Charlestonians had a particularly vicious and cunning game, developed after the War. They treated outsiders with so much graciousness and consideration that their politeness became a weapon. 'Visitors...
They have a saying, the French, that no woman, can be truly beautiful who is not also sometimes truly ugly.
Should-haves solve nothing. It's the next thing to happen that needs thinking about.
The faint of lemon verbena surrounded her, floating gently from Eleanor Butler's silk gown and silken hair. It was the fragrance that had always been part of Ellen O'Hara, the scent for Scarlett of co...
No woman can be truly beautiful who is not also sometimes truly ugly.