walker walk away, leaving herself alone to think about it, speechless.

On Monday night, the stars were shining brightly, and the moon was shining brightly. The whistle of the white-painted steamer sounded. A noble lady in the port was supported by a servant. She was leading a delicate boy. There must be a moving and temperamental face under the mask.Scarlett waited anxiously, the ship's whistle sounded and the person she was waiting for was yet to come; Mama Hei did not say a word, her eyes scanned the front; Wade was being held by his mother, and his heart was beating violently.

"Let's set sail! Those who want to get on the boat, hurry up!" Someone shouted.

Then Scarlett saw two figures.

"Hey, take care..." Walker waved: "I send you off every time, so you have to be generous once."

Rhett gave his friend a short but firm hug, and then he walked towards Scarlett. His steps were deliberate. Who would have thought that this well-dressed and deliberate gentleman was actually in an emergency?He hugged Wade and held Scarlett's hand with his right hand.

Scarlett will never forget that night, it was the first time she saw such a night sky.It was already midnight, Mama Hei and Wade had already gone to sleep, and everyone was sleeping in their respective cabins. On the deck, Scarlett was intoxicated by the wonderful starry sky, and she was leaning on her husband's arms.

The sky is bright, bright stars hang in the sky and sprinkle white brilliance.They are scattered, each has its place in the starry sky, and performs its duties in the celestial body; their brilliance is condensed, mixed together and twisted into a white stream, as if the sky has opened a long and narrow mouth.And these countless stars are reflected on the calm velvet-like sea, and the water and sky in the distance are all the same color, this world seems to be in a huge glass ball, surrounded by nothing but stars.

"Feeling better?" He thoughtfully took most of the burden for his wife.

Scarlett nodded: "Yes, it's much better." She didn't know if it was because she was pregnant or because she felt seasick. Maybe it was because she was pregnant, after all, the waves were not strong at all.The wet and salty sea breeze blew by, making her more awake.

"You don't want to come over tonight, why?" The surroundings were very quiet, Rhett could only hear the sea breeze and occasional noises from the bottom of the sea, and now Scarlett's question was added.

Rhett was startled, but he concealed it calmly."Nothing, just a delay on the road because of some disagreements with Walker," he said.

"What difference?"

"You don't need to worry about it, baby, of course, if you want to know, I'll be happy to tell you."

"You tell me, I want to know." Scarlett said.

"I said he didn't think well enough about everything to get us out of this thing safely and not have to leave Atlanta—because you're pregnant, baby, and the trip is exhausting. And he insisted we gotta go, no Not to mention, I have no reason to blame him, Walker is completely for me."

Scarlett turned her head and kissed Rhett on the cheek.

"What does it matter? We're just as brave and legendary as my grandmother and your grandpa. Scarlett O'Hara is afraid of suffering, but she's not afraid of taking risks. It doesn't scare me, it scares me." I'm excited, nervous, passionate - I know, Rhett, it's no adventure, but it's by no means a disaster, and it's all over. Tomorrow will be a new day, Rhett. I won't care about starvation , and don't care about the money anymore... I lost all my wealth, and I lost the chance to go back to Tara again, but I got you, this time, the whole you - for a moment, I read I got it, Rhett, finally got it—I was about to cry. Ha! It was so romantic...romantic to the extreme, but Rhett, I should have believed in love. Between us, there was never It's all about love. If it wasn't for love, I wouldn't be here right now."

"Yes, I know." Because it was Tara you gave up.Rhett kissed her back, on the cheek.

"Rett, there's something I don't think you know. I've been hiding it in my heart. Maybe now I can tell you. I'm afraid that if it's too late, you'll blame me. If it's too late, I'll blame myself."

"Speak." His tone was calm.

"Rosemary wrote that Papa had died."

At that moment, it returned to the quiet nature.After a long time, Scarlett felt her neck was wet and cold, and she heard her lover say, "Thank you."

