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Chapter 47

           ScarlettknewthetownwasrockingbutshedidnotrealizetheextentofpublicfeelinguntilMrs.Merriwether,urgedonbyherchurchcircle,tookituponherselftospeaktoherforherowngood.

           "BecauseyourowndearmotherisdeadandMissPitty,notbeingamatron,isnotqualifiedtoer,well,totalktoyouuponsuchasubject,IfeelthatImustwarnyou,Scarlett,CaptainButlerisnotthekindofamanforanywomanofgoodfamilytomarry.Heisa—"

           "HemanagedtosaveGrandpaMerriwether’sneckandyournephew’s,too."

           Mrs.Merriwetherswelled.HardlyanhourbeforeshehadhadanirritatingtalkwithGrandpa.TheoldmanhadremarkedthatshemustnotvaluehishideverymuchifshedidnotfeelsomegratitudetoRhettButler,evenifthemanwasaScallawagandascoundrel.

           "Heonlydidthatasadirtytrickonusall,Scarlett,toembarrassusinfrontoftheYankees,"Mrs.Merriwethercontinued."YouknowaswellasIdothatthemanisarogue.Healwayshasbeenandnowhe’sunspeakable.Heissimplynotthekindofmandecentpeoplereceive."

           "No?That’sstrange,Mrs.Merriwether.Hewasinyourparloroftenenoughduringthewar.AndhegaveMaybelleherwhitesatinweddingdress,didn’the?Orismymemorywrong?"

           "ThingsaresodifferentduringthewarandnicepeopleassociatedwithmanymenwhowerenotquiteItwasallfortheCauseandveryproper,too.Surelyyoucan’tbethinkingofmarryingamanwhowasn’tinthearmy,whojeeredatmenwhodidenlist?"

           "Hewas,too,inthearmy.

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