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Chapter 49

           Themen,thoughtheyhadmademoney,learnednewwayslesseasilyorwere,perhaps,lesspatientwiththedemandsofthenewgentility.TheydrankheavilyatScarlett’sparties,fartooheavily,andusuallyafterareceptiontherewereoneormoreunexpectedguestswhostayedthenight.TheydidnotdrinklikethemenofScarlett’sgirlhood.Theybecamesodden,stupid,uglyorobscene.Moreover,nomatterhowmanyspittoonsshemightputoutinview,therugsalwaysshowedsignsoftobaccojuiceonthemorningsafter.

           Shehadacontemptforthesepeoplebutsheenjoyedthem.Becausesheenjoyedthem,shefilledthehousewiththem.Andbecauseofhercontempt,shetoldthemtogotohellasoftenastheyannoyedher.Buttheystoodit.

           TheyevenstoodRhett,amoredifficultmatter,forRhettsawthroughthemandtheyknewit.Hehadnohesitationaboutstrippingthemverbally,evenunderhisownroof,alwaysinamannerthatleftthemnoreply.Unashamedofhowhecamebyhisfortune,hepretendedthatthey,too,wereunashamedoftheirbeginningsandheseldommissedanopportunitytoremarkuponmatterswhich,bycommonconsent,everyonefeltwerebetterleftinpoliteobscurity.

           Therewasneveranyknowingwhenhewouldremarkaffably,overapunchcup:"Ralph,ifI’dhadanysenseI’dhavemademymoneysellinggold-minestockstowidowsandorphans,likeyou,insteadofblockading.It’ssomuchsafer.""Well,Bill,Iseeyouhaveanewspanofhorses

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