On Tuesday morning, Chief Wilson went to get today's paper as usual to read at breakfast, but when he was rummaging through the mailbox, he found a letter.For a moment he wondered who would write to him. One minute later, he sat on a chair and solemnly opened the letter in his hand, and put the breakfast away first.There were only a few words in the letter, but it made him pale with shock.The beginning of the letter did not tactfully express concern about Wilson's recent case, but directly and severely criticized his recent work, claiming that some citizens reported to him Wilson's abuse of power and lynching for lack of evidence in the Ku Klux Klan case, seriously undermining civil rights express condemnation

At the same time, Rosemary of Charleston received a large sum of money from her sister-in-law to house herself and her mother, including her dowry.

At the same time at Tara Manor, Will also received a letter from Tara's mistress.The tone of the letter was sincere and sincere, asking him to represent all of Tara's affairs without having to report the accounts every month, and expressing that he could discuss with Mrs. Wilkes if he was in doubt.At the end of the letter, she mentions Karin. "The last thing is a request. Karin is my little sister, please take care of her for me."

Will naturally knew about Mr. Butler, but he didn't express any opinion on it, and he didn't even want to think about it in his heart.The women in Atlanta are different, after all, it is a matter related to their husbands and their reputation.They were furious at the knowledge that Mr. Butler had led the gentlemen into Bel Watling's grounds, and it was only because of Butler's good intentions that he did not want to blame them.They convinced themselves that Mr. Butler was innocent and a good man—it had nothing to do with the outcome of his advice, but it didn't come from the heart after all.

When their husbands were released, when the news spread, they really thanked the Butlers.

"They left. Mr. Butler took all the faults on himself and took Scarlett to England, or maybe France."

For several months after that, the topic of discussion was inseparable from Butler. Mrs. Merriwether regretted that she had wrongly blamed Mr. Butler for not joining the army. Mrs. Meade was sad that Scarlett left pregnant. Anne missed her best friend, and the men who remembered Rhett, who supported many in his Atlanta estate, and who he was, a brave, wise, kind man.When evaluating a man's virtue, they compare it to Butler.

They said he was a hero.

And all of this, the person concerned didn't know about it, when he arrived at the destination, Ritter first found a hotel to live in so that his wife could have a good rest... Six months later, Scarlett gave birth to a girl.

Scarlett felt Rhett's touch, and he gently wiped the sweat from his wife's forehead, but it didn't work, because the sweat had soaked all the hair, and they were twisted into strands, telling the story of the owner. suffered.He twisted the quilt for her and lay down next to his wife under the quilt.He hugged her even under the quilt, caressed her face, and kissed her cheek.

"Where's the child?" she asked.

"Oh, never mind, Scarlett, she'll be well taken care of at Mammy's, don't worry, and you should rest now. Hungry? Want something to eat?"

"Not hungry," she said.

"Go to sleep then, I'm right here."

"Why don't you go see the kids?"

"I've got to guard my treasure first, Scarlett," he said.

They named her Eugenia Victoria at first - borrowing the name of a queen and queen, but when guessing the color of the child's eyes, it became Bonnie Blue.

"Her eyes must be pea green," said Rhett, holding the baby.

"No, maybe it's blue?" Scarlett recalled that Melanie had attached her ears to her belly and guessed: "This child's eyes must be blue, just like Mr. O'Hara, as beautiful blue flag."

"Then it's better to be called Bonnie Blue Butler." Rhett smiled happily, and she nodded and said yes.

What made Scarlett happy that day was that Teacher Green also came. She has long pale golden hair and a kind face like her mother Ellen. The difference is that she will not tell herself what to do to please men, but how to Come and be yourself.Facing Green, Scarlett felt more relaxed.After she came, Rhett was kicked out, and she said she wanted to have some whispers with Scarlett.

"Oh, well, in that case..."

Green watched Rhett go out the door and walked to the window and sat down. "Is there anything uncomfortable, huh?" She held Scarlett's in her hands.

"No, teacher, everything is fine." Scarlett smiled at her.

Then Green chatted with her, about everything, and then the conversation turned to Rhett.

