近期热门的优选书刊《飘》，轻松有趣温柔的治愈你(113)

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Raging as she was at his attack on Ashley, she would have given anything to spit on him and throw his offer of money proudly into his mocking face. For a moment she almost did, but the cold hand of common sense held her back.She swallowed her anger with poor grace and tried to assume an expression of pleasant dignity.He leaned back in his chair, stretching his legs toward the stove.
“If there"s one thing in the world that gives me more amusement than anything else，”he remarked，“it"s the sight of your mental struggles when a matter of principle is laid up against something practical like money. Of course, I know the practiceal in you will always win, but I keep hanging around to see if your better nature won"t triumph some day.And when that day comes I shall pack my bag and leave Atlanta forever.There are too many women whose better natures are always triumphing…
…Well, let"s get back to business.How much and what for？”
“I don"t know quite how much I"ll need，”she said sulkily.“But I want to buy a sawmill—and I think I can get it cheap. And I"ll need two wagons and two mules.I want good mules, too.And a horse and buggy for my own use.”