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Chapter 40

           ShemightnotsayBootoagoosebutshe’dsayBoototheworldortheYankeegovernmentoranythingelsethatthreatenedherpreciousAshleyorherboyorhernotionsofgentility.Herwayisn’tyourway,Scarlett,ormyway.It’sthewayyourmotherwouldhaveactedifshe’dlived.Mellyputsmeinmindofyourmotherwhenshewasyoung....Andmaybeshe’llpulltheWilkesfamilythrough."

           "Oh,Melly’sawell-meaninglittleninny.ButyouareveryunjusttoAshley.He’s—"

           "Oh,foot!Ashleywasbredtoreadbooksandnothingelse.Thatdoesn’thelpamanpullhimselfoutofatoughfix,likewe’reallinnow.FromwhatIhear,he’stheworstplowhandintheCounty!NowyoujustcomparehimwithmyAlex!Beforethewar,Alexwasthemostworthlessdandyintheworldandheneverhadathoughtbeyondanewcravatandgettingdrunkandshootingsomebodyandchasinggirlswhowerenobetterthantheyshouldbe.Butlookathimnow!Helearnedfarmingbecausehehadtolearn.He’dhavestarvedandsowouldallofus.NowheraisesthebestcottonintheCountyyes,Miss!It’saheapbetterthanTaracotton!andheknowswhattodowithhogsandchickens.Ha!He’safineboyforallhisbadtemper.HeknowshowtobidehistimeandchangewithchangingwaysandwhenallthisReconstructionmiseryisover,you’regoingtoseemyAlexasrichamanashisfatherandhisgrandfatherwere.ButAshley—"

           ScarlettwassmartingattheslighttoAshley.

           "Itallsoundsliketootletome,"shesaidcoldly.

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