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Chapter 49

           Shouldshetakehimseriously,shewouldbeforcedtoquarrelwithhimandshedidnotcaretomatchswords,forshealwayscameoffsecondbest.Soshehardlyeverlistenedtoanythinghesaid,andwhatshewasforcedtohearshetriedtoturnoffasajoke.Atleast,shetriedforawhile.

           DuringtheirhoneymoonandforthegreaterpartoftheirstayattheNationalHotel,theyhadlivedtogetherwithamiability.ButscarcelyhadtheymovedintothenewhouseandScarlettgatheredhernewfriendsabouther,whensuddensharpquarrelssprangupbetweenthem.Theywerebriefquarrels,shortlivedbecauseitwasimpossibletokeepaquarrelgoingwithRhett,whoremainedcoollyindifferenttoherhotwordsandwaitedhischancetopinkherinanunguardedspot.Shequarreled;Rhettdidnot.Heonlystatedhisunequivocalopinionofherself,heractions,herhouseandhernewfriends.Andsomeofhisopinionswereofsuchanaturethatshecouldnolongerignorethemandtreatthemasjokes.

           Forinstancewhenshedecidedtochangethenameof"Kennedy’sGeneralStore"tosomethingmoreedifying,sheaskedhimtothinkofatitlethatwouldincludetheword"emporium."Rhettsuggested"CaveatEmptorium,"assuringherthatitwouldbeatitlemostinkeepingwiththetypeofgoodssoldinthestore.Shethoughtithadanimposingsoundandevenwentsofarastohavethesignpainted,whenAshleyWilkes,embarrassed,translatedtherealmeaning.AndRhetthadroaredatherrage.

           AndtherewasthewayhetreatedMammy.

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