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Chapter 49

           "Sentimentalnonsense!"snortedMrs.Merriwetherwithvigor."KittyBonnell,areyougoingtocallonawomanwhomarriedabareyearafterherhusband’sdeath?Awoman"

           "AndshereallykilledMr.Kennedy,"interruptedIndia.Hervoicewascoolbutacid.WhenevershethoughtofScarlettitwashardforhereventobepolite,remembering,alwaysrememberingStuartTarleton."AndIhavealwaysthoughttherewasmorebetweenherandthatButlermanbeforeMr.Kennedywaskilledthanmostpeoplesuspected."

           Beforetheladiescouldrecoverfromtheirshockedastonishmentatherstatementandataspinstermentioningsuchamatter,Melaniewasstandinginthedoorway.Soengrossedhadtheybeenintheirgossipthattheyhadnotheardherlighttreadandnow,confrontedbytheirhostess,theylookedlikewhisperingschoolgirlscaughtbyateacher.AlarmwasaddedtoconsternationatthechangeinMelanie’sface.Shewaspinkwithrighteousanger,hergentleeyessnappingfire,hernostrilsquivering.NoonehadeverseenMelanieangrybefore.Notaladypresentthoughthercapableofwrath.Theyalllovedherbuttheythoughtherthesweetest,mostpliableofyoungwomen,deferentialtohereldersandwithoutanyopinionsofherown.

           "Howdareyou,India?"shequestionedinalowvoicethatshook."Wherewillyourjealousyleadyou?Forshame!"

           India’sfacewentwhitebutherheadwashigh.

           "Iretractnothing,"shesaidbriefly.Buthermindwasseething.

           "Jealous,amI?"shethought.

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