近期热门的优选书刊《飘》，轻松有趣温柔的治愈你(21)

“Oh, Rhett, you can help me so much—if you"ll just be sweet.”
“There"s nothing I like better than being—sweet.”
“Rhett, for old friendship"s sake, I want you to do me a favor.”
“So, at last the horny-handed lady comes to her real mission. I feared that‘visiting the sick and imprisoned"was not your proper r1e.What do you want？Money？”
The bluntness of his question mined all hopes of leading up to the matter in any circuitous and sentimental way.
“Don"t be mean, Rhett，”she coaxed.“I do want some money. I want you to lend me three hundred dollars.”
“The truth at last. Talking love and thinking money.How truly feminine！Do you need the money badly？”
“Oh, ye—Well, not so terribly but I could use it.”
“Three hundred dollars. That"s a vast amount of money.What do you wantit for？”
“To pay taxes on Tara.”
“So you want to borrow some money. Well, since you"re so businesslike, I"ll be businesslike too.What collateral will you give me？”
“What what？”
“Collateral. Security on my investment.Of course, I don"t want to lose all that money.”His voice was deceptively smooth, almost silky, but she did not notice.Maybe everything would turn out nicely after all.