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Chapter 52

           Scarlettwasinclinedtobeirritatedwiththechildandfavoredaspanking.Shewouldnothumorherbyleavingalampburninginthenursery,forthenWadeandEllawouldbeunabletosleep.Rhett,worriedbutgentle,attemptingtoextractfurtherinformationfromhisdaughter,saidcoldlythatifanyspankingweredone,hewoulddoitpersonallyandtoScarlett.

           TheupshotofthesituationwasthatBonniewasremovedfromthenurserytotheroomRhettnowoccupiedalone.Hersmallbedwasplacedbesidehislargeoneandashadedlampburnedonthetableallnightlong.Thetownbuzzedwhenthisstorygotabout.Somehow,therewassomethingindelicateaboutagirlchildsleepinginherfather’sroom,eventhoughthegirlwasonlytwoyearsold.Scarlettsufferedfromthisgossipintwoways.First,itprovedindubitablythatsheandherhusbandoccupiedseparaterooms,initselfashockingenoughstateofaffairs.Second,everyonethoughtthatifthechildwasafraidtosleepalone,herplacewaswithhermother.AndScarlettdidnotfeelequaltoexplainingthatshecouldnotsleepinalightedroomnorwouldRhettpermitthechildtosleepwithher.

           "You’dneverwakeupunlessshescreamedandthenyou’dprobablyslapher,"hesaidshortly.

           ScarlettwasannoyedattheweightheattachedtoBonnie’snightterrorsbutshethoughtshecouldeventuallyremedythestateofaffairsandtransferthechildbacktothenursery.Allchildrenwereafraidofthedarkandtheonlycurewasfirmness.

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