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Chapter 43

           "You’vebeenpoor!Youjustsaidthatyourfatherturnedyououtwithoutapenny!"saidScarlett,furious."Ishouldthinkyou’dunderstandandsympathizewithAshley!"

           "Idounderstand,"saidRhett,"butI’mdamnedifIsympathize.AfterthesurrenderAshleyhadmuchmorethanIhadwhenIwasthrownout.Atleast,hehadfriendswhotookhimin,whereasIwasIshmael.ButwhathasAshleydonewithhimself?"

           "Ifyouarecomparinghimwithyourself,youconceitedthing,whyHe’snotlikeyou,thankGod!Hewouldn’tsoilhishandsasyoudo,makingmoneywithCarpetbaggersandScallawagsandYankees.He’sscrupulousandhonorable!"

           "Butnottooscrupulousandhonorabletotakeaidandmoneyfromawoman."

           "Whatelsecouldhehavedone?"

           "WhoamItosay?IonlyknowwhatIdid,bothwhenIwasthrownoutandnowadays.Ionlyknowwhatothermenhavedone.Wesawopportunityintheruinofacivilizationandwemadethemostofouropportunity,somehonestly,someshadily,andwearestillmakingthemostofit.ButtheAshleysofthisworldhavethesamechancesanddon’ttakethem.Theyjustaren’tsmart,Scarlett,andonlythesmartdeservetosurvive."

           Shehardlyheardwhathewassaying,fornowtherewascomingbacktohertheexactmemorywhichhadteasedherafewminutesbeforewhenhefirstbeganspeaking.SherememberedthecoldwindthatswepttheorchardofTaraandAshleystandingbyapileofrails,hiseyeslookingbeyondher.

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