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Chapter 52

           "Itwasnothing,"hewouldprotest."Inmyplaceyou’dhavealldonethesamething."

           HesubscribedhandsomelytothefundfortherepairsoftheEpiscopalChurchandhegavealarge,butnotvulgarlylarge,contributiontotheAssociationfortheBeautificationoftheGravesofOurGloriousDead.HesoughtoutMrs.Elsingtomakethisdonationandembarrassedlybeggedthatshekeephisgiftasecret,knowingverywellthatthiswouldspurhertospreadingthenews.Mrs.Elsinghatedtotakehismoney—"speculatormoney"—buttheAssociationneededmoneybadly.

           "Idon’tseewhyyouofallpeopleshouldbesubscribing,"shesaidacidly.

           WhenRhetttoldherwiththepropersobermienthathewasmovedtocontributebythememoriesofformercomradesinarms,braverthanhebutlessfortunate,whonowlayinunmarkedgraves,Mrs.Elsing’saristocraticjawdropped.DollyMerriwetherhadtoldherScarletthadsaidCaptainButlerwasinthearmybut,ofcourse,shehadn’tbelievedit.Nobodyhadbelievedit.

           "Youinthearmy?Whatwasyourcompanyyourregiment?"

           Rhettgavethem.

           "Oh,theartillery!EveryoneIknewwaseitherinthecavalryortheinfantry.Then,thatexplains—"Shebrokeoff,disconcerted,expectingtoseehiseyessnapwithmalice.Butheonlylookeddownandtoyedwithhiswatchchain.

           "Iwouldhavelikedtheinfantry,"hesaid,passingcompletelyoverherinsinuation,"butwhentheyfoundthatIwasaWestPointerthoughIdidnotgraduate,Mrs.

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