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Chapter 46

           Oh,howtheywouldlaugh!Twelveofthetown’smostprominentcitizensrevealedashabitualfrequentersofBelleWatling’ssportinghouse!Twoofthemkilledinafightoveracheaplittlegirl,othersejectedfromtheplaceastoodrunktobetoleratedevenbyBelleandsomeunderarrest,refusingtoadmittheyweretherewheneveryoneknewtheywerethere!

           AtlantawasrightinfearingthattheYankeeswouldlaugh.TheyhadsquirmedtoolongbeneathSoutherncoldnessandcontemptandnowtheyexplodedwithhilarity.Officerswokecomradesandretailedthenews.Husbandsrousedwivesatdawnandtoldthemasmuchascouldbedecentlytoldtowomen.Andthewomen,dressinghastily,knockedontheirneighbors’doorsandspreadthestory.TheYankeeladieswerecharmedwithitallandlaugheduntiltearsrandowntheirfaces.ThiswasSouthernchivalryandgallantryforyou!Maybethosewomenwhocarriedtheirheadssohighandsnubbedallattemptsatfriendlinesswouldn’tbesouppity,nowthateveryoneknewwheretheirhusbandsspenttheirtimewhentheyweresupposedtobeatpoliticalmeetings.Politicalmeetings!Well,thatwasfunny!

           Butevenastheylaughed,theyexpressedregretforScarlettandhertragedy.Afterall,ScarlettwasaladyandoneofthefewladiesinAtlantawhowerenicetoYankees.Shehadalreadywontheirsympathybythefactthatshehadtoworkbecauseherhusbandcouldn’torwouldn’tsupportherproperly.Eventhoughherhusbandwasasorryone,itwasdreadfulthatthepoorthingshoulddiscoverhehadbeenuntruetoher.

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