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Chapter 6

           RhettButler?Thenamehadafamiliarsound,somehowconnectedwithsomethingpleasantlyscandalous,buthermindwasonAshleyandshedismissedthethought.

           "Imustrunupstairsandsmoothmyhair,"shetoldStuartandBrent,whoweretryingtogethercorneredfromthecrowd."Youboyswaitformeanddon’trunoffwithanyothergirlorI’llbefurious."

           ShecouldseethatStuartwasgoingtobedifficulttohandletodayifsheflirtedwithanyoneelse.Hehadbeendrinkingandworethearrogantlooking-for-a-fightexpressionthatsheknewfromexperiencemeanttrouble.ShepausedinthehalltospeaktofriendsandtogreetIndiawhowasemergingfromthebackofthehouse,herhairuntidyandtinybeadsofperspirationonherforehead.PoorIndia!Itwouldbebadenoughtohavepalehairandeyelashesandajuttingchinthatmeantastubborndisposition,withoutbeingtwentyyearsoldandanoldmaidinthebargain.ShewonderedifIndiaresentedverymuchhertakingStuartawayfromher.Lotsofpeoplesaidshewasstillinlovewithhim,butthenyoucouldnevertellwhataWilkeswasthinkingabout.Ifshedidresentit,shenevergaveanysignofit,treatingScarlettwiththesameslightlyaloof,kindlycourtesyshehadalwaysshownher.

           Scarlettspokepleasantlytoherandstartedupthewidestairs.Asshedid,ashyvoicebehindhercalledhernameand,turning,shesawCharlesHamilton.Hewasanice-lookingboywithariotofsoftbrowncurlsonhiswhiteforeheadandeyesasdeepbrown,ascleanandasgentleasacolliedog’s.Hewaswellturnedoutinmustard-coloredtrousersandblackcoatandhispleatedshirtwastoppedbythewidestandmostfashionableofblackcravats.Afaintblushwascreepingoverhisfaceassheturnedforhewastimidwithgirls.

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