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Chapter 48

           Themostexcitingthingabouthimwasthateveninhisoutburstsofpassionwhichwereflavoredsometimeswithcruelty,sometimeswithirritatingamusement,heseemedalwaystobeholdinghimselfunderrestraint,alwaysridinghisemotionswithacurbbit.

           "Iguessthat’sbecauseheisn’treallyinlovewithme,"shethoughtandwascontentenoughwiththestateofaffairs."Ishouldhateforhimtoeverturncompletelylooseinanyway."Butstillthethoughtofthepossibilityteasedhercuriosityinanexcitingway.

           LivingwithRhett,shelearnedmanynewthingsabouthim,andshehadthoughtsheknewhimsowell.Shelearnedthathisvoicecouldbeassilkyasacat’sfuronemomentandcrispandcracklingwithoathsthenext.Hecouldtell,withapparentsincerityandapproval,storiesofcourageandhonorandvirtueandloveintheoddplaceshehadbeen,andfollowthemwithribaldstoriesofcoldestcynicism.Sheknewnomanshouldtellsuchstoriestohiswifebuttheywereentertainingandtheyappealedtosomethingcoarseandearthyinher.Hecouldbeanardent,almostatender,loverforabriefwhile,andalmostimmediatelyamockingdevilwhorippedthelidfromhergunpowdertemper,fireditandenjoyedtheexplosion.Shelearnedthathiscomplimentswerealwaystwoedgedandhistenderestexpressionsopentosuspicion.Infact,inthosetwoweeksinNewOrleans,shelearnedeverythingabouthimexceptwhathereallywas.

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