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Chapter 54

           Tomorrowthememoryofthishideousnightwouldnotbedrivinghersofiercelythatsheshook.TomorrowshewouldnotbesohauntedbythememoryofAshley’sface,hisbrokenprideandhisshameshamethatshehadcaused,shameinwhichhehadsolittlepart.Wouldhehatehernow,herdarlinghonorableAshley,becauseshehadshamedhim?OfcoursehewouldhatehernownowthattheyhadbothbeensavedbytheindignantsquaringofMelanie’sthinshouldersandtheloveandoutspokentrustwhichhadbeeninhervoiceasshecrossedtheglassyfloortoslipherarmthroughScarlett’sandfacethecurious,malicious,covertlyhostilecrowd.HowneatlyMelaniehadscotchedthescandal,keepingScarlettathersideallthroughthedreadfulevening!Peoplehadbeenabitcool,somewhatbewildered,buttheyhadbeenpolite.

           Oh,theignominyofitall,tobeshelteredbehindMelanie’sskirtsfromthosewhohatedher,whowouldhavetornhertobitswiththeirwhispers!TobeshelteredbyMelanie’sblindtrust,Melanieofallpeople!

           Scarlettshookaswithachillatthethought.Shemusthaveadrink,anumberofdrinksbeforeshecouldliedownandhopetosleep.Shethrewawrapperabouthergownandwenthastilyoutintothedarkhall,herbacklessslippersmakingagreatclatterinthestillness.Shewashalfwaydownthestairsbeforeshelookedtowardthecloseddoorofthediningroomandsawanarrowlineoflightstreamingfromunderit.Herheartstoppedforamoment.

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