近期热门的优选书刊《飘》，轻松有趣温柔的治愈你(23)

You can’t know！We’ve never had enough to eat and it’s terrible to wake up hungry and go to sleep hungry.And we haven’t any warm clothes and the children are always cold and sick and—”“Where did you get the pretty dress？”
“It"s made out of Mother"s curtains，”she answered, too desperate to lie about this shame.“I could stand being hungry and cold but now—now the Carpetbaggers have raised our taxes. And the money"s got to be paid right away.And I haven"t any money except one five-dollar gold piece.I"ve got to have money for the taxes！Don’t you see？If I don’t pay them, I’ll—we’ll lose Tara and we just can’t lose it！
I can’t let it go！”
“Why didn"t you tell me all this at first instead of preying on my susceptible heart—always weak where pretty ladies are concerned？No, Scarlett, don"t cry. You"ve tried every trick except that one and I don"t think I could stand it.My feelings are already lacerated with disappointment at discovering it was my money and not my charming self you wanted.”