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Chapter 32

           "Whatareyouuptolisteningoutsidedoors?"askedScarlett,leapingnimblytothefloorandgatheringupalengthoftheheavydustyvelvet.

           "Datain’neederhyahnodar,"counteredMammy,girdingherselfforcombat."Youain’gotnobiznesswidMissEllen’spo’teers,juckin’depolesplumouterdewood,an’drappin’demondeflo’indedust.MissEllensetgretsto’bydempo’teersan’Ahain’‘tendin’terhaveyoumussdemupdatway."

           ScarlettturnedgreeneyesonMammy,eyeswhichwerefeverishlygay,eyeswhichlookedlikethebadlittlegirlofthegoodolddaysMammysighedabout.

           "Scootuptotheatticandgetmyboxofdresspatterns,Mammy,"shecried,givingheraslightshove."I’mgoingtohaveanewdress."

           Mammywastornbetweenindignationattheveryideaofhertwohundredpoundsscootinganywhere,muchlesstotheattic,andthedawningofahorridsuspicion.QuicklyshesnatchedthecurtainlengthsfromScarlett,holdingthemagainsthermonumental,saggingbreastsasiftheywereholyrelics.

           "NotouterMissEllen’spo’teersisyougwinehaveanewdress,efdat’swhutyoufiggerin’on.Notw’ileAhgotbreafinmahbody."

           ForamomenttheexpressionMammywaswonttodescribetoherselfas"bullheaded"flittedoverheryoungmistress’faceandthenitpassedintoasmile,sodifficultforMammytoresist.Butitdidnotfooltheoldwoman.SheknewMissScarlettwasemployingthatsmilemerelytogetaroundherandinthismattershewasdeterminednottobegottenaround.

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