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Chapter 49

           WiththememoryofStuartTarletonandofHoneyandCharles,didn’tshehavegoodreasontobejealousofScarlett?Didn’tshehavegoodreasontohateher,especiallynowthatshehadasuspicionthatScarletthadsomehowentangledAshleyinherweb?Shethought:"There’splentyIcouldtellyouaboutAshleyandyourpreciousScarlett."IndiawastornbetweenthedesiretoshieldAshleybyhersilenceandtoextricatehimbytellingallhersuspicionstoMelanieandthewholeworld.ThatwouldforceScarletttoreleasewhateverholdshehadonAshley.Butthiswasnotthetime.Shehadnothingdefinite,onlysuspicions.

           "Iretractnothing,"sherepeated.

           "Thenitisfortunatethatyouarenolongerlivingundermyroof,"saidMelanieandherwordswerecold.

           Indialeapedtoherfeet,redfloodinghersallowface.

           "Melanie,youmysister-inlawyouaren’tgoingtoquarrelwithmeoverthatfastpiece—"

           "Scarlettismysister-inlaw,too,"saidMelanie,meetingIndia’seyessquarelyasthoughtheywerestrangers."Anddearertomethananybloodsistercouldeverbe.Ifyouaresoforgetfulofmyfavorsatherhands,Iamnot.Shestayedwithmethroughthewholesiegewhenshecouldhavegonehome,whenevenAuntPittyhadrunawaytoMacon.ShebroughtmybabyformewhentheYankeeswerealmostinAtlantaandsheburdenedherselfwithmeandBeauallthatdreadfultriptoTarawhenshecouldhaveleftmehereinahospitalfortheYankeestogetme.Andshenursedandfedme,evenifshewastiredandevenifshewenthungry.

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