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Chapter 49

           Rhettoncelazilypointedouttoherthatmostofthemaleguestswhoassembledundertheirroofhadwornthatsameblueuniformnotsolongago,butsheretortedthataYankeedidn’tseemlikeaYankeeunlesshehadonablueuniform.TowhichRhettreplied:"Consistency,thouartajewel,"andshrugged.

           Scarlett,hatingthebrighthardbluetheywore,enjoyedsnubbingthemallthemorebecauseitsobewilderedthem.Thegarrisonfamilieshadarighttobebewilderedformostofthemwerequiet,well-bredfolk,lonelyinahostileland,anxioustogohometotheNorth,alittleashamedoftheriffraffwhoseruletheywereforcedtoupholdaninfinitelybetterclassthanthatofScarlett’sassociates.Naturally,theofficers’wiveswerepuzzledthatthedashingMrs.Butlertooktoherbosomsuchwomenasthecommonred-hairedBridgetFlahertyandwentoutofherwaytoslightthem.

           ButeventheladieswhomScarletttooktoherbosomhadtoenduremuchfromher.However,theydiditgladly.Tothem,shenotonlyrepresentedwealthandelegancebuttheoldregime,withitsoldnames,oldfamilies,oldtraditionswithwhichtheywishedardentlytoidentifythemselves.TheoldfamiliestheyyearnedaftermighthavecastScarlettoutbuttheladiesofthenewaristocracydidnotknowit.TheyonlyknewthatScarlett’sfatherhadbeenagreatslaveowner,hermotheraRobillardofSavannahandherhusbandwasRhettButlerofCharleston.Andthiswasenoughforthem.

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