[Gone with the Wind] Miss Margot

According to Margot's original plan, Rhett should leave Atlanta immediately with the letter of proposal, but whoever changed the situation now made Rhett unable to leave.There is no way, who made General Sherman afraid that Rhett would join the army and join the Confederate government after leaving Atlanta?

Therefore, after learning that there was no way to leave Atlanta for the time being, Rhett immediately went to Peachtree Street after he came out of the hospital, and brought a very special person with him.

Yes, Rhett doesn't live on Peachtree Street.Although Peachtree Street was home to Atlanta's elite, the typical upper-class Southern family, Critter just didn't live on Peachtree Street.

Scarlett didn't know where this man lived at all. Of course, she knew that Rhett had a lot to do with J girl Bell Watling, because Bell Watling once stopped Melanie on the road and used Rhett Fifty gold coins were wrapped in her handkerchief.At that time, the currency of the Confederate government depreciated all the way, and it was no longer worth much.

So when Rhett came, Scarlett didn't have a good look at this man at all.In Scarlett's eyes, this man is a hateful speculator!And he got so close to his sister, Marge, that he took her for a fool!

What Scarlet hates the most is being thought of as a fool.

Instead, Gerald, Ellen, Karin, and Elisa were all happy to see Rhett.

As soon as Gerald saw Rhett, he said, "Oh, Mr. Butler, you are here. It is not easy to see a well-dressed man like you in the south now."

Rhett shrugged and said, "Mr. O'Hara, as long as you want, you can dress neatly at any time. Mrs. Clark's estate will not lack your clothes."

"But our brave soldiers of the South need it more."

"It's a pity that the Yankees have already cut off the railway line, and have focused on Atlanta, Barton Manor, and Rose Manor."

Gerald understood what Rhett said.

After the Yankees take Atlanta, they will definitely control Atlanta and Barton Manor Rose Manor.As the blacks are used to doing, as long as Magsuellen and the two young masters are still in Atlanta, as long as they are under the control of the Yankees, the blacks will definitely take the safety of Magsuellen and the two young masters as their first priority. First priority.Therefore, now that Atlanta has fallen, for the safety of their masters, those black people will never continue to hand over the materials in the manor to the material collection team in the south.

Scarlett also understood Rhett's words.

Scarlett couldn't help but said, "Damn it, it would have been nice if Margot went to Macon with everyone."

Scarlett hated the Yankees because so many of her friends had died.

Gerald glared at his eldest daughter, and said, "What do you know! Both Barton Manor and Rosemary Manor are among the best manors, with a population of [-]! Do you think the Yankees are happy to see Margot run away? Ma If Margot and Suellen are still in Atlanta, those people will be able to reach Macon safely, and if Margot and Suellen leave too, none of us will be able to escape!"

This is the second time in so many years that Gerald has spoken harshly to Scarlett. The last time, Scarlett knew that Ashley was engaged to be his fiancée but she was not her, so he got angry with Gerald and said no to Tara. when.

Scarlett didn't expect her father to hit her self-esteem in such a way in front of outsiders, and was stunned for a moment.

After the words were out of his mouth, Gerald realized that something was wrong, and quickly said: "Okay, you are only 20 years old, what a child! You women don't understand these things. You know, with this kind of retreat or The most fearful thing about fleeing is that there are pursuers behind you! Panic and uneasiness will spread and spread, and then it will cause a big panic! The elderly, women, and children will fall and be trampled to death by the people behind! When fleeing, people don’t care so many……"

Gerald is an Irish immigrant, and some things really happened in the history of Ireland.

Rhett saw the fear flashing across the faces of Karin and Elisa, and also saw Scarlett's stubbornness and disapproval.

Rhett knew very well how stubborn Scarlett was, and he also knew very well that Scarlett was one of the few girls in the south who had her own ideas.

Of course, the three married daughters of the O'Hara family had ideas.

It's interesting.

Thinking of this, Margot's eyes suddenly flashed in Rhett's heart. Those eyes, like the sea, were so deep that they couldn't see the bottom at all.

Frightened by Gerald's words, there was another person, not Karin and Eliza, of course, but a black woman who followed Rhett, wearing a maid's black uniform, a white apron and a maid's headband , carrying a small box in his hand.

The war continues to this day, and even the ladies of the upper class like Scarlett and Melanie can't wear unpatched clothes, let alone a black maid.

In other words, the clothes on her body were made by herself.

Scarlett recognized it for a long time before hesitatingly said: "You are Johanna! Johanna of Twelve Oaks Manor."

