Chapter 50

           Rhettneverdeviatedfromhissmooth,imperturbablemanners,evenintheirmostintimatemoments.ButScarlettneverlosttheoldfeelingthathewaswatchinghercovertly,knewthatifsheturnedherheadsuddenlyshewouldsurpriseinhiseyesthatspeculative,waitinglook,thatlookofalmostterriblepatiencethatshedidnotunderstand.

           Sometimes,hewasaverycomfortablepersontolivewith,forallhisunfortunatehabitofnotpermittinganyoneinhispresencetoactalie,palmoffapretenseorindulgeinbombast.Helistenedtohertalkofthestoreandthemillsandthesaloon,theconvictsandthecostoffeedingthem,andgaveshrewdhard-headedadvice.Hehaduntiringenergyforthedancingandpartiesshelovedandanunendingsupplyofcoarsestorieswithwhichheregaledherontheirinfrequenteveningsalonewhenthetablewasclearedandbrandyandcoffeebeforethem.Shefoundthathewouldgiveheranythingshedesired,answeranyquestionsheaskedaslongasshewasforthright,andrefuseheranythingsheattemptedtogainbyindirection,hintsandfeminineangling.Hehadadisconcertinghabitofseeingthroughherandlaughingrudely.

           Contemplatingthesuaveindifferencewithwhichhegenerallytreatedher,Scarlettfrequentlywondered,butwithnorealcuriosity,whyhehadmarriedher.Menmarriedforloveorahomeandchildrenormoneybutsheknewhehadmarriedherfornoneofthesethings.Hecertainlydidnotloveher.

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