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Chapter 55

           WhileScarlettrealizedthenecessityforthisandknewthattheblameforhisfalsepositionlaymostlyatherowndoor,stillstillWomanlikeshewouldhaverespectedAshleymore,hadheshotArchieandadmittedeverythingtoMelanieandtheworld.Sheknewshewasbeingunfairbutshewastoomiserabletocareforsuchfinepoints.SomeofRhett’stauntingwordsofcontemptcamebacktoherandshewonderedifindeedAshleyhadplayedthemanlypartinthismess.And,forthefirsttime,someofthebrightglowwhichhadenvelopedhimsincethefirstdayshefellinlovewithhimbegantofadeimperceptibly.Thetarnishofshameandguiltthatenvelopedherspreadtohimaswell.Resolutelyshetriedtofightoffthisthoughtbutitonlymadehercryharder.

           "Don’t!Don’t!"criedMelanie,droppinghertattingandflingingherselfontothesofaanddrawingScarlett’sheaddownontohershoulder."Ishouldn’thavetalkedaboutitallanddistressedyouso.Iknowhowdreadfullyyoumustfeelandwe’llnevermentionitagain.No,nottoeachotherortoanybody.It’llbeasthoughitneverhappened.But,"sheaddedwithquietvenom,"I’mgoingtoshowIndiaandMrs.Elsingwhat’swhat.Theyneedn’tthinktheycanspreadliesaboutmyhusbandandmysister-inlaw.I’mgoingtofixitsoneitherofthemcanholduptheirheadsinAtlanta.Andanybodywhobelievesthemorreceivesthemismyenemy."

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