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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

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    1:17a
    She didn't look at me with suspicion–or humor,...
    She didn't look at me with suspicion–or
    humor, the way Ian sometimes did when I lied
    “You poor dear! What's your name?”
    “Glass Spires,” I told her, using the rather generic name of a herd member from my time with
    the BearsHere comes the HealerYou'll be fine in just a moment
    I didn't feel panicked at all anymoreThe kindly woman patted my back
    She would never harm me
    The Healer was a young womanHer hair, skin, and eyes were all a similar shade of light
    brownIt made her unusual looking–monochromaticShe wore tan scrubs that only added shop prada handbags to
    that impression“I'm Healer Knits FireI'll get you fixed up directlyWhat happened?”
    I told my story again as the two women led me down a hallway and then through the very first
    doorThey had me lie down on the paper-covered bed
    The room was familiarI'd been in only one place like this, but Melanie's childhood was full of
    such memoriesThe short row of double cabinets, the sink where the Healer was washing her
    hands, the bright, clean white walls…
    “First things first,” Knits Fire said cheerfullyShe pulled a cabinet openI tried to chanel quilted handbag focus my
    eyes, knowing this was importantThe cabinet was full of rows and rows of stacked white
    cylindersShe took one down, reaching for it without searching; she knew what she wanted
    The small container had a label, but I couldn't read it“A little no pain should help, don't you
    think?”
    I saw the label again as she twisted the lid offo Pain? Was that what it
    said?
    “Open your mouth, Glass SpiresShe took a small, thin square–it looked like tissue paper–and laid it on my tongueIt
    dissolved at onceI swallowed automatically
    “Better?” the tiffany replica Healer askedMy my head was clear–I could concentrate without difficultyThe pain
    had melted away with the tiny square
    “I know you feel fine now, but please don't moveYour injuries are not treated yet
    “Cerulean, could you get us some water? Her mouth seems dry
    “At once, Healer Knits
    The older woman left the room
    The Healer turned back to her cabinets, opening a different one this timeThis, too, was filled
    with white containers She pulled one from the top of a stack, then took another
    from the other side
    Almost as if she were trying to chanel costume jewelry help me fulfill my mission, she listed the names as she reached
    for them
    “Clean–inside and out… Heal… Seal… And where is… ah, SmoothDon't want a scar on that
    pretty face, do we?”
    “Ah… noYou'll be perfect again
    “You're very welcome
    She leaned over me with another white cylinderThe top of this one came off with a pop, and
    there was an aerosol spray nozzle underneathShe sprayed my forearm first, coating the wound
    with clear, odorless mist
    “Healing must be a fulfilling profession My voice sounded just rightInterested, but not
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    1:42a
    There was no way the Union command could claim...
    There was no way the Union
    command could claim to be unaware of the occurrence; it took place
    under their very nosesNor was there any way they could arrest the
    miscreantsThe Guardhouse had twenty-six jail cellsEven if the
    offices and corridors had been used, there was not enough room to
    hold
    all the peopleSaint Michael's pews had had to be moved to its
    peaceful graveyard to create enough space for everyone to crowd
    inside,
    standing shoulder to shoulder
    During the reception people had to take turns to get out onto the
    columned porch outside the crowded ballroom for a breath of air and a
    view of the helpless patrol marching in futile discipline along the
    empty streetRhett had returned to the city that afternoon with chanel black handbags the
    news that Ross was safely in WilmingtonScarlett confessed to him
    out
    on the porch that she'd been afraid to go to the wedding, even with
    him
    as escort"I couldn't believe that a bunch of tea-party ladies could
    lick the Yankee ArmyI've got to say it, RhettThese Charleston
    folks have got all the gumption in the world"I love the
    arrogant fools, every one of themI do hope he never learns that he missed the
    Yankee by a mile, he'd be very embarrassed
    "He didn't even shoot him? I suppose he was drunk Her voice was
    thick with contempt
    Then it skidded high with fear"Then the prowler's still around!"
    Rhett patted her shoulderRest assured, my dear, you'll hear no
    more of the prowlerMy brother and little Lucinda's hasty cartier pasha watch wedding
    have put the fear of God into the Yankees He chuckled with rich,
    private enjoyment"What's so funny?" demanded Scarlett
    suspiciously
    She hated it when people laughed and she didn't know why"Nothing
    you
    would understand," said Rhett"I was congratulating myself on
    single-handedly solving a problem and then my bungling brother went
    me
    one better: he inadvertently gave the whole city something to enjoy
    and
    feel proud aboutLook at them, Scarlett The porch was more
    crowded
    than everLucinda Wragg, now Lucinda Grimball, was throwing
    flowers
    from her bouquet down to the soldiers"Humph! I'd sooner throw
    brickbats myself!"
    "I'm sure you wouldYou've always liked the obviousLucinda's way
    requires imagination His amused, lazy buy chanel bags drawl had become viciously
    cutting
    Scarlett tossed her head"I'm going back insideI'd a far sight
    rather be suffocated than insulted Unseen in the shadow of a nearby
    column, Rosemary cringed at the cruelty she heard in Rhett's voice
    and
    the angry hurt in Scarlett'sLater that night, after bedtime, she
    tapped on the door of the library where Rhett was reading, then
    entered
    and closed the door behind herHer face was blotched red from
    weeping"I thought I knew you, Rhett," she blurted, "but I don't at
    allI heard you talking to Scarlett tonight on the porch of the
    Hall
    How could you be so mean to your own wife? Who are you going to
    turn
    on next?"Rhett rose quickly from his chair and started towards his
    sister
    with his omega automatic seamaster watch arms outstretchedBut Rosemary held her hands up in front
    of
    her, palms outward, and backed awayHis face darkened with pain,
    and
    he stood very still, his arms at hissidesHe wanted-above all
    things-to shield Rosemary from hurt, and now he was the source of
    her
    anguishHis mind was filled with Rosemary's short sad story and his
    part in itRhett had never regretted or explained anything he had
    done
    in his tempestuous younger yearsThere was nothing he was
    ashamed
    of
    Except the effects on his young sisterBecause of his rebellious
    defiance of family and society, his father had disowned himRhett's
    name was only an inked-over line in the Butler family Bible when
    Rosemary's birth was recordedShe was more than twenty vintage omega watches years
    hisjuni

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