"I forgot, I have to tell you something fun today." Green winked at Scarlett. "You can probably still remember that when you first came to London, Mr. Butler came to see me with you. I asked in surprise, is that your husband?"

"Yes." Scarlett smiled: "I didn't ask in detail at the time, why are you so surprised?"

"Because I met him, Scarlett. It was when you were at Fayetteville Girls..."

Green remembered the only generous patron he ever had when he was teaching at the Fayetteville Girls' School, a shrewd businessman with a sly mocking eye.It was an early summer noon, and she saw the tall and straight figure of the man standing in front of the rear window of the classroom.

"Hey! What are you doing there?" The girls all went to take a nap at noon, it was just an empty classroom, but not all the girls would take a nap honestly, including that Scarlett O'Hara!When Green found that Scarlett was still in the classroom, which meant that the man might be seeing her beloved student, she took a broom and drove him out viciously.

"Look, who would have thought that he would become your husband in a few years?" Green said with a smile.

Scarlett told Rhett about it that night.She smiled narrowly and asked him if there was such a thing.

"Oh! No!" Rhett denied.

When Rhett Butler fell asleep with his wife in his arms, he saw a girl sitting by the window, with her arms around herself, her hair scattered on a blue dress, and her side face outlined a beautiful arc in the light—— It was a gift from the Creator to the world, with a smile on his lips, and a gentle look in his green eyes...

He heard his own heartbeat.

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The author has something to say: I have written everything I want to write about Scarlett and Rhett. The most important thing is to thank everyone for your support. I will write another chapter, but this episode is not related to me. There is a link to the other article I plan to write, so you can read the next chapter or not.At the end of this article, there are some things I want to tell you. For this HE, there are some changes and analysis, mainly the characters.

Regarding Scarlett, our heroine, first, in the original book, she grew up from a carefree little girl forced by the pain caused by the environment and pressure (after all, growth is accompanied by pain), In the later stage, she lost her morality, including honesty, kindness, etc., because she wanted to live.We resent her for her selfishness but also love her for her strength and vitality, we really have a love-hate relationship with her.At one point, I think we love her because we can see ourselves in her.And at the end of this article, Scarlett has actually changed again—because I want her to live a good life, she has become respectful of morality, and she has compromised with society. This actually involves another topic and I won’t say more .Second, another change to Scarlett in this article is the introduction of the character of Teacher Green. My original intention of introducing her is to make her an enlightenment for Scarlett to regain herself as a woman.This can make her life better.The third is about Scarlett's attitude towards Melanie. Melanie is Scarlett's only (at least in the original book) sincere friend. Scarlett should realize this, so that her life can be better. good.

Regarding Rhett, he is also an extremely complex character, and I dare not say that I have really written him well.Regarding the changes to Ritter in this article, first of all, the introduction of Walker.In fact, in the original book, Ritter may be a foil for Scarlett (after all, the original book is a female growth novel).And in this article, I want to put him and Scarlett in the same position to write, so I have written about his psychology, his origin, his friends, and his experience.And Walker embellishes and enriches Rhett's character as his friend.Second, about the American Civil War.I transitioned the description of Scarlett’s starvation and suffering at Tara from Rhett’s point of view, because I want to revive Scarlett’s psychological changes described in the book in Tara Manor, as well as her mother’s death and growth. The process and so on are already very clear and detailed, and I don’t need to make any changes or additions. Instead, what happened to Rhett on the battlefield at that time?What is his state?Why did he abandon Scarlett and go to the battlefield alone?In the end, it was Rhett's joining the Ku Klux Klan.The original book does not indicate that Rhett really joined the Ku Klux Klan, but my thinking is that from the original book, Rhett is also changing like Scarlett (everyone will change). We can all see it in the original work from the disdain and ridicule of the society to the willingness to participate in and integrate into this society.

That's about it. There are many places that I don't grasp very well. I hope everyone can forgive me.Finally, I am really happy to be able to finish, thank you for your support all the time, thank you little angels for cheering me up and encouraging me in the comment area.I'm so happy, love you guys.

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