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Chapter 47

           Idon’tlookveryprettyshethought,leaningtowardthemirror,toowhiteandscared.Foramomentherhandwenttowardthelockboxwhereshekeptherrougehiddenbutshedecidedagainstit.PoorPittypatwouldbeupsetinearnestifshecamedownstairspinkandblooming.Shepickedupthecolognebottleandtookalargemouthful,carefullyrinsedhermouthandthenspitintotheslopjar.

           Sherustleddownthestairstowardthetwowhostillstoodinthehall,forPittypathadbeentooupsetbyScarlett’sactiontoaskRhetttositdown.Hewasdecorouslycladinblack,hislinenfrillyandstarched,andhismannerwasallthatcustomdemandedfromanoldfriendpayingacallofsympathyononebereaved.Infact,itwassoperfectthatitvergedontheburlesque,thoughPittypatdidnotseeit.HewasproperlyapologeticfordisturbingScarlettandregrettedthatinhisrushofclosingupbusinessbeforeleavingtownhehadbeenunabletobepresentatthefuneral.

           "Whateverpossessedhimtocome?"wonderedScarlett."Hedoesn’tmeanawordhe’ssaying."

           "IhatetointrudeonyouatthistimebutIhaveamatterofbusinesstodiscussthatwillnotwait.SomethingthatMr.KennedyandIwereplanning"

           "Ididn’tknowyouandMr.Kennedyhadbusinessdealings,"saidAuntPittypat,almostindignantthatsomeofFrank’sactivitieswereunknowntoher.

           "Mr.Kennedywasamanofwideinterests,"saidRhettrespectfully."Shallwegointotheparlor?"

           "No!"criedScarlett.glancingattheclosedfoldingdoors.

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