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Chapter 41

           Thehousewashighfromtheground,builtoveralargecellar,andthelongsweepingflightofstairswhichreacheditmadeitlookslightlyridiculous.Buttheflat,squashedlookoftheplacewaspartlyredeemedbythetwofineoldoakswhichshadeditandadusty-leavedmagnolia,splotchedwithwhiteblossoms,standingbesidethefrontsteps.Thelawnwaswideandgreenwiththickcloverandborderingitwasastraggling,unkemptprivethedge,interlacedwithsweet-smellinghoneysucklevines.Hereandthereinthegrass,rosesthrewoutspranglesfromcrushedoldstemsandpinkandwhitecrepemyrtlebloomedasvaliantlyasifwarhadnotpassedovertheirheadsandYankeehorsesgnawedtheirboughs.

           Scarlettthoughtitquitetheugliestdwellingshehadeverseenbut,toMelanie,TwelveOaksinallitsgrandeurhadnotbeenmorebeautiful.ItwashomeandsheandAshleyandBeauwereatlasttogetherundertheirownroof.

           IndiaWilkescamebackfromMacon,wheresheandHoneyhadlivedsince1864,andtookupherresidencewithherbrother,crowdingtheoccupantsofthelittlehouse.ButAshleyandMelaniewelcomedher.Timeshadchanged,moneywasscarce,butnothinghadalteredtheruleofSouthernlifethatfamiliesalwaysmaderoomgladlyforindigentorunmarriedfemalerelatives.

           Honeyhadmarriedand,soIndiasaid,marriedbeneathher,acoarseWesternerfromMississippiwhohadsettledinMacon.Hehadaredfaceandaloudvoiceandjollyways.Indiahadnotapprovedofthematchand,notapproving,hadnotbeenhappyinherbrother-inlaw’shome.

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