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Chapter 41

           ButnowthatScarlettneedsussoandhasapositionthatonlyyoucanfillwecangohome!Home!"HervoicewasrapturousasshesqueezedScarlett."AndI’llseeFivePointsagainandPeachtreeroadandandOh,howI’vemissedthemall!Andmaybewecouldhavealittlehomeofourown!Iwouldn’tcarehowlittleandtackyitwasbutahomeofourown!"

           Hereyesblazedwithenthusiasmandhappinessandthetwostaredather,Ashleywithaqueerstunnedlook,Scarlettwithsurprisemingledwithshame.IthadneveroccurredtoherthatMelaniemissedAtlantasomuchandlongedtobeback,longedforahomeofherown.ShehadseemedsocontentedatTaraitcametoScarlettasashockthatshewashomesick.

           "OhScarlett,howgoodofyoutoplanallthisforus!YouknewhowIlongedforhome!"

           AsusualwhenconfrontedbyMelanie’shabitofattributingworthymotiveswherenoworthexisted,Scarlettwasashamedandirritated,andsuddenlyshecouldnotmeeteitherAshley’sorMelanie’seyes.

           "Wecouldgetalittlehouseofourown.Doyourealizethatwe’vebeenmarriedfiveyearsandneverhadahome?"

           "YoucanstaywithusatAuntPitty’s.That’syourhome,"mumbledScarlett,toyingwithapillowandkeepinghereyesdowntohidedawningtriumphinthemasshefeltthetideturningherway.

           "No,butthankyoujustthesame,darling.Thatwouldcrowdusso.We’llgetahouseOh,Ashley,dosayYes!"

           "Scarlett,"saidAshleyandhisvoicewastoneless,"lookatme."

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