近期热门的优选书刊《飘》，轻松有趣温柔的治愈你(67)

The musicians after preliminary tunings and whangings broke into“Old Dan Tucker”and Tommy turned to her.
“Will you dance, Scarlett？I can"t favor you but Hugh or René—”
“No, thank you. I"m still mourning my mother，”said Scarlett hastily.“I will sit them out.”
Her eyes singled out Frank Kennedy and beckoned him from the side of Mrs. Elsing.
“I"ll sit in that alcove yonder if you"ll bring me some refreshments and then we can have a nice chat，”she told Frank as the other three men moved off.
When he had hurried away to bring her a glass of wine and a paper thin slice of cake, Scarlett sat down in the alcove at the end of the drawing room and carefully arranged her skirts so that the worst spots would not show. The humiliating events of the morning with Rhett were pushed from her mind by the excitement of seeing so many people and hearing music again.Tomorrow she would think of Rhett"s conduct and her shame and they would make her writhe again.Tomorrow she would wonder if she had made any impression on Frank"s hurt and bewildered heart.But not tonight.Tonight she was alive to her finger tips, every sense alert with hope, her eyes sparkling.