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Chapter 49

           Whenshedidnotreceivecallsfromoldfriends,exceptMelanieandPittyandUncleHenryandAshley,anddidnotgetcardstotheirmodestentertainments,shewasgenuinelypuzzledandhurt.Hadshenotgoneoutofherwaytoburyoldhatchetsandshowthesepeoplethatsheborethemnoillwillfortheirgossipingandbackbiting?Surelytheymustknowthatshedidn’tlikeGovernorBullockanymorethantheydidbutthatitwasexpedienttobenicetohim.Theidiots!IfeverybodywouldbenicetotheRepublicans,Georgiawouldgetoutofthefixshewasinveryquickly.

           Shedidnotrealizethenthatwithonestrokeshehadcutforeveranyfragiletiethatstillboundhertotheolddays,tooldfriends.NotevenMelanie’sinfluencecouldrepairthebreakofthatgossamerthread.AndMelanie,bewildered,brokenheartedbutstillloyal,didnottrytorepairit.EvenhadScarlettwantedtoturnbacktooldways,oldfriends,therewasnoturningbackpossiblenow.Thefaceofthetownwassetagainstherasstonilyasgranite.ThehatethatenvelopedtheBullockregimeenvelopedhertoo,ahatethathadlittlefireandfuryinitbutmuchcoldimplacability.Scarletthadcastherlotwiththeenemyand,whateverherbirthandfamilyconnections,shewasnowinthecategoryofaturncoat,aniggerlover,atraitor,aRepublicanandaScallawag.

           Afteramiserablewhile,Scarlett’spretendedindifferencegavewaytotherealthing.Shehadneverbeenonetoworrylongoverthevagariesofhumanconductortobecastdownforlongifonelineofactionfailed.

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