[Gone with the Wind] Miss Margot

It can be said that the behavior of Margot and Suellen not only exceeded Gerald's expectations, but even the few men present were very surprised.

Because in their impression, most wives, either out of etiquette and rules, or out of self-protection, will keep silent or don't hear.And as typical southern gentlemen, even if they know each other's small calculations, the men can't expose them. Instead, they must be considerate and defend each other.

This is the etiquette and tradition of the South.

Margot and Suellen's behavior was noble in that they did not want their friends to take the blame for them, but it was not in keeping with Southern tradition.

The tradition in the south is that men are destined to bear everything for women.

What surprised the man even more was that Mrs. Ellen O'Hara also stood up and said to her husband, "Mr. O'Hara, why don't you listen to your daughters? Maybe there is something special in this." reason."

Well, that's also untraditional behavior in the South.Women in the south should not say in public, in front of outsiders, even in the bedroom, when there is only the husband and wife, traditional southern women have to think twice about what to say to their husbands, and the tone must be tactful tactful.

In the eyes of the men, and in Gerald's eyes, his wife was an extremely traditional southern woman.This was the first time that she spoke to her husband in public like today.

Gerald straightened up and said, "All right, all right, ma'am. Let the children talk. What reason do they have?"

Marge nodded slightly to Suellen, and said, "Father, you should have heard that as early as when Suellen and I came to Atlanta, there were more than [-] black people under Barton Manor and Rose Manor."

Gerald nodded and said: "Yes. I know. Karin was sent to Rose Manor by me. At that time, there were nearly 1 people in Rose Manor. And they were all black. To be honest, the neighbors around There was a lot of talk and fear that black people would sneak into their bedrooms in the middle of the night."

If Scarlett was here, he would have scoffed at such words.In Scarlett's impression, black people, like Polk, Black Mama, and Big Sam, are all her friends. Scarlett is still too young. In her world, there are only banquets, dances, beautiful Clothes and jewellery, flowers and sugar.When she despised other girls for their lack of brains, she didn't realize that she didn't understand the world at all like those girls.

Like Scarlett, at the summer bazaar, who scoffed at the white people's defense against black people, she simply didn't know enough about the world.

In this regard, Margot and Suellen are already ahead of Scarlett.At least Suellen already knew that there were still people in this world who couldn't get a bite of black bread even if they sold their labor.

Mag said: "Yes, Dad. Now many manors are at a standstill. Men have gone to the battlefield. Only old people, women and children are left in the manor. The control over the manor has also dropped greatly. Similarly, because of heavy taxes , Everyone in the manor is overworked, we are the same, so are the blacks. Of course, the north is also the same. In order to block the south and provide enough ammunition, the factories in the north are also overworked. Therefore, fleeing slaves has become the norm, no matter in the south or the north."

fugitive slave.

Many women don't know about this kind of thing, and men won't bring up this topic in front of women.

Gerald couldn't help but said, "Margo, how do you know?"

Margot said: "Dad, no matter what. Suellen and I managed the manor alone for a year. If this doesn't let me understand the affairs of the manor, I am not a qualified wife of the manor owner. .”

Suellen said: "Yes, Dad. Although the Confederate government gave us a guarantee, the black people are still worried. In order to appease them and ensure that they don't harass the neighbors, we can only ask Mr. Butler to let him go north, Get us a guarantee from the northern government. Otherwise, they would be smoking under the wall every day and not working hard, which is really scary to watch.”

Can black people still smoke cigarettes?

You know, now that the south is blocked, many supplies cannot come in at all, and even the upper-class people in the south may not be able to smoke, but the blacks in Rose Manor still smoke.

However, at this moment, men have no time to care about such trivial matters.

Henry Hamilton said: "And what about the Northern Bonds?"

Rhett took out a cigar from his cigar box, but he didn't smoke it, but held it in his hand, and said in his playful tone, "Let me explain this."

Seeing the eyes of the men in the room focused on him, Rhett shrugged and said, "I think, you have all heard about the grievances between the honorable Queen Mother and the Rothschild family, right?" ?”

Gerald was a little puzzled.

After all, Gerald is an Irish immigrant, and he is very repulsive to everything in Britain.He hated Britain and Her Majesty the Queen Mother very much, and he didn't even want to understand it at all, but the other men present were rare and knowledgeable people in the south, and they all nodded their heads.Even the somewhat immature Charles Hamilton, Scarlett's husband, nodded along.

He is a good boy and a good student, so he has naturally heard of the great achievements of the Regent Queen Mother.Although he doesn't know much about it himself.

Reiter replied: "I was sent to the north by two respectable wives. Of course, in order to get the approval of the northern government, I brought the necessary documents. However, when I tried my best to meet the Lincoln, a friend, I mean, I was going to put these papers in the Bank of England safe deposit box at the behest of Mrs. Clarke. When we met, I inadvertently learned that Her Majesty the Queen Mother is about to use our great cause to compete with the Rothschild family again. I often go to Europe, and of course I know that the French national debt falls into that After the hands of Her Majesty the Queen Mother, the Bourbon Dynasty faced various difficulties. To put it bluntly, if we cannot keep a certain amount of US treasury bonds in our hands, once Her Majesty the Queen Mother controls the entire bond market in the United States, you can imagine, What will be the consequences."

Gerald said loudly: "That woman can't control the South. Every family in the South has a lot of Southern bonds in their hands."

Rhett said: "Yes. So the British supported the Yankees. They secretly assisted the Yankees in blocking all the ports in the south."

The house was silent.