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Chapter 47

           Thecentralstonewasafour-caratdiamondand,surroundingit,wereanumberofemeralds.Itreachedtotheknuckleofherfingerandgaveherhandtheappearanceofbeingweighteddown.ScarletthadasuspicionthatRhetthadgonetogreatpainstohavetheringmadeupand,forpuremeanness,hadordereditmadeasostentatiousaspossible.

           UntilRhettwasbackinAtlantaandtheringonherfingershetoldnoone,notevenherfamily,ofherintentions,andwhenshedidannounceherengagementastormofbittergossipbrokeout.SincetheKlanaffairRhettandScarletthadbeen,withtheexceptionoftheYankeesandCarpetbaggers,thetown’smostunpopularcitizens.EveryonehaddisapprovedofScarlettsincethefar-awaydaywhensheabandonedtheweedswornforCharlieHamilton.Theirdisapprovalhadgrownstrongerbecauseofherunwomanlyconductinthematterofthemills,herimmodestyinshowingherselfwhenshewaspregnantandsomanyotherthings.ButwhenshebroughtaboutthedeathofFrankandTommyandjeopardizedthelivesofadozenothermen,theirdislikeflamedintopubliccondemnation.

           AsforRhett,hehadenjoyedthetown’shatredsincehisspeculationsduringthewarandhehadnotfurtherendearedhimselftohisfellowcitizensbyhisallianceswiththeRepublicanssincethen.But,oddlyenough,thefactthathehadsavedthelivesofsomeofAtlanta’smostprominentmenwaswhatarousedthehottesthateofAtlanta’sladies.

           Itwasnotthattheyregrettedtheirmenwerestillalive.

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