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Chapter 52

           "I’vetriedputtingsoapunderherfingernails,"hesaid,passingoverherremarkaboutScarlett.

           "Soap!Bah!Soapisnogoodatall.IputquinineonMaybelle’sthumbandletmetellyou,CaptainButler,shestoppedsuckingthatthumbmightyquick."

           "Quinine!Iwouldneverhavethoughtofit!Ican’tthankyouenough,Mrs.Merriwether.Itwasworryingme."

           Hegaveherasmile,sopleasant,sogratefulthatMrs.Merriwetherstooduncertainlyforamoment.Butasshetoldhimgood-byshewassmilingtoo.ShehatedtoadmittoMrs.Elsingthatshehadmisjudgedthemanbutshewasanhonestpersonandshesaidtherehadtobesomethinggoodaboutamanwholovedhischild.WhatapityScarletttooknointerestinsoprettyacreatureasBonnie!Therewassomethingpatheticaboutamantryingtoraisealittlegirlallbyhimself!Rhettknewverywellthepathosofthespectacle,andifitblackenedScarlett’sreputationhedidnotcare.

           Fromthetimethechildcouldwalkhetookheraboutwithhimconstantly,inthecarriageorinfrontofhissaddle.Whenhecamehomefromthebankintheafternoon,hetookherwalkingdownPeachtreeStreet,holdingherhand,slowinghislongstridestohertoddlingsteps,patientlyansweringherthousandquestions.Peoplewerealwaysintheirfrontyardsorontheirporchesatsunsetand,asBonniewassuchafriendly,prettychild,withhertangleofblackcurlsandherbrightblueeyes,fewcouldresisttalkingtoher.

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