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Chapter 48

           ShehardlyknewhowtofaceRhett,sogreatwasherhumiliation,buttheaffairseemedonlytoamusehim.Everythingshedidseemedtoamusehim,asthoughshewereagambolingkitten.

           Itwasexcitingtogooutwithhimforhewassohandsome.Somehowshehadnevergivenhislooksathoughtbefore,andinAtlantaeveryonehadbeentoopreoccupiedwithhisshortcomingsevertotalkabouthisappearance.ButhereinNewOrleansshecouldseehowtheeyesofotherwomenfollowedhimandhowtheyflutteredwhenhebentovertheirhands.Therealizationthatotherwomenwereattractedbyherhusband,andperhapsenviedher,madehersuddenlyproudtobeseenbyhisside.

           "Why,we’reahandsomepeople,"thoughtScarlettwithpleasure.

           Yes,asRhetthadprophesied,marriagecouldbealotoffun.Notonlywasitfunbutshewaslearningmanythings.Thatwasoddinitself,becauseScarletthadthoughtlifecouldteachhernomore.Nowshefeltlikeachild,everydayonthebrinkofanewdiscovery.

           First,shelearnedthatmarriagewithRhettwasafardifferentmatterfrommarriagewitheitherCharlesorFrank.Theyhadrespectedherandbeenafraidofhertemper.Theyhadbeggedforfavorsandifitpleasedher,shehadbestowedthem.Rhettdidnotfearherand,sheoftenthought,didnotrespectherverymucheither.Whathewantedtodo,hedid,andifshedidnotlikeit,helaughedather.Shedidnotlovehimbuthewasundoubtedlyanexcitingpersontolivewith.

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