Johanna, named after old Mr. Wilkes, aka John Wilkes.She is the daughter of Tom, John Wilkes' valet.When Marg spent every day in the study of the Wilkes family, Johanna was appointed to serve Marg.

It can be said that Margo at that time was another daughter of the Wilkes family, and Johanna was another personal maid of Margo.

Melanie, who had just walked down the stairs, heard the term Twelve Oaks Manor, and rushed down immediately, regardless of her still weak body: "You are from Twelve Oaks Manor? How is the manor? But what happened? "

Johanna quickly hugged her: "Young Mistress?"

"Tell me, did something happen?"

Holding Johanna's arm, Melanie was surprisingly strong.

Johanna could only say: "Young Mistress, Twelve Oaks Manor was burned down. Not only Twelve Oaks Manor, Tara Manor was also burned down."

Johanna had a strange smile on her face when she said this.

Scarlett screamed immediately: "Damn it! Tara, Tara Manor is burned down, and you can still laugh!"

Melanie said: "What about you? Are you injured?"

Johanna replied, "Mrs. Clark said long ago that to keep the South from getting supplies from these estates, the Yankees would burn every estate they saw, take whatever food they could find, put the horses in the fields, and destroyed the cotton fields and the corn fields. As Mrs. Clark said, Twelve Oaks and Tara were burned. But Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Kennedy said, If the estate burns down and we niggers have no place to go, we can go to Barton Manor and Rosebrier Manor. So, everyone fled to Jonesboro and Macon. However, I served Mrs. Clark, so Clark My wife once told me that if you hear bad news, you can hide all the valuables in the manor. Young lady, I brought the title deed documents of Twelve Oaks Manor. The collection of books, portraits and silver tableware in the manor, We also packed the precious porcelain in strong boxes and hid them in nearby caves."

Johanna said this like a child hoping for a parental compliment.

Scarlett was dumbfounded.

"What did you say?"

Johanna immediately pulled a thin bag out of her suitcase.

"Young lady, look, this is the document from Twelve Oaks Manor. Mrs. Clark said that as long as there is this, after the war is over and Rose Manor settles all the cotton for the past three years, we will have the money to rebuild the house !"

Seeing this brought tears to Melanie's eyes.

"Oh, Margo, Margo."

Scarlet was furious: "Damn it, since she remembered to notify you, why didn't she know to tell the family and let us prepare early?"

Johanna replied: "Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Clarke has already told Dilsey about the same thing, but Dilsey has just given birth and can't go on the road. He can only stay on the swamp side and wait out the gust of wind." Let's talk about it."

In the original book, Tara Manor had accumulated cotton worth 15 U.S. dollars for three years, but after the fall of Atlanta, it was burned by the Yankees who entered Clayton County. Unable to pay the taxes, Scarlett had to plot against her sister's fiancé, just so that Kennedy could spend three hundred dollars to tide Tara over.

But now, with Rose Manor and Barton Manor, the cotton in Jonesboro and Macon has been purchased, and the payment is still delayed. Of course, Clayton, not far from Jonesboro The same goes for counties.

Everyone knows that Barton Manor and Rose Manor have provided Atlanta with a large amount of supplies. The military industry in the south is well developed, but there is no textile industry in the south. Atlanta's hospitals lack gauze, bandages, and various medicines.Therefore, as long as they are in the name of being for the south, those big manor owners are very happy to give cotton to these two manors on credit first.

In other words, the cotton accumulated in Jonesboro and Macon and the large estates in the nearby surrounding areas has long since entered Barton Manor or Rose Manor and turned into gauze, bandages or various cotton cloths.

In other words, whether it was Tara Manor, Twelve Oaks Manor, or other surrounding manors, their losses were not that great.

Like Twelve Oaks Manor, at most it only lost a beautiful big house, and even the valuable utensils, books, and portraits at home did not disappear in the flames.

For Melanie, this is indeed good news.

I heard that Twelve Oaks Manor only lost the big house, and the portraits of the ancestors and the books accumulated by generations were all fine. Melanie fell down softly as if her strength had been exhausted, and it was also thanks to Johanna Support her, or Melanie will slide to the floor.

Johanna said to her mistress: "Miss, I heard that you just gave birth to a young master? Then you can no longer refuse a maid. The young mistress of the Wilkes family has never had a maid, and the little The young master also needs someone to take care of him."

Johanna tried very hard to sell herself: "Don't worry, young lady, I have been serving in the house since I was a child, and Mrs. Clark taught me to read and write. I mean, I may make mistakes in spelling, but for you and young master Reading storybooks, I can still do it."

This is what Johanna is most proud of.

She is the only black maid around who can read.

The author has something to say: make a base of [-] a day, if there is more, it will be counted as a change.

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