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Chapter 53

           "No,I’mnotsad.Notanylonger.OnceonceIwassad.Now,I’monly—"

           Hestoppedandsuddenlysheknewwhathewasthinking.ItwasthefirsttimeshehadeverknownwhatAshleywasthinkingwhenhiseyeswentpasther,crystalclear,absent.Whenthefuryoflovehadbeateninherheart,hismindhadbeenclosedtoher.Now,inthequietfriendlinessthatlaybetweenthem,shecouldwalkalittlewayintohismind,understandalittle.Hewasnotsadanylonger.Hehadbeensadafterthesurrender,sadwhenshebeggedhimtocometoAtlanta.Now,hewasonlyresigned.

           "Ihatetohearyoutalklikethat,Ashley,"shesaidvehemently."YousoundjustlikeRhett.He’salwaysharpingonthingslikethatandsomethinghecallsthesurvivalofthefittingtillI’msoboredIcouldscream."

           Ashleysmiled.

           "Didyoueverstoptothink,Scarlett,thatRhettandIarefundamentallyalike?"

           "Oh,no!Youaresofine,sohonorableandhe—"Shebrokeoff,confused.

           "Butweare.Wecameofthesamekindofpeople,wewereraisedinthesamepattern,broughtuptothinkthesamethings.Andsomewherealongtheroadwetookdifferentturnings.Westillthinkalikebutwereactdifferently.As,forinstance,neitherofusbelievedinthewarbutIenlistedandfoughtandhestayedouttillnearlytheend.Webothknewthewarwasallwrong.Webothknewitwasalosingfight.Iwaswillingtofightalosingfight.Hewasn’t.

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