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Chapter 49

           ButasfortherecentlyimpoverishedAtlantapeople,theycouldstarveanddropinthestreetsforallthenewlyrichRepublicanscared.

           Onthecrestofthiswaveofvulgarity,Scarlettrodetriumphantly,newlyabride,dashinglyprettyinherfineclothes,withRhett’smoneysolidlybehindher.Itwasanerathatsuitedher,crude,garish,showy,fullofover-dressedwomen,over-furnishedhouses,toomanyjewels,toomanyhorses,toomuchfood,toomuchwhisky.WhenScarlettinfrequentlystoppedtothinkaboutthemattersheknewthatnoneofhernewassociatescouldbecalledladiesbyEllen’sstrictstandards.ButshehadbrokenwithEllen’sstandardstoomanytimessincethatfar-awaydaywhenshestoodintheparloratTaraanddecidedtobeRhett’smistress,andshedidnotoftenfeelthebiteofconsciencenow.

           Perhapsthesenewfriendswerenot,strictlyspeaking,ladiesandgentlemenbutlikeRhett’sNewOrleansfriends,theyweresomuchfun!Soverymuchmorefunthanthesubdued,churchgoing,Shakespeare-readingfriendsofherearlierAtlantadays.And,exceptforherbriefhoneymooninterlude,shehadnothadfuninsolong.Norhadshehadanysenseofsecurity.Nowsecure,shewantedtodance,toplay,toriot,togorgeonfoodsandfinewine,todeckherselfinsilksandsatins,towallowonsoftfeatherbedsandfineupholstery.Andshedidallthesethings.

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