@@@@@No one who knows you thinks
@@@@@No one who knows you thinks otherwise
You've
ridden over blows that would fell a lesser woman-or a man as well
And
you've never moaned or asked pity"You've
done
what's near miraculous, too, getting all these Irish to work the way
they haveAnd spitting in the eyes of the English officer-well, they
say you put out the sight in one of them from a hundred paces
"That's not true!"
"And why should a grand tale be tarnished by the truth? Old Daniel
himself was the first who called you The O'Hara, and he was there
Old Daniel? Scarlett flushed with pleasure"You'll be swapping
stories with Finn MacCool's ghost one day soon, to hear the talkThe
whole countryside's richer for having you here Colum's light tone
darkened"There's one thing I want to caution you about, Scarlett
Don't turn up your nose at people's beliefs; it's insulting to them
"I never do! I go to Mass every Sunday, even though Father Flynn
looks
like he might fall asleep any minute
"I'm not speaking of the ChurchI'm talking about the fairies and the
pookas and thatOne of the mighty deeds you're praised for is
moving
back to the O'Hara land when everyone knows it's haunted by the
ghost
of the young lord
"You can't be seriousIt matters not whether you
believe or notIf you mock what they believe
in, you're spitting in their eyes Scarlett could see that, silly as
it all was"I'll hold my tongue, and I won't laugh, unless it's at
you, but I'm not going to holler before I empty the bucket
"You don't have toThey're saying you're so respectful you whisper
real soft Scarlett laughed until she disturbed the baby and was
kicked mightily"Now look what you did